Summary
Safety Bay Road is an east-west metropolitan road located in the City of Rockingham, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of Perth, Western Australia. The road starts in Rockingham's coastal suburbs and heads south from Peron past Lake Richmond. The road then turns left at the coast with a roundabout with Arcadia Drive which is a coastal road in Shoalwater. Safety Bay Road takes a left turn and extends past Ennis Avenue and Warnbro railway station to the newer suburban estates at Baldivis, before ending just past the Kwinana Freeway. As such, it forms a key link between Rockingham, Perth and Mandurah. Until 2009, the end of the road marked the start of the Kwinana Freeway.
Safety Bay Road | |
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| Safety Bay Road near Safety Bay Yacht Club, where the road turns from north-south to west-east | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 15.6 km (9.7 mi) |
| Opened | 1949 |
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| Major junctions | |
| West end | Parkin Street, Peron |
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| East end |  Kwinana Freeway (State Route 2), Baldivis |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | Shoalwater, Safety Bay, Waikiki, Baldivis |
Safety Bay Road was gazetted in 1949, having first existed as two roads – Road No.10168, and a coastal road in Safety Bay known as "The Esplanade".[1]
Major intersections edit
The entire road's length is in the City of Rockingham, with all intersections listed below controlled by roundabouts unless otherwise indicated.
| Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Rockingham–Peron boundary | 0 | 0.0 |  Parkin Street (State Route 18) eastbound/Hymus Street northbound – Rockingham, Kwinana Beach, Fremantle, Garden Island | Northern terminus at T junction. Road continues north as Hymus Street with turnoff to Cape Peron and Garden Island just north of the intersection. | |
| Rockingham–Shoalwater–Peron tripoint | 1.0 | 0.62 | Frederick Street – Peron | ||
| Safety Bay–Shoalwater boundary | 2.2 | 1.4 | Rae Road – Cooloongup | Access to Rockingham railway station. Uncontrolled T junction | |
| Safety Bay | 3.0 | 1.9 |  Arcadia Drive (Tourist Drive 202) | Tourist Drive 202's (Rockingham Coastal Drive) northern concurrency terminus. | |
| 5.0 | 3.1 | Malibu Road | |||
| Waikiki–Warnbro boundary | 8.3 | 5.2 | Read Street northbound / Warnbro Sound Avenue southbound – Rockingham, Port Kennedy, Secret Harbour, Golden Bay | ||
| 9.0– 9.3 | 5.6– 5.8 |  Ennis Avenue (National Route 1) – Rockingham, Perth, Mandurah | Dumbbell–Dogbone interchange hybrid, northbound exit ramp looped. Tourist Drive 202's (Rockingham Coastal Drive) southern terminus. | ||
| 9.5 | 5.9 | Warnbro railway station access road | Signalised intersection | ||
| Baldivis–Warnbro–Waikiki tripoint | 11.5 | 7.1 | Mandurah Road – Kwinana Beach, Leda, Hillman, Karnup | ||
| Baldivis | 13.8 | 8.6 | Nairn Drive | ||
| 14.0 | 8.7 | Settlers Avenue | Access to Stockland Baldivis Shopping Centre. Signalised intersection | ||
| 14.4 | 8.9 | Norseman Approach northbound / Burlington Drive southbound | Signalised intersection | ||
| 14.9 | 9.3 | Baldivis Road – Wellard, Karnup | |||
| 15.4– 15.6 | 9.6– 9.7 | Kwinana Freeway (State Route 2) north and southbound / Folly Road eastbound – Joondalup, Perth, Mandurah, Bunbury | Southern terminus at signalised diamond interchange favouring Kwinana Freeway. Road continues as Folly Road eastbound. | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also edit
Australian Roads portal
References edit
- ^ "Naming of Safety Bay Road (per 1954/39)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 3 June 1949. p. 1949:1206-07.