Armadale Road, Perth

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Armadale Road
Length	km
General direction	East-West
From	Albany Highway, Armadale
via	Armadale, Brookdale, Forrestdale, Banjup, Atwell
To	Kwinana Freeway
Allocation	State Route 14
Major Junctions	Church Avenue, Railway Avenue, Seville Drive, Lake Road, Tonkin Highway, Nicholson Road, Warton Road, Tapper Road, Kwinana Freeway

Armadale Road is a major road in the south and south east of the Perth Metropolitan Area. It connects Armadale to the Kwinana Freeway, and serves as part of a main route from Armadale to Fremantle. Since 2005 it has connected Armadale to the Tonkin Highway, a major route to Perth, the Perth Airport and the northern suburbs. Armadale goes from the Albany Highway/South Western Highway intersection in Armadale to the Kwinana Freeway in Jandakot.

Armadale Road follows the dismantled Fremantle-Armadale railway line.

Armadale Road only went up to Forrest Road in Forrestdale prior to the extension of the Kwinana Freeway in the early 1990s (continuing as Forrest Road after that) as Forrest Road was a road extending from Hamilton Hill to Armadale. The realignment of Forrest Road as the Kwinana Freeway was extended saw it renamed as Armadale Road up to the Freeway.

It is part of the state route 14 which eastbound starts as Beeliar Drive in Yangebup, continuing as Armadale Road from the Freeway and then continues as the Albany Highway branch from Armadale to Albany.

[edit] Major Intersections

Albany Highway/South Western Highway (Armadale)

Lake Road (Forrestdale)

Tonkin Highway (Forrestdale)

Nicholson Road (Forrestdale)

Kwinana Freeway (Atwell)

[edit] Speed Limits

70km/h from Albany Highway/South Western Highway and increases to 80km/h just after the railway line. It increases to 90km/h from Nicholson Road and then goes down to 70km/h just before Tapper Road in Atwell

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