List of road routes in Western Australia


Road routes in Western Australia assist drivers navigating roads in urban, rural, and scenic areas of the state. The route numbering system is composed of National Highways, National Routes, State Routes, and Tourist Drives. Each route has a unique number, except for National Highway 1 and National Route 1, which mark Highway 1 in Western Australia. Routes are denoted on directional signs and roadside poles by appropriately numbered markers, the design of which varies according to route type.
National Highways and National Routes are designated by the Federal Government along roads of national importance, whilst State Routes and Tourist Drives are designated by the State Government. Highways and some arterial roads are controlled and maintained by Main Roads Western Australia, although National Highways are federally funded. The remaining roads are generally the responsibility of local governments, though there are also some private roads and Department of Environment and Conservation roads.
Many major roads in Perth and in rural Western Australia are not assigned a route number. Not many routes have been added since the 1990s; exceptions include the Graham Farmer Freeway, Mandjoogoordap Drive and Port Gregory Road/George Grey Drive.

National Highways and Routes

National Highways are designated with gold numbers on a green shield. These are federally funded highways, which are the most direct routes between Perth and other Australian capital cities. Black on white shields indicate National Routes that are not part of the National Highway system. Highway 1 is a route that circumnavigates Australia, joining all mainland state capitals, via roads numbered as National Highway 1 or National Route 1.
RouteComponent roadsFromViaToLengthNotes

National Highway 1		WA/NT borderPort HedlandContinues west from Port Hedland as National Route 1

National Highway 1		Eyre HighwayWA/SA borderBalladoniaNorsemanContinues south from Norseman as National Route 1

National Highway 94		Victoria ParkNorseman

National Highway 95		MidvalePort Hedland

National Route 1		Port HedlandNorsemanContinues east from Port Hedland and Norseman as National Highway 1

Alternate National
Route 94		CoolgardieWidgiemooltha

State Routes

State Routes in Western Australia are designated by a white number on a blue shield. Single digit routes travel completely or partially along urban freeways or highways. Two digit route numbers that end in zero are the major road routes out of Perth, except for Route 10, which designates rural highway connections in the South West region. Other two digit routes connect the urban centres of Perth, while three digit routes connect regional and remote areas of Western Australia.
RouteComponent roadsFromViaToLengthNotes

State Route 2		ClarksonPerthLake Clifton

State Route 3		North BeachMiddle SwanBibra Lake

State Route 4		MucheaPerth AirportForrestdale

State Route 5		FremantlePerthVictoria Park

State Route 6		FremantleApplecrossVictoria Park

State Route 7		FremantleBrentwoodPerth Airport

State Route 8		West PerthWattle GroveCarmel

State Route 10		Bussell HighwayBunburyKarridaleAugusta

State Route 10		KarridaleNannupShannon

State Route 12		FremantleHendersonNaval Base

State Route 13		FremantleCanning ValeHaynes

State Route 14		South FremantleBibra LakeArmadaleRerouted after road upgrades and extensions

State Route 18		East RockinghamSafety BayBaldivis

State Route 19		Stake HillMeadow SpringsMandurah

State Route 20		ArmadaleBunbury

State Route 21		Kwinana BeachOakfordByford

State Route 22		RockinghamBaldivisJarrahdale

State Route 26		ManningBentleyCannington

State Route 27		ShelleyRivertonLynwood

State Route 30		Victoria ParkArmadaleAlbany

Alternate State Route 30		BeckenhamKenwickSection bypassed by Kenwick Link

State Route 31		CanningtonForrestdaleOakford

State Route 36		LangfordThornlieGosnells

State Route 40		KelmscottBrooktonRavensthorpe

State Route 41		High WycombeKalamundaKarragullen

State Route 50		Middle SwanJane BrookToodyay

State Route 51		PerthGuildfordBellevue

State Route 52		BelhusMiddle SwanGuildford

State Route 53		PerthMorleyWhitemanShortened after NorthLink WA road project works

State Route 55		DianellaAscotHazelmere

State Route 56		LandsdaleDianellaWest PerthEnds at Bulwer Street

State Route 60		West PerthArrowsmith

State Route 61		CrawleyWest PerthYokine

State Route 64		BalcattaOsborne ParkSubiaco

State Route 65		City BeachFloreatPerth

State Route 66		Mount LawleyEast Perth

State Route 71		CottesloeHillarysMerriwa

State Route 72		PerthLeedervilleCity Beach

State Route 75		East PerthOsborne ParkScarborough

State Route 76		TriggMorleyCaversham

State Route 77		GwelupBalcattaWarwick

State Route 78		BalcattaWestminster

State Route 81		DuncraigGirrawheenBallajura

State Route 82		HillarysMadeleyCullacabardeeRoute number extended from Wanneroo Road to Tonkin Highway in 2019

State Route 83		DuncraigWoodvaleLandsdaleShortened after road upgrades and extensions

State Route 84		Ocean ReefMullalooHenley BrookRerouted after road upgrades and extensions

