Beechboro Road is a north–south arterial road located in the northeastern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, connecting Morley and Bayswater with areas further north. Until the construction of the nearby section of Tonkin Highway between 1984 and 1992, and later, during the NorthLink WA road project between 2016 and 2019, Beechboro Road was one of northeastern Perth's most important routes. The road is discontinuous at Tonkin Highway, with the section from Tonkin Highway to Walter Road officially known as Beechboro Road North, and the section running through Bayswater as Beechboro Road South.
Beechboro Road North is allocated State Route 53 for almost its entire length. Prior to 2019, this allocation extended northwards to Gnangara Road, but had since been truncated at Tonkin Highway and Hepburn Avenue due to the NorthLink WA road project.
Route description
Beechboro Road South
Beechboro Road South runs entirely through Bayswater and is long. The road is mostly a two-lane single carriageway and runs through residential and some industrial areas upon reaching its northern end.
Beechboro Road South commences at a traffic light controlled T-junction with Coode Street in the Bayswater town centre. The road initially runs through residential areas but transitions to industrial areas after . Another takes the road to a traffic light controlled intersection with Collier Road. The road turns right after , while the main traffic flow continues northwards as Embleton Avenue, and terminates in a cul-de-sac north of Tonkin Highway north-eastwards.
Beechboro Road North
Beechboro Road North is long and is part of State Route 53. The road is mostly two lanes in each direction which alternates between single and dual carriageway.
Beechboro Road North commences at a cul-de-sac north of Tonkin Highway in Embleton. later, the road encounters a traffic light intersection with Broun Avenue to the west and Walter Road East to the east, gaining the State Route 53 north of that intersection. Now within the suburb of Morley and a four-lane single carriageway, the road intersects at traffic lights with Morley Drive East later, and then, now a dual carriageway, another later takes the road to Benara Road, also at traffic lights. The road travels through the suburb of Beechboro for another before reaching Reid Highway, which Beechboro Road passes over, with the two roads having had formerly intersected with each other at traffic lights before 2018. Following this flyover the suburb is now within the residential suburb of Bennett Springs, encountering a roundabout with Orchid Avenue and Bridgeman Drive and a T-junction with Bennett Springs Drive, all within before intersecting with Marshall Road at traffic lights. Following this intersection Beechboro Road North promptly reduces to a two-lane single carriageway, travelling northwards within Whiteman for about , during which it forms part of the western border of Whiteman Park, sits near bushland which is expected to be the location for the future Malaga railway station on the upcoming Ellenbrook railway line as part of the Metronet project, and intersects with Whiteman Drive (an entrance to Whiteman Park) and Hennessey Road (the former section of Beechboro Road North between Hepburn Avenue and Gnangara Road). Beechboro Road North ends at a roundabout interchange with Tonkin Highway, continuing westwards as Hepburn Avenue.
History
The road was first commissioned during the 1970s as a road that tracked the then-new northeastern suburbs of Perth, running all the way to Gnangara Road.
Upon the completion of the nearby section of Tonkin Highway from Railway Parade to Morley Drive in 1984, Beechboro Road was split into two parts, becoming discontinuous on both sides of the highway. In 1992, the intersection with Reid Highway opened when it was extended eastwards from Tonkin Highway. The location of this intersection required impact analysis and environmental review.
In 2010, a new extension of Hepburn Avenue to Beechboro Road North opened nearby, resulting in the latter being realigned with Beechboro Road traffic coming from the south continuing as Pass Way that would terminate at Hepburn Avenue. To continue onto Beechboro Road North, traffic had to turn right at the roundabout. This alignment was later removed in 2018 as part of nearby works for the NorthLink WA project.