Highways in Western Australia include both roads that are named as a highway, and roads that have been declared as a highway under the Main Roads Act 1930. The standard of highways range from two-lane roads, common in rural areas, to controlled access, grade separated freeways in Perth.

In legislation, a highway is a type of road controlled and maintained by the state road authority, Main Roads Western Australia. Any road or section of road may be proclaimed a highway by the Governor of Western Australia, on the recommendation of the Commissioner of Main Roads, under Section 13 of the Main Roads Act 1930. Section 14 of the act allows for the creation of new highways. Main Roads assigns each highway a name and number, which may vary from the official road names used on road signs and by the general public. The highway number does not correspond to a road route that may be allocated to the highway, and some highways are not part of a numbered route.

Proclaimed highways Highway Component roads From To Length(km) Length(mi) NotesAlbany Highway The Causeway Shepperton Road Albany HighwayPerthAlbanyMelville Mandurah Highway Stock Road Rockingham Road Ennis Avenue Mandurah Road Old Coast RoadBicton AttadaleMandurahFormerly Perth–Bunbury Highway which extended down to Bunbury. Also is more of a residential road in Bicton, Attadale, Melville, and Palmyra.Eyre HighwayEyre HighwayNorsemanCeduna (SA)Brand HighwayBrand HighwayMucheaGeraldtonGreat Eastern Highway Great Eastern Highway Johnson Street (Guildford) James Street (Guildford) East Street (Guildford) Hannan Street (Kalgoorlie)BurswoodKalgoorlieGreat Northern HighwayGreat Northern HighwayMidlandWyndhamNorth West Coastal HighwayNorth West Coastal HighwayGeraldtonPort HedlandSouth Coast Highway South Coast Highway Chester Pass Road () Morgans Street ()AlbanyEsperanceSouth Western HighwaySouth Western HighwayArmadaleWalpoleCoolgardie–Esperance HighwayCoolgardieEsperanceVictoria HighwayVictoria HighwayLake ArgyleKatherine (NT)Leach HighwayLeach HighwayPalmyraKewdaleCanning HighwayCanning HighwayFremantleVictoria ParkStirling HighwayStirling HighwayCrawleyFremantleKwinana FreewayKwinana FreewayPerthLake CliftonMitchell FreewayMitchell FreewayPerthClarksonTonkin HighwayTonkin HighwayMucheaOakfordRoe HighwayRoe HighwayMiddle SwanBibra LakeGreat Eastern Highway BypassGreat Eastern Highway BypassSouth GuildfordHazelmereGraham Farmer FreewayGraham Farmer FreewayWest PerthRivervaleReid HighwayReid HighwayNorth BeachMiddle SwanWimbledon–Rupert Street LinkKenwick LinkBeckenhamKenwickArmadale RoadArmadale RoadArmadaleCockburn CentralBrearley AvenueBrearley AvenueRedcliffePerth AirportClosed in 2018 to allow construction of the new Airport Line.Cockburn RoadCockburn RoadHamilton HillHendersonGuildford RoadGuildford RoadMount LawleyGuildfordRivervale–Wattle Grove LinkOrrong Road, Welshpool Road EastRivervaleWattle GroveKarrinyup–Morley HighwayKarrinyup Road, Morley DriveKarrinyupBassendeanMarmion AvenueMarmion AvenueKarrinyupMullalooPort Beach RoadNorth FremantleQueen Victoria StreetQueen Victoria StreetNorth FremantleFremantleSouth StreetSouth StreetCanning ValeFremantleToodyay RoadToodyay RoadMiddle SwanToodyayTydeman RoadTydeman RoadNorth FremantleWanneroo RoadWanneroo RoadJoondannaYanchepWest Coast HighwayCottesloeTriggGarratt Road BridgeGarratt RoadBayswaterAscotThomas RoadThomas RoadKwinana BeachOakfordStephenson HighwayStephenson AvenueOsborne ParkAlbany Port Road Hanrahan Road Princess Royal DriveAlbanyAnzac DriveAnzac DriveWest KalgoorlieSouth BoulderBroome HighwayBroome RoadRoebuckBroomeBussell Highway Bussell Highway Robertson DriveBunburyAugustaCarnarvon RoadRobinson StreetKingsfordCarnarvonCoalfields HighwayCoalfields HighwayRoelandsArthur RiverDampier Road Dampier Highway Karratha RoadStove HillDampierDerby HighwayDerby HighwayWillareDerbyMinilya–Exmouth RoadMinilya–Exmouth RoadMinilyaExmouthGoldfields HighwayGoldfields HighwayMeekatharraKambaldaGeraldton–Mount Magnet RoadGeraldton–Mount Magnet RoadGeraldtonMount MagnetPort Hedland RoadWilson StreetPort HedlandBrookton Highway Brookton Highway Brookton–Corrigin Road Corrigin–Kondinin Road Kondinin–Hyden Road Hyden–Lake King Road Newdegate–Ravensthorpe RoadArmadaleRavensthorpeWilliams–Narrogin HighwayWilliams–Kondinin RoadWilliamsNarroginAlbany Ring RoadMenang DriveWillyungMadigan RoadMadigan RoadGap RidgeBeach Street (Victoria Quay Access)Beach StreetFremantleQueen Victoria Street to Victoria Quay access pointForrest HighwayForrest HighwayRavenswoodBunburyWillinge Drive Willinge Drive Estuary DriveVittoriaPictonAustralind–Roelands LinkRaymond RoadAustralindRoelandsJohn Willcock LinkJohn Willcock LinkGeraldtonHorrie Miller DriveHorrie Miller DriveKewdalePerth Airport

Main roads with highway names A "main road" is another type of road controlled by Main Roads Western Australia. Highway From To Notes M8 Vasse Highway Busselton Diamond Tree M10 Chidlow–York Road Chidlow York Official road name is Great Southern Highway M24 Muir Highway Manjimup Mount Barker M27 Brockman Highway Karridale Bridgetown M31 Northam–Cranbrook Road Northam Cranbrook Official name is Great Southern Highway, from York to Cranbrook M65 Manuwarra Red Dog Highway Karratha Tom Price

Outback tracks with highway names As the outback covers most of Western Australia, tracks provide vital links to remote communities and settlements. These tracks are unsealed, remote, and in many cases pass through restricted areas such as Aboriginal lands and Indigenous Protected Areas, which require transit permits.

Anne Beadell Highway Connie Sue Highway Eagle Highway Gary Highway Gunbarrel Highway Heather Highway Buntine Highway

Road routes with highway names

Highway 1 is a route that circumnavigates Australia, joining all mainland state capitals, via roads numbered 1, M1, A1, or B1, as some states use an alphanumeric route numbering system. In Western Australia, most of the highway is designated as National Route 1. However, the sections in the north-east and south-east of the state that are concurrent with the National Highway routes from Perth to Adelaide and from Perth to Darwin are designated as National Highway 1.

See also

Highways in Australia for highways in other states and territories List of highways in Australia for roads named as highways, but not necessarily classified as highways List of roadhouses in Western Australia List of road routes in Western Australia

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