Alexander Drive, Perth

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Alexander Drive

Length	16 km
General direction	North-South
From	Gnangara Road, Gnangara
via	Dianella, Mirrabooka, Ballajura, Landsdale
To	Walcott Street, Menora
Established	1970s
Major Junctions	Morley Drive, Reid Highway, Beach Road

Alexander Drive is a major north-south road in the northeastern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, connecting Perth's central business district (CBD) with Edith Cowan University's Mount Lawley campus and the Malaga industrial area, as well as new development suburbs to Perth's northeast, and is amply served by Transperth bus routes, including the CityLink 886 and 889^[1]. The north-south portion from Marangaroo Drive to Widgee Road was historically called Uganda Road and was barely more than a track, but was renamed when the dual carriageway was built in the late 1970s. The name change was made official in March 1979.^[2]

It is known as Road No. 7354 in plans and maps.

[edit] Fitzgerald Street

State Route 56 starts in Northbridge, adjacent to Perth's CBD, as Fitzgerald Street, travelling northwards through West Perth and North Perth before becoming Alexander Drive at the intersection of Walcott Street.^[3]

[edit] Major Intersections

Walcott Street - North Perth and Menora
Central Avenue, Mount Lawley - to Edith Cowan University
Grand Promenade - Dianella
Morley Drive - Dianella
Reid Highway - Mirrabooka, Noranda and Malaga
Beach Road - Mirrabooka, Ballajura and Malaga
Marangaroo Drive - Ballajura and Alexander Heights
Hepburn Avenue - Ballajura, Alexander Heights and Landsdale

[edit] References

^ Northern 76 timetable, Transperth, effective 30 May 2004. Accessed 2007-01-23
^ "Change of Name of Street - City of Stirling and Shire of Wanneroo (per 1036/71)", Western Australia Government Gazette, 16 March 1979, pp. 1979:698.
^ Map 342/372, 2007 StreetSmart directory, Department of Land Information, Perth. ISBN 1-921048-10-7