Burns Beach Road
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Burns Beach Road Western Australia |
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| Burns Beach Road - near Currambine Railway Station | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 6.3 km (3.9 mi) |
| Route number(s) |
 State Route 87
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| Northeast end |
 Joondalup Drive (State Route 85), Joondalup
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| Southwest end | |
| Major suburbs | Neerabup, Kinross, Currambine, Burns Beach |
Burns Beach Road is an arterial east-west road in Perth, Western Australia, linking the suburbs of Burns Beach and Iluka to the Mitchell Freeway and Joondalup. It forms the entirety of State Route 87 and is currently the northern terminus of Mitchell Freeway and State Route 2.
The road begins at a large roundabout with Joondalup Drive and used to end at the old coastal village of Burns Beach. The road has been realigned where the road into the village is now named Ocean Parade and Burns Beach Road continues along the coast from Ocean Parade to Shenton Avenue in Iluka. It formerly connected with Wanneroo Road but has been extensively realigned since. The road passes by the northern residential areas of Joondalup and forms the boundary between the suburbs of Currambine and Kinross.
Its speed limit is 80 km/h for most of its length, decreasing to 70 km/h when approaching the Mitchell Freeway from the east, decreasing further to 60 km/h when approaching Burns Beach. The road is a dual carriageway from Joondalup Drive to Marmion Avenue.
Burns Beach Road provides direct access to Currambine railway station, located east of Connolly Drive.
The road was known as Road No. 3883 on plans and maps.
Until the 1970s, Burns Beach Road was unmade along its entire length. Prior to 1984 and the construction of Joondalup, the road ran continuously without any intersections between Wanneroo Road and the village of Burns Beach, and was the only route into the village. In 1988, the road's alignment was shifted very slightly north between Connolly Drive and Joondalup Drive to accommodate the new suburb of Joondalup (North). The original path of Burns Beach Road, prior to 1988, is depicted on the following map [1].
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