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Bindoon-Moora Road & Midlands Road (State Route 116)

Statistics:

• Length: 326 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, Gunyidi, Watheroo, Moora, Koojan, Gillingarra, Mogumber, Wannamal and Bindoon.

Route Numbering:

• Current:
• Former:
• Multiplexes:
• Road Authority Internal Classification: M002 (Bindoon-Moora Rd) & M028 (Midlands Rd) 1

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.

Multiplexes along the route include:

• Tourist Drive 360, for 143 km, between Watheroo and Bindoon.

History:

• 1976: Brand Highway opened to traffic, NR1 shifted to the Brand Highway alignment. 2
• 25 May 1993: Land resumption for widening of the junction of Bindoon-Moora Rd (SR116) and Great Northern Hwy (NH95) at Bindoon. 3
• 2006: Widening 4 km of Midlands Road, between Mingenew and Morawa. 4

1 Table of Roads Controlled By Main Roads Western Australia, retrieved 23 July 2008
2 State Library of Western Australia
3 Western Australian Government Gazette, Edition 74, 25 May 1993.
4 Government of Western Australia, Media Statements, Highway safety works in the Mid-West to be delivered this year, 6 January 2006

Last updated: 14-Feb-2019 8:49

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