Expressway - The Australian Highway Site: Road Photos & Information: WA: National Highways: NH94 (Perth to Mundaring) (Former Alignment)

Road Photos & Information: Western Australia

Coolgardie-Esperance Highway, Roe Highway, Great Eastern Highway Bypass and Great Eastern Highway (National Highway 94)

Perth to Mundaring

Former Alignment

Statistics:

Length:: 717 km (Perth to Mundaring: km)
Termini:: Eastern: Coolgardie-Esperance Hwy (NR1) and Eyre Hwy (NH1), Norseman; Western: Canning Hwy (NR1 / SR6), Causeway (SR5), Shepperton Road (SR30) and Albany Hwy (unnumbered), Burswood
Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:: Burswood, Laithlain, Rivervale, Belmont, Redcliffe, South Guildford, Hazelmere, Bellevue, Greenmount and Mundaring

Route Numbering:

Current: 94
Multiplexed with: 1 3
Former: 94
Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹: H005 (Hazelmere to Burswood); H018 (Bellvue to Hazelmere)

General Information:

National Highway is a major route in WA, directly linking the capital city of Perth with the mining and goldfield regions in the eastern part of the state, such as Kalgoorlie and Norseman, it also connects to National Highway 1, the Eyre Highway, which is the major link, via the Nullarbor Plain between the east and west coasts of Australia.

Outside of Perth, the route is bitumen paved single carriageway roadway. Some overtaking lanes exist along the route between Coolgardie and Perth's outer suburbs. Inside the metropolitan area, the route varies from multi-lane arterial road to expressway standard.

The highway generally runs parallel with the Mundaring to Kalgoorlie water pipeline, which pipes drinking water drawn from Mundaring Weir near Perth to Kalgoorlie.

Multiplexes along the route include:

: National Route 1, for 9 km, between South Guildford and Burswood.; State Route 3, for 3 km, between Bellevue and Hazelmere.

History:

: 1954: Completion of the highway seal.; 1960s: A railway level crossing in Bellevue was replaced by a bridge which passes over the Main Eastern Railway line.; June 1966: Sir Ross Hutchinson (1914-1999), the then Minister for Works unveils NR94 as the first numbered route in Western Australia. ²; 14 May 1988: Great Eastern Highway Bypass opened to traffic.; February 1997: Great Eastern Hwy / Orrong Rd new intersection opened. ³

This page concentrates on the former alignment between Perth and Mundaring

Mundaring to Perth

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching the Roe Highway (NH94 / SR3 and NH95 / SR3) and Great Eastern Highway (SR51) intersection, at Bellvue, December 2007.

Image © Paul Rands

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign at the Roe Highway (NH94 / SR3 and NH95 / SR3) and Great Eastern Highway (SR51) intersection, at Bellvue, December 2007. NH94 turns left at this location.

Image © Paul Rands

Approaching Fauntleroy Avenue:

Great Eastern Hwy (NH94 / NR1) at Redcliffe approaching Fauntleroy Av, April 2016. This section has since been widened.

Image © Paul Rands

Fauntleroy Avenue:

Corner of Great Eastern Hwy (NH94 / NR1) and Fauntleroy Av at Redcliffe, April 2016. This section has since been widened.

Image © Paul Rands

Trailblazer:

Traiblazer assembly after Fauntleroy Av in Redcliffe, April 2016. This section has since been widened.

Image © Paul Rands

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Redcliffe approaching Brearley Av, April 2016. Access to Brearley Av has since been closed.

Image © Paul Rands

Brearley Avenue:

Great Eastern Hwy (NH94) at the Brearley St intersection at Redcliffe, April 2016. Access to Brearley Av has since been closed.

Image © Paul Rands

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign gantry approaching Tonkin Hwy (SR4) interchange at Redcliffe, March 2019. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Paul Rands from April 2016. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Paul Rands from December 2012.

