Forrest Highway
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Western Australia
The Forrest Highway is a highway in the south west of the Australian state of Western Australia. It connects the Kwinana Freeway and the Pinjarra Road and Old Coast Road at Lake Clifton. He bypasses the city of Mandurah and the Peel - Harvey Estuary in the east. The street was named after Sir John Forrest, the first Premier of Western Australia, named. Construction began in 2007 and the Highway was opened on 20 September 2009. On the highway some minor roads in the Local Government Areas Murray Shire and Waroona Shire are connected, namely the Old Bunbury Road.
The highway will not only shorten the travel time from Perth in the southwest of the country, but also support the growth of the Port of Bunbury, the third largest in the country.
History
Previously, there were two roads and a rail link between Perth and the South West region. The South Western Highway (S20 ) opened up the farm and forest land west of the Darling Scarp, as Pinjarra and Harvey, while the Old Coast Road ( R1) coastal and fishing villages, such as Mandurah itself and south of the present city joined. The rapidly increasing population in the Peel and South West attended during the school holidays for increased congestion on both routes. Therefore, the new road was needed to reduce the journey time and avoid traffic problems in Mandurah, Pinjarra and Waroona.
Before the construction of this road the Kwinana Freeway ended after the expansion in 2002 at the Safety Bay Road in Baldivis, while the Old Coast Road is between Bouvard and Lake Clifton only two lanes before it is south of Grove Road to four lanes.
Construction began in 2006 and the Forrest Highway was opened together with the recent extension of the Kwinana Freeway three months ahead of schedule on 20 September 2009.
Course
The Forrest Highway begins at the southern end of the Kwinana Freeway at the Pinjarra Road with a connection in the form of a half clover. Then leads in a southerly direction, crosses the Murray River and passes through the village South Yanderup. At the Greenlands Road he swings to the south-west towards the estuary of the River Harvey and then at the Mills Road south again. Then she leads over the Spearwood Dunes system and hits the Old Coast Road.
Major intersections and connections
- ( in Barragup ) Pinjarra Road Mandurah and Ravenswood / Pinjarra.
- ( in South Yunderup ) Beacham Road to South Yunderup
- ( in West Pinjarra ) Greenlands Road to Pinjarra
- ( in Birchmont ) Old Bunbury Road / Dorsett Road to Waroona, Coolup and Lake Clifton
- ( Lake Clifton ) Old Coast Road to Mandurah and Bunbury