Karrinyup Road Western Australia |
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Looking east towards Francis Avenue in Karrinyup | |
Type | Highway |
Length | 8.0 km (5.0 mi) |
Opened | 1950s |
Route number(s) | State Route 76 (Karrinyup – Balcatta) |
Tourist routes | Tourist Drive 204 (Trigg) |
West end | West Coast Drive (Tourist Drive 204), Trigg |
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East end | Morley Drive (State Route 76), Balcatta |
Major suburbs | Karrinyup, Stirling |
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Western Australia |
Karrinyup Road is a major east-west road in the inner northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, connecting the City of Stirling council offices, Osborne Park Hospital and Karrinyup Shopping Centre with residential estates in Innaloo, Stirling and Balcatta. The road, especially the portion between the Freeway and Main Street, was one of the first roads in the area, known as Balcatta Beach Road and later as North Beach Road. Until the 1990s, most of this stretch of the road was still fledged by functioning market gardens.
For part of 1984, Karrinyup Road was the end point of the Mitchell Freeway. Prior to the freeway's construction, this intersection was the crossing point of Odin Road between Innaloo and the Balcatta industrial area.
Main Roads Western Australia controls and maintains Karrinyup Road. It is part of Main Roads' internal designation H28 Karrinyup–Morley Highway, along with Morley Drive.