Image © Paul Rands

Tonkin Highway:

Great Eastern Hwy (NH94 / NR1) at the Tonkin Hwy (SR4) interchange at Redcliffe, December 2012.

Image © Paul Rands

Tonkin Highway:

Great Eastern Hwy (NH94 / NR1) at the Tonkin Hwy (SR4) interchange at Redcliffe, March 2019.

Image © Paul Rands

Approaching Hardey Road:

Great Eastern Hwy at Belmont approaching Hardey Av & Resolution Dr, June 2009.

Image © Paul Rands

Trailblazer Assembly:

Trailblazer assembly at Belmont approaching Hardey Av & Resolution Dr, June 2009. Resolution Dr is not SR55 but leads to it.

Image © Paul Rands

Resolution Drive Intersection:

Corner of Great Eastern Hwy (NH94 / NR1) at Belmont at the junction with Hardey Av & Resolution Dr, June 2009. Resolution Dr is not SR55 but leads to it.

Image © Paul Rands

Approaching Belgravia & Stoneham Street:

Great Eastern Hwy (NH94 / NR1) near Hargreaves St at Belmont, approaching Belgravia St and Stoneham St (SR55), June 2009.

Image © Paul Rands

Trailblazer Assembly:

Trailblazers at Belmont, approaching Belgravia St and Stoneham St (SR55), June 2009.

Image © Paul Rands

Approaching Belmont Avenue & Tanunda Way:

Great Eastern Hwy at Rivervale approaching Belmont Av and Tanunda Way, June 2009.

Image © Paul Rands

Perth to Mundaring

Trailblazer:

Trailblazer assembly showing the NR1 / NH94 duplex at Rivervale approaching Belmont Avenue. December 2007.

Image © Paul Rands

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign near La Parge Street for Belgravia Street (SR55). Ascot, December 2007.

Image © Paul Rands

Trailblazer Assembly:

Trailblazers approaching Belgravia Street in Ascot, December 2007.

Image © Paul Rands

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign on the corner of Hargreaves Street and the Great Eastern Highway in Ascot, December 2007.

Image © Paul Rands

Intersection Directional Sign:

Old non-retroreflective ID sign (top panel) facing Resolution Drive in Ascot, December 2007. The coverplate is hiding the old NR1 / NR95 duplex that was once routed along this section of Great Eastern Hwy. ⁴

Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:

Supplemental AD sign at Ascot, approaching Tonkin Hwy (SR4) and Brearley St, April 2016.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD signage approaching the Tonkin Highway (SR4) interchange at Ascot, April 2016. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Paul Rands from December 2007.

Tonkin Highway:

Great Eastern Hwy (NH94 / NR1) at the Tonkin Hwy (SR4) interchange at Ascot, April 2016.

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign facing eastbound traffic at the Tonkin Hwy (SR4) interchange in Ascot, April 2016. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Paul Rands from December 2007.

Trailblazer:

Trailblazer assembly at Ascot, January 2020.

Trailblazer:

Trailblazer assembly after Fauntleroy Av in Ascot, April 2016. This section has since been widened.

Fauntleroy Avenue:

Corner of Great Eastern Hwy (NH94 / NR1) and Fauntleroy Av at Ascot, April 2016. This section has since been widened.

Trailblazer:

Trailblazer assembly at Ascot, April 2016.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Bellevue, approaching the intersection with Great Eastern Hwy (SR51), Great Eastern Hwy (NH94) and Roe Hwy (NH95 / SR3), April 2009.

Great Eastern Highway:

Corner of Roe Hwy (NH94 / SR3 and NH95 / SR3) to Great Eastern Hwy (NH94) and Great Eastern Hwy (SR51) at Bellevue, April 2009.

¹ WA Government, Main Roads Western Australia, Road Information Mapping System.
² WA Government, State Library of WA.
³ WA Government, Main Roads Western Australia.
⁴ Sam Laybutt (Ozroads).