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Reid Highway & Roe Highway (State Route 3) - Midland to Jandakot |
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General Information:
Roe Highway:
The Roe Highway is part of the Perth metropolitan area outer ring road system. It's a limited access dual carriageway and carries not just SR3, but also NH94 and NH95.
The Roe Highway was first proposed in 1955 by Gordon Stephenson as part of the Metropolitan Region Planning Scheme. It is named after John Septimus Roe, first Surveyor General of Western Australia. Click here for a document by Paul Fisher, one of the project managers for the Tonkin Hwy to Welshpool Rd section.
Multiplexes along the route include:
History:
Roe Highway:
- 1981: Work on Beechboro-Gosnells (Tonkin) Highway and Bushmead Road section commenced, opening 2 September 1983. Total length of 10 km. 1
- 23 November 1984: Bushmead Road to Great Eastern Highway was opened 1
- 1984: The third stage, linking Great Eastern Highway and Great Northern Highway opened in conjuction with the Great Eastern Highway Bypass opening.
- 14 December 1988: Roe Highway from Great Eastern Highway to Great Northern Highway opened. 1
- 25 July 1994: the highway was extended 2 km further southwards from Tonkin Highway to Welshpool Road. 1
- May 2001: The 8.5 kilometre extension of Roe Highway from Welshpool Road to Nicholson Road constructed. 2
- December 2002: Completion of the highway to the Kenwick Link. 2
- 2003: Completion of highway to Nicholson Road. 2
- September 2003: The importance of the Canning River and its surrounds to Nyoongar people and the larger Aboriginal community was recognised with the naming of the new Canning River twin bridges in Langford as ‘Djarlgarra’. The bridges were built as part of the Roe Highway Stages 4 and 5. 3
- 23 April 2004: Roe Highway Stage Six – linking Nicholson Road with South Street – was opened to traffic. 4 This extended Roe Highway to South Street, in Leeming. 4
- December 2004: Work started on Roe Highway Stage 7, to extend Roe Highway from South Street Leeming to Kwinana Freeway. 5
- 2006: Roe Highway Stage Seven – extended the highway from South Street through to the Kwinana Freeway, completed. 6
- 2010: Work begins on new interchange at the junction of Roe Hwy and Great Eastern Hwy. 7
- 8 June 2012: The new interchange at the intersection of Roe Highway and Great Eastern Highway officially opened. 7
- November 2014: Work starts on grade separation of Roe Hwy and Berkshire Rd at Forrestfield. 8
This page concentrates on the former alignment between Midland and Jandakot
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Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Forrestfield approaching Berkshire Rd, April 2009. This junction has been replaced with a grade separated interchange. Image © Paul Rands |
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Approaching Berkshire Road: Flashing warning signs approaching Berkshire Rd at Forrestfield, April 2009. This junction has been replaced with a grade separated interchange. Image © Paul Rands |
1 Main Roads WA
2 Paul Fisher, project manager
3 Government of Western Australia, Media Statements, Aboriginal name for Canning River twin bridges, 19 September 2003
4 Roe7 Alliance
5 Government of Western Australia, Media Statements, Roe Highway Stage 7 extension gets go ahead, 9 December 2004
6 WA Department of Planning and Infrastructure
7 Government of Western Australia, Media Statements, Roe/Great Eastern interchange improves safety, traffic flow and transport efficiency, 8 June 2012
8 Government of Western Australia, Media Statements, Joint statement - Roe Highway/Berkshire Road interchange upgrade underway, 11 November 2014
Last updated: 22-Jan-2019 12:34
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