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Bindoon-Moora Road & Midlands Road (State Route 116) - Former Alignment: Yardarino to Watheroo

Statistics:

• Length: 326 km (Yardarino to Watheroo: 200 km)
• Northern Terminus: Brand Hwy (NR1), Yardarino
• Southern Terminus: Great Northern Hwy (NH95), Bindoon
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route: Yardarino, Irwin, Mingenew, Yandanooka, Three Springs, Carnamah, Coorow, and Gunyidi

Route Numbering:

• Current:
• Former:

General Information:

State Route 116 is a rural route, and the section between Moora and Yardarino was once part of the main highway linking Perth with the coastal town of Geraldton.

Passing through several small wheatbelt towns, the route has become a quiet tourist route away from the heavier traffic along the Brand Highway.

History:

• 1976: Brand Highway opened to traffic, NR1 shifted to the Brand Highway alignment. 2
• 2006: Widening 4 km of Midlands Road, between Mingenew and Morawa. 3

This page concentrates on the former alignment between Yardarino and Bindoon

Preview:	Description:
	Old Alignment: Begininning of old alignment, southeast of the Yandanooka town centre, which follows the railway alignment, April 2016. Image © Paul Rands
	Old Alignment: Old alignment, southeast of the Yandanooka town centre, which follows the railway alignment, April 2016. Image © Paul Rands
	Old Alignment: Old alignment, southeast of the Yandanooka town centre, which follows the railway alignment, April 2016. Image © Paul Rands
	Old Alignment: Old alignment, southeast of the Yandanooka town centre, which follows the railway alignment, April 2016. Image © Paul Rands
	Old Alignment: Old alignment, southeast of the Yandanooka town centre, which follows the railway alignment, April 2016. Image © Paul Rands
	Old Alignment: Old alignment complete with old road markings, southeast of the Yandanooka town centre, which follows the railway alignment, April 2016. Image © Paul Rands
	Old Alignment: Old alignment, southeast of the Yandanooka town centre, which follows the railway alignment, April 2016. Image © Paul Rands
	Old Alignment: Old alignment, southeast of the Yandanooka town centre, which follows the railway alignment, April 2016. Image © Paul Rands
	Old Bridge: Old timber bridge over Yarra Yarra Lakes at Carnamah, April 2016. Image © Paul Rands

1 Table of Roads Controlled By Main Roads Western Australia, retrieved 23 July 2008
2 State Library of Western Australia
3 Government of Western Australia, Media Statements, Highway safety works in the Mid-West to be delivered this year, 6 January 2006

Last updated: 16-Jan-2019 14:33

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