Rockingham Road is a major road between
Fremantle
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia located at the mouth of the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australi ...
and
Kwinana in the southern suburbs of
Perth
Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...
. It is allocated
National Route 1 – part of Australia's national
Highway 1 – between
Stock Road
Stock Road is an arterial road in the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. The northern terminus is at Page Street in Attadale, near Point Walter on the Swan River. It runs southwards to Canning Highway and then Leach Highway as a r ...
in
Munster
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and its southern terminus in Kwinana.
The first part of Rockingham Road is a main road and suburban distributor that goes from the southern edge of
Fremantle
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia located at the mouth of the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australi ...
into
Hamilton Hill and
Spearwood, passing the Phoenix Park shopping centre and the offices of the
City of Cockburn
The City of Cockburn ( ) is a local government area in the southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about south of Fremantle and about south of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of and had a po ...
. It then leaves the urban area (but not the metropolitan area).
After becoming Highway 1, Rockingham Road acquires a very wide
median strip
A median strip, central reservation, roadway median, or traffic median is the reserved area that separates opposing lanes of traffic on divided roadways such as divided highways, dual carriageways, controlled-access highway, freeways, and moto ...
- at one point the northbound and southbound lanes are 180 metres apart. The road then passes the small towns of
Wattleup and
Hope Valley before entering the Kwinana heavy industrial area in
Naval Base
A naval base, navy base, or military port is a military base, where warships and naval ships are docked when they have no mission at sea or need to restock. Ships may also undergo repairs. Some naval bases are temporary homes to aircraft that usu ...
and
Kwinana Beach Kwinana may refer to:
* City of Kwinana, a local government area in Western Australia
* Electoral district of Kwinana, an electorate of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
* Kwinana Beach, Western Australia, a suburb in Western Australia
* ...
.
After the intersection with
Mandurah Road it changes name to
Patterson Road and continues on to the city of
Rockingham.
Major intersections
All intersections below are controlled by traffic signals unless otherwise indicated.
See also
References
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Roads in Perth, Western Australia
Highway 1 (Australia)
Fremantle