Gnangara Road | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 17.7 km (11 mi)[1] |
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| Major junctions | |
| West end |   Wanneroo Road(State Route 60 / State Route 83),Madeley |
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| East end |  West Swan Road(State Route 52),Henley Brook |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | Wangara,Landsdale,Gnangara,Cullacabardee,Lexia,Whiteman,Ellenbrook,Aveley |
Gnangara Road is an arterial east–west road inPerth, Western Australia. It is located within the northern suburbs of Perth, fromMadeley in the west, toHenley Brook in the east. Gnangara Road provides a connection betweenGreat Northern Highway (viaWest Swan Road) andWanneroo Road. The construction of theOcean Reef Road extension in 2011 altered the road network in the Landsdale area inLandsdale.[2] The plans show Gnangara Road as discontinuous between Mirrabooka Avenue andAlexander Drive, with the Mirrabooka Avenue and Ocean Reef Road extensions linking the two sections. Following construction, those linking road sections were named as Gnangara Road, allowing the road to remain continuous.
From its western terminus atWanneroo Road, Gnangara Road travels along the southern boundary of theWangara industrial area. It continues east to reach Mirrabooka Avenue after 3.7 km (2.3 mi), where it then travels northwards for 350 m (1,150 ft) toOcean Reef Road, before turning right to continue east for 1.5 km (0.9 mi) toAlexander Drive, and then after another 5 km (3.1 mi) it encountersTonkin Highway at aparclo interchange. The road travels pastWhiteman Park's northern edge, and the southern edge ofEllenbrook. It finally terminates, after 17.7-kilometre-long (11.0 mi) journey, inHenley Brook atWest Swan Road, which connects northwards toGreat Northern Highway, and southwards toReid Highway.[1]
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Traffic lights were installed in 2007 at the then-recently duplicated Alexander Drive intersection.
In 2011, as part of theOcean Reef Road extension, the section betweenMirrabooka Avenue/Sydney Road/Ocean Reef Road intersection andWest Swan Road had the State Route 83 allocation replaced by State Route 84. The road is discontinuous at Wangara, where motorists will have to travel northwards along Mirrabooka Avenue to turn right at the nearby intersection to continue on Gnangara Road.
Gnangara Road was upgraded to a four lane dual carriage way betweenDrumpellier Drive and Pinaster Parade, nearEllenbrook. The works began in May 2012, and included traffic lights at the intersection of Gnangara Road and Drumpellier Drive, drainage, and kerbing.[3] The upgrade works were completed on schedule, in December 2012, at a cost of more the $3.3 million.[4][5]
Also in 2012 a single lane roundabout was constructed at Gnangara Road's eastern terminus with West Swan Road and Henry Street. Construction works began after the relocation of water and electrical services, and took 12 to 15 months.[6]
The state government committed $6.6 million to construct a second carriageway betweenBeechboro Road North andDrumpellier Drive, and an additional $14 million to complete the remaining 7.9 kilometres (4.9 mi) up to Alexander Drive which took place between 2013 and 2015.[7] The works involved installing traffic lights at the intersection withBeechboro Road North,[7][6] which was the site of 131 accidents during the five-year period to 2010,[8] and rated fifth in theRAC's 2012 list of Western Australia’s worst intersections.[9] In 2019, the intersection was subsequently removed as part of theNorthLink WA project due both to the new parclo interchange withTonkin Highway opening just to the east along with the carriageway itself crossing the path of Beechboro Road North (that road was made a cul-de-sac at its northern end accessible from nearHepburn Avenue).
Gnangara Road in theCity of Swan is planned to ultimately be upgraded to a six lane dual carriageway road between Alexander Drive and Tonkin Highway, and a four lane dual carriage road between Tonkin Highway and Pinaster Parade.[10]
The City of Swan also has plans for a shared pedestrian–cyclist path (Principal Shared Path) alongside Gnangara Road from Pinaster Parade to Tonkin Highway. The estimated cost is $2.96 million.[11]
All intersections listed below are roundabout-controlled unless otherwise indicated.
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Joondalup–Wanneroo boundary | Kingsley–Madeley boundary | 0 | 0.0 | Wanneroo Road (State Route 60 / State Route 83 north) – Lancelin,Wanneroo,Padbury,Perth | Traffic light controlled t-junction |
| Wanneroo | Wangara–Madeley–Landsdale tripoint | 1.6 | 0.99 | Hartman Drive – Pearsall,Darch | |
| Wangara–Landsdale boundary | 2.8 | 1.7 | Prestige Parade north / Attwell Street south | ||
| 3.8 | 2.4 | Mirrabooka Avenue south – Alexander Heights,Marangaroo,Mirrabooka | Eastbound traffic turns north, southbound traffic turns west | ||
| Wangara–Gnangara–Landsdale tripoint | 4.1 | 2.5 |  Ocean Reef Road (State Route 84) west / Sydney Road north – Ocean Reef,Joondalup,Jandabup | Traffic light controlled intersection. Eastbound traffic turns east, westbound traffic turns south. State Route 83 eastern terminus | |
| Wanneroo–Swan boundary | Gnangara–Cullacabardee–Landsdale tripoint | 5.7 | 3.5 |  Alexander Drive (State Route 56) – Ballajura,Dianella,Perth | Traffic light controlled intersection |
| Swan | Lexia–Cullacabardee bonudary | 9.9 | 6.2 |  Beechboro Road North (State Route 53) | Removed in 2019 as part ofNorthLink WA, replaced with Tonkin Highway interchange |
| Lexia–Whiteman-Cullacabardee tripoint | 10.5– 11.1 | 6.5– 6.9 |  Tonkin Highway (State Route 4) – Geraldton,Meekatharra,Ellenbrook,Morley | Six-ramp parclo interchange favouring Tonkin Highway. Tonkin north to Gnangara east and Tonkin south to Gnangara west ramps looped. | |
| Lexia–Ellenbrook–Henley Brook–Whiteman quadripoint | 13.5 | 8.4 | Drumpellier Drive – Ellenbrook,Brabham,Dayton,Caversham | Traffic light controlled intersection. Access to futureWhiteman Park railway station | |
| Ellenbrook–Henley Brook boundary | 14.0 | 8.7 | Starflower Road south / Pinaster Parade north – Ellenbrook,Brabham | ||
| Aveley–Ellenbrook–Henley Brook tripoint | 15.6 | 9.7 | Henley Brook Avenue | ||
| Aveley–Henley Brook boundary | 16.4 | 10.2 | Egerton Drive | ||
| Belhus–Henley Brook boundary | 17.7 | 11.0 |   West Swan Road (State Route 52, Tourist Drive 203) – Upper Swan,West Swan,Guildford | Eastern terminus. Continues as Henry Street east. Access to theSwan Valley wine region | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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