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Forrest Highway, Kwinana Freeway & Mitchell Freeway (State Route 2) - Construction Photos: Currumbine To Duncraig

Statistics:

• Length: 140 km (Mitchell Fwy: 30 km)
• Northern Terminus: Burns Beach Road (SR87) at Currambine
• Southern Terminus: Old Coast Road (NR1) at Lake Clifton
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route: (Mitchell Fwy) Perth, Northbridge, Leederville, Glendalough, Osborne Park, Stirling, Gwelup, Hamersley, Duncraig, Kingsley, Woodvale, Heathridge, Joondalup, Connolly and Currambine

Route Numbering:

• Current:
• Road Authority Internal Classification: H16 Mitchell Freeway 1

General Information:

The Forrest Highway, along with the Kwinana and Mitchell Freeways, are without a doubt one of the most important road systems in the Perth metropolitan area, and the southwestern part of the state.

Running in a north-south direction, the freeways link the north and southern suburbs of Perth together plus the southern city of Mandurah and the state's southwest, but also act as a coastal link between the northern and southern parts of the state. Built in stages from the late 1950s the route has seen enormous changes / extensions and is continuously undergoing expansion to this day.

Unique to the freeway sections is the passenger railway line down the median of the road corridor, which in parts also travels alongside other modes of public transport such as buses.

The route varies from 2 to 3 lanes wide in each direction, with provision in most of the newer sections to have another 1 to 2 lanes to be added when required. Exits along the route are somewhat close together, this is probably due to the large number of suburbs state route 2 services, south of Baldivis, the spacings are longer.

When first planned, the Mitchell Fwy was called the Yanchep Highway, as its envisaged that eventually the route will connect to the town.

State Route 2 is joined by National Route 1 at Brentwood from the Leach Hwy (SR7) interchange, forming a duplex through to the Canning Hwy (SR6) interchange at Como.

History:

• 1967 to 1973: construction of the section between the Narrows Bridge and Sutherland Street West Perth commenced - eventually forming the Narrows Interchange.
• 8 March 1976: Mitchell Freeway extension (1.6 km) from Railway Parade to Vincent Street opened. (Stage 2). 1
• 2 June 1978: Mitchell Freeway extension (4.8 km) from Vincent Street to Hutton Street opened. (Stage 3). 1
• 12 December 1983: Mitchell Freeway extension (3.5 km) from Roberts Street to Karrinyup Road opened. (Stage 4). 1
• 21 September 1984: Mitchell Freeway extension (1.8 km) from Karrinyup Road to Erindale Road opened. 1
• 6 August 1986: Mitchell Freeway extension to Hepburn Avenue opened. 1
• 1987: the freeway extended to Ocean Reef Road Craigie.
• 2 July 1988: Mitchell Freeway to Ocean Reef Road opened. 1
• 1992: the median strip of widened for the Joondalup railway line. Also, Mitchell Fwy widening to McDonald St completed. 1
• 1993: Mitchell Fwy widening to Erindale Rd completed, providing three lanes in each direction. 1
• 2001: freeway extension to Hodges Dr at Joondalup opened.
• 2 November 2008: $171.5 million extension to Burns Beach Road Currambine opened to traffic by State Premier, Colin Barnett. 1

This page concentrates on construction photos of Currambine extension to the Mitchell Freeway

Duncraig to Currambine			Currambine To Duncraig
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	Freeway Extension Works: Mitchell Fwy (SR2) extension works at Currumbine near Burns Beach Rd (SR87), April 2017. The building in the foreground is the railway station. Image © Paul Rands			Freeway Extension Works: Extension roadworks for the Mitchell Fwy (SR2) near Hester Av at Nowergup, April 2016. Image © Paul Rands
				Freeway Extension Works: Extension roadworks for the Mitchell Fwy (SR2) near Hester Av at Nowergup, April 2016. Image © Paul Rands

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Last updated: 23-Jan-2019 0:26

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