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Type | Road |
Route number(s) | State Route 60 |
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Location(s) | |
Major suburbs | West Perth, North Perth, Joondanna |
Charles Street is a major road in the inner northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. [1] It runs from Newcastle Street and extends up to London Street, providing a connection between Mitchell Freeway and Wanneroo Road. It is the southern section of part of State Route 60, which continues north along Wanneroo Road. [2]
The street was named after Captain Charles Fitzgerald, Governor of WA, 1848–55. [3] The section of Charles Street from Carr Street to Walcott Street was originally an extension of Wanneroo Road. [4] Its name appears for the first time on maps of the Land Department in 1853. [5]
Access to Perth and its markets was a very important factor in the early years of the settlement ( Swan River Colony), and Charles Street (leading onto the northern track) became an important road during the 1870s...The Methodist Church established a Chapel in Charles Street in 1895 and a more substantial building was added in 1897. St Paul’s Anglican Church was also erected in Charles Street in 1897, and in the 1920s a new church building was constructed on the corner of Charles and Carr streets. [6]
In October 2022, Main Roads began a planning study to upgrade Charles Street with grade-separated "duck and dive" interchanges (effectively single-point diamond or roundabout interchanges in which the intersection is at-grade and the free-flowing road is below ground) at its busy Vincent Street, Scarborough Beach Road, and Walcott Street intersections. [7] However, after community opposition to the required demolition of about 100 properties, the study was abandoned in November 2022. [8]
31°55′39″S 115°51′09″E / 31.927364°S 115.852494°E
Charles Street | |
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General information | |
Type | Road |
Route number(s) | State Route 60 |
Major junctions | |
South end |
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North end |
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Location(s) | |
Major suburbs | West Perth, North Perth, Joondanna |
Charles Street is a major road in the inner northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. [1] It runs from Newcastle Street and extends up to London Street, providing a connection between Mitchell Freeway and Wanneroo Road. It is the southern section of part of State Route 60, which continues north along Wanneroo Road. [2]
The street was named after Captain Charles Fitzgerald, Governor of WA, 1848–55. [3] The section of Charles Street from Carr Street to Walcott Street was originally an extension of Wanneroo Road. [4] Its name appears for the first time on maps of the Land Department in 1853. [5]
Access to Perth and its markets was a very important factor in the early years of the settlement ( Swan River Colony), and Charles Street (leading onto the northern track) became an important road during the 1870s...The Methodist Church established a Chapel in Charles Street in 1895 and a more substantial building was added in 1897. St Paul’s Anglican Church was also erected in Charles Street in 1897, and in the 1920s a new church building was constructed on the corner of Charles and Carr streets. [6]
In October 2022, Main Roads began a planning study to upgrade Charles Street with grade-separated "duck and dive" interchanges (effectively single-point diamond or roundabout interchanges in which the intersection is at-grade and the free-flowing road is below ground) at its busy Vincent Street, Scarborough Beach Road, and Walcott Street intersections. [7] However, after community opposition to the required demolition of about 100 properties, the study was abandoned in November 2022. [8]
31°55′39″S 115°51′09″E / 31.927364°S 115.852494°E