State Route 85		EdgewaterJoondalupBullsbrook

State Route 87		Burns BeachKinrossNeerabup

State Route 102		ManjimupRocky GullyMount Barker

State Route 104		BusseltonJarrahwoodNannup

State Route 107		East BunburyWaginLake King

State Route 115		NorthamWongan HillsPithara

State Route 116		BindoonMingenewDongara

State Route 120		ToodyayCranbrook

State Route 123		GeraldtonMount Magnet

State Route 136		NanutarraWittenoomMunjinaNanutarra-Wittenoom Road is mostly unsealed

State Route 138		NewmanMarble BarPort HedlandApprox 230 km is unsealed road

State Route 139		NorthamptonPort GregoryKalbarriRoute declared in March 2016

Tourist Drives

Tourist Drives, designated by white numbers on a brown shield, are routes through areas of scenic or historic significance. Tourist Drives were introduced into Western Australia while Eric Charlton was the state government Minister for Transport in the 1990s. The 28 numbered routes collectively traverse more than across the state. In addition to the Tourist Drives, there are also unnumbered routes such as the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail, and local governments may designate and maintain local scenic drives, generally unnamed and unnumbered.
RouteComponent roadsFromViaToLengthNotes

Kings Park
Tourist Drive 200		Kings Park Road / Malcolm StreetState War MemorialKings Park circular route

John Forrest
Tourist Drive 201		Great Eastern Highway, DarlingtonGreat Eastern Highway, Glen ForrestRoute through John Forrest National Park

Rockingham Coastal
Tourist Drive 202		Kwinana BeachWarnbroRockingham coastal route

Swan Valley
Tourist Drive 203		GuildfordGuildfordSwan Valley circular route

Sunset Coast
Tourist Drive 204		Stirling Bridge, North FremantleCottesloeSwanbourneRoute along Perth's northern beaches

Sunset Coast
Tourist Drive 204		City BeachOcean ReefRoute along Perth's northern beaches

Heritage Country
Tourist Drive 205		ArmadaleArmadaleDarling Range dams circular route

Kingsbury
Tourist Drive 206		JarrahdaleJarrahdaleJarrah forest circular route

Darling Range
Tourist Drive 207		MundaringMundaring WeirKalamundaMundaring Weir route

Caves Road
Tourist Drive 250		Cape NaturalisteCape LeeuwinCape Naturaliste–Cape Leeuwin coastal route

Blackwood River
Tourist Drive 251		BalingupNannupBridgetownBlackwood River route. The direct route from Balingup to Bridgetown is along South Western Highway.

Porongurup
Tourist Drive 252		Mount BarkerPorongurupChester Pass Road east of PorongurupPorongurup National Park route

Avon Historic
Tourist Drive 254		ToodyayBeverleyAvon River route

Scotsdale
Tourist Drive 255		DenmarkScotsdaleGreens Pool

Lake Argyle
Tourist Drive 256		Victoria Highway near WA/NT borderLake Argyle

Albany Historic
Tourist Drive 257		Middleton BeachWestern Australian Museum – AlbanyAlbany coastal route

Frenchman Bay
Tourist Drive 258		TorndirrupFrenchman BayRoute through Torndirrup National Park

Karri
Tourist Drive 259		ManjimupSouth Western Highway near QuinninupKarri forest route

Australind Bunbury
Tourist Drive 260		LeschenaultBunbury

Geikie–Windjana
Tourist Way 350		Geikie Gorge National ParkDerby Gibb River Road near Lennard RiverOnly accessible in the dry season, from April to November

Cossack
Tourist Way 351		Burrup PeninsulaPoint SamsonNorth West Shelf coastal route

Cape Range
Tourist Way 352		LearmonthExmouthYardie Creek in Cape Range National ParkNorth West Cape coastal route

Shark Bay
Tourist Way 353		Overlander RoadhouseMonkey MiaShark Bay route

Batavia Coast
Tourist Way 354		DongaraKalbarri National Park

Collie
Tourist Way 355		South Western Highway near RoelandsCollieCollie River in Muja

Great Southern
Tourist Way 356		BeverleyAlbanyGreat Southern Railway route

Goldfields
Tourist Way 357		Coolgardie Camel Farm,
west of Coolgardie		CoolgardieKalgoorlieGoldfields route. Superseded by the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail.

Esperance
Tourist Way 358		EsperancePink LakeRoute along the Esperance coast and Pink Lake; forms most of a loop route

Chittering Valley
Tourist Way 359		Ashby BullsbrookChitteringGnangara-Moore River State Forest and Chittering Valley route

Midlands
Tourist Way 360		Upper SwanWatheroo National Park

Decommissioned Routes

Whilst the following routes are decommissioned, the component roads generally still exist as physical roads, but without route signposts.
RouteComponent roadsFromViaToLengthNotes

National Route 80
Halls CreekNicholsonWA/NT borderDecommissioned 1976 - Duncan Highway renamed Duncan Road.

State Route 14
South FremantleBibra LakeArmadaleRerouted along Beeliar Drive and the extension of Spearwood Avenue.

State Route 34
RivervaleKewdaleReplaced by State Route 8

State Route 35
East Victoria ParkWelshpoolCarmelReplaced by State Route 8.

State Route 86
AshbyMariginiupBullsbrookReplaced by Tourist Drive 359 and State Route 85 on all but Pinjar Road.