Brookton Highway

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Western Australia

The Brookton Highway is a highway in the southeast of the Australian state of Western Australia. It connects the Albany Highway in Kelmscott, a southeastern suburb of Perth with the South Coast Highway at Raventhorpe. The highway is accessible via a two-lane road and is designated State Route 40 ( S40).

Course

The highway begins in Kelmscott on the southeastern outskirts of Perth. There it branches off from the Albany Highway ( S30) to east - southeast. By Westdale it leads to Brookton, where it crosses the Great Southern Highway ( S120). From there, the Brookton Highway moves on to the east, crossing the Avon River and reached the city of Corrigin, with about 900 inhabitants and is the largest settlement on this street.

About Kondinin and Hyden he continues his way east, then turn around just before reaching the Salt Lake Lake Carmody to the southeast. Along a number of other, smaller salt lakes, the road leads to the southeast and reaches at Ravensthorpe the South Coast Highway (R1).

Provincial nature

In the Kelmscott Highway leads through dense jarrah forest on the Darling Scarp, but further east the landscape is soon flat and uninteresting. The road winds through farmland on which mainly wheat is grown. Between Hyden and Ravensthorpe, the landscape is barren and the fields make salt lakes place.

Importance and road conditions

The eastern section of the route is sometimes relatively narrow, which constitutes a problem for the flow of tourists to Wave Rock. The state government is gradually widen the road in this area.

The highway is part of a route linking Perth with the southern coastal town of Esperance, and therefore as a road link for the heavy traffic and tourists of particular importance. Most of the road is to drive with road trains to 36.5 m in length as they are usually used for transporting grain and cattle. Vacation travel, especially to the Wave Rock at Hyden, is in the western part of the route is also important.

Forest Fire in 2011

The destructive forest fire in Kelmscott and Roleystone, which destroyed 71 homes and damaged 39 more, including the Buckingham Bridge had become a prey to the flames on February 6, 2011. This wooden bridge was created in 1935. A temporary bridge over the Canning River was released on March 4, 2011 for the traffic. It is to of 400. Rocks, 250 to. fractured limestone and 4,500 tons. Emerged filler and is sufficient for passenger cars and vans. Only the heavy traffic must be routed over the Welshpool Road. This part of the highway is traveled by 4,000 vehicles per day.

Source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007 ISBN. 978-1-74193-232-4. Pp. 78, 79, 82, 83