Canning Highway | |
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| Canning Highway running throughApplecross | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 17 km (11 mi) |
| Opened | 1920s |
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| Major junctions | |
| Northeast end |   Great Eastern Highway(National Highway 94 / National Route 1),Victoria Park |
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| Southwest end |  Queen Victoria Street(State Route 12),Fremantle |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | South Perth,Kensington,Como,Applecross,East Fremantle |
| Highway system | |
Canning Highway is an arterial road inPerth, Western Australia, linking the inner Perth suburb ofVictoria Park in the north-east, to the port city ofFremantle in the south-west.
The road is mostly a four-lane divided carriageway, with a general speed limit of 60 km/h (37 mph). It is located immediately south of theSwan River and runs betweenThe Causeway in Victoria Park andQueen Victoria Street in Fremantle.
Canning Highway was the inspiration for theAC/DC song "Highway to Hell" as it had a reputation for accidents and led to many of singerBon Scott's favourite pubs and hotels, including theRaffles Hotel.[1][2]
Canning Highway is named after the river which it crosses,[3] which was in turn named afterGeorge Canning (1770–1827), an eminent British statesman who for a brief period was Prime Minister of Great Britain.
The modern highway was formally commenced in the 1920s, with major work commencing in 1927 to upgrade an 8-mile (13 km) section between Suburban Street,South Perth (now Mill Point Road) and Petra Street,East Fremantle. The road initially had the following names:[4]
The road was officially named Canning Highway on 23 November 1937.[4] In 1938, the present northern bridge overCanning River was opened. It was 32 feet (9.8 m) wide and constructed of timber, as was then common practice. The experience gained building this bridge was used to construct the Fremantle Traffic Bridge over theSwan River one year later. The Fremantle Traffic Bridge joined Canning Highway nearFremantle withNorth Fremantle, and this intersection forms the highway's present western terminus.
In 1958, the present southern bridge overCanning River was constructed which coincided with the opening ofKwinana Freeway between theNarrows Bridge and Canning Highway.
In 1974, the rotary (roundabout) at the southern end of the Causeway inVictoria Park was upgraded to aparclo interchange, which resulted in Canning Highway joining seamlessly withGreat Eastern Highway. At the same time,Stirling Highway was extended fromNorth Fremantle across theSwan River via the new Stirling bridge to join with Canning Highway.
In 1979, a newdiamond interchange was built near Canning Bridge to route theKwinana Freeway underneath Canning Highway and progress the freeway further southwards.
Apart from minor additional lanes and modifications, the highway has remained largely unchanged since.
One of the most enduring sights on Canning Highway has been theRaffles Hotel at night-time, with its ornamental lighting and an iconic animated rooftopneon beer sign (for many years advertisingSwan Lager). It is situated in Applecross adjacent to Canning Bridge. The hotel has reopened with a pub and a bottle shop called Raffles Liquor Merchants. The Raffles later swapped to two beer advertising neon lights, one forVictoria bitter and one large one advertisingCrown lager. Since at least 2015 however, the neon lights now advertiseAsahi Super Dry.
Canning Highway crosses theKwinana Freeway at theCanning Bridge station on theMandurah railway line. Buses also stop at this station and enter and exit the freeway via bus lanes. High frequency route 910 traverses the whole length of Canning Highway, and route 111 also runs along the section of the highway west of Canning Bridge. Special event route 659 runs a limited stop route along Canning Highway between Fremantle Station andPerth Stadium.
The entire highway is located in thePerth Metropolitan Region. All intersections mentioned below are signalised unless otherwise mentioned.
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Victoria Park | Burswood–Victoria Park boundary | 0.00 | 0.00 |   Great Eastern Highway northeast (National Route 1 / (National Highway 94) /The Causeway northwest (State Route 5) /Shepperton Road southeast (State Route 30) /Albany Highway southeast – Midland,Perth,Armadale | Partiallygrade separated with no access into Albany Highway. Causeway to Canning Highway southbound is looped. Canning Highway northeast bound to Shepperton Road is at-grade; State Route 6 eastern terminus; National Route 1 continues southwest and northeast |
| Victoria Park | 0.8 | 0.50 | Berwick Street – Bentley,St. James | ||
| South Perth | South Perth | 1.2 | 0.75 | Way Road | Way Road connects Canning Highway to Mill Point Road |
| 2.0 | 1.2 | Douglas Avenue – Kensington,Bentley,Curtin University | |||
| South Perth–Como boundary | 2.8 | 1.7 | South Terrace | ||
| Como | 3.9 | 2.4 | Thelma Street (west) – South Perth / Barker Avenue (southeast) | Thelma Street connects Canning Highway to Labouchere Road | |
| 5.0 | 3.1 | Henley Street – Manning,Karawara | |||
| 5.5 | 3.4 |  Kwinana Freeway (State Route 2) southbound ramps – Rockingham / Manning Road (State Route 26) (east) – Manning,Salter Point | Modifieddiamond interchange (Kwinana Freeway free flowing). National Route 1 western concurrency terminus; additional "bus-only" ramps to/from Perth; southbound entrance and Manning Road exit ramps merge, requiring weaving. | ||
| 5.7 | 3.5 | Kwinana Freeway (State Route 2) northbound ramps – Perth,Joondalup /Manning Road (State Route 26) northbound ramp | Similar to above, however there is no right turn availability from Canning Highway westbound to Kwinana Freeway northbound. | ||
| Canning River | 5.8– 6.0 | 3.6– 3.7 | Canning Bridge | ||
| Melville | Applecross–Mount Pleasant boundary | 6.1 | 3.8 | Canning Beach Road (north) / Kintail Road (west) | No right turn access from Canning Beach/Kintail Road southbound onto Canning Highway westbound |
| 6.6 | 4.1 | Sleat Road | |||
| Applecross | 7.0 | 4.3 | Reynolds Road | ||
| Applecross–Ardross boundary | 7.4 | 4.6 | Ardross Street | ||
| 8.0 | 5.0 | Riseley Street – Booragoon | |||
| Alfred Cove–Attadale boundary | 10.2 | 6.3 | North Lake Road – Myaree,Kardinya,Cockburn Central | ||
| Attadale–Bicton–Melville–Palmyraquadripoint | 12.3 | 7.6 | Stock Road – O'Connor,Rockingham | ||
| Bicton–Palmyra boundary | 13.7 | 8.5 | Carrington Street – Hamilton Hill | ||
| Melville–East Fremantle Boundary | Bicton–East Fremantle–Palmyratripoint | 14.0 | 8.7 | Petra Street | |
| East Fremantle | East Fremantle | 15.2 | 9.4 | Preston Point Road | |
| 15.4 | 9.6 |  Stirling Highway (State Route 5, Tourist Drive 204) – Mosman Park,Claremont,Perth | |||
| Fremantle | Fremantle | 16.1 | 10.0 | Queen Victoria Street (State Route 12) – North Fremantle,Cottesloe | Highway terminus: continues west asQueen Victoria Street (State Route 12) to Fremantle CBD |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
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