Roe Highway

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The Roe Highway is a highway in Perth in the south west of the Australian state of Western Australia. It connects the Great Northern Highway north of the north-eastern suburb of Middle Swan with the Kwinana Freeway in the south-western suburb Bibra Lake. Together with the on the northern end of the west followed Reid Highway, it forms the outer ring road to Perth.

This city motorway is one of the main routes for heavy transport in Perth. With the exception of some intersections, the speed limit is 100 km / h Between the Kwinana Freeway and Tonkin Highway, the road is built as a motorway with height- free connections. On the rest of the route, there are some traffic lights.

Numbering

The Roe Highway is designated along its entire length as State Road 3 (S3). Between the terminals of the Great Eastern Highway Bypass ( N94 ) ​​and the Great Eastern Highway ( N94 / R1 ) it carries the additional designation national road 94 ( N94 ) ​​. Between the terminals of the Great Eastern Highway ( N94 / R1 ) and the Great Northern Highway ( N95 / R1 ) it carries the additional designation national road 95 ( N95 ).

History

The Roe Highway was proposed in 1955 by Gordon Stevenson as part of the Metropolitan Region Planning Scheme. He was named after John Septimus Roe, the first Supreme surveyor of Western Australia, named.

The work began in 1981 and the first section between Beechboro - Gosnells Highway and Bushmead Road was opened in 1983. The next section - of the Bushmead Road to the Great Eastern Highway was completed in 1984. The third section between Great Eastern Highway and Great Northern Highway was opened in 1988 along with the Great Eastern Highway Bypass.

In 1994, the highway was extended to 2 km from Tonkin Highway to Welshpool Road to the south. After seven years of absence in 2001 there were a further extension of 4 km in the southwest of the Welshpool Road to the Kenwick Link ( one was completed in 1998 bypass of the Albany Highway). This section was referred to as ' Level 4 '. Work on the 3 km long section of stage 5 were taken simultaneously with the step 4 in attack and led to the extension of Roe Highway and Nicholson Road in 2002.

Level 6, a 5 km long extension of the Nicholson Road to South Street, was inaugurated in 2004 and announced shortly after stage 7. The 5 km long section of the South Street to Kwinana Freeway (Level 7 ) was completed in 2006. Thus, the highway was finished.

The 19- km route, which has emerged since 1994 between the Tonkin Highway and Kwinana Freeway which, with a default of one Freeway. Maybe he is later reported as Freeway.

In June 2012, the new height- free crossing was opened by the Great Eastern Highway and now allowing unimpeded traffic flow on the Roe Highway on the Great Eastern Highway. The intersection also includes a ramp from the north towards the east for heavy vehicles, as well as three pedestrian underpasses.

Level 8 / Fremantle Eastern Bypass

In the 1950s, Stephenson was planning a sequel to the Roe Highway from Kwinana Freeway to the west in the direction of Fremantle, Fremantle South by passing along the Marine Terrace and then north to connect to the Stirling Highway and to the port. As part of this plan, the Stirling Highway 1974 north of the Swan River extended from his former endpoint to the connection to the Canning Highway.

A narrow, 4 km long strip then south at this intersection has been reserved for a later street, but as this was not part of the original plan Stephenson, this site was previously occupied by residential development. Over a period of almost 20 years, Main Roads Western Australia acquired most of the needed for future road country. In 1985, the first kilometer of this road was built and joined the Stirling Highway on the Canning Highway addition to Leach Highway (west of the Carrington Street on this road is High Street ). The remaining 3 km of land south of it then received the name Fremantle Eastern Bypass.

At the southern end of the proposed Fremantle Eastern Bypass an 8 km stretch of land in east-west direction was reserved for road construction. This was referred to as ' Roe Highway section 8'. Most of it remained throughout the late 20th century urban bushland. This phase of construction should be the last piece of a large beltway around Perth, as it was originally planned by Stephenson.

But there were problems with the proposed connection, which was due to plan changes in government since the time of Stephenson. These included, inter alia, the abandonment of a road through Fremantle, which should instead be replaced by the Fremantle Eastern Bypass. Some residents of Fremantle defended themselves vigorously against the proposed four-lane road. They led into the field that the new road cut up the whole area, destroy urban woodland and would disrupt three nearby schools sensitive. Also, the proposed Roe Highway Section 8 ' would be the area between North Lake and Bibra Lake cut, an important wetland for the environment. The ' Environmental Protection Authority '' wrote in its report on the planned highway that would have a significant, negative impact on the substances classified as very worthy of protection Beeliar Wetlands.

The new, 2001 Come to the helm State Government had plans for the Fremantle Eastern Bypass and Roe Highway section are 8 and promised that reserved for the Fremantle Eastern Bypass land for sale. As she did, the government presented a six -point plan, which should take account of the increase in heavy traffic to and from the Port of Fremantle. The railroad should be better used to transport these tasks and the trucks are used more effectively. In addition, a deep-water container port at Rockingham should arise. As promised, the reserved for the Fremantle Eastern Bypass country rendered AU $ 17 million was sold and this money was invested in a new, height- free intersection between Leach Highway and Orrong Street in Welshpool.

During the discussion on the role of road building plans and the planned sale of land to the inhabitants of the Local Government Area City of Melville intervened since the two roads have derived a large part of the heavy traffic from Leach Highway. This leads, although classified as expressway, through some residential suburbs of Perth.

As part of the Finanzierugsvereinbarung for sections 6 and 7 of the Roe Highway, the Government of Western Australia, which was part of the cost, had stipulated that they maintained the land reservation for the Section 8.

After another change of government in September 2008 now started planning for an expansion of the Roe Highway on the Kwinana Freeway addition to the Stock Road. The parliamentary debate was continued in 2012, because the State Government is planning to implement the plans into action.

Exits and junctions

Most of the ports on the Roe Highway are height -free.