Road Photos & Information: Western Australia

Reid Highway, Middle Swan Road & Roe Highway (State Route 3)

Statistics:

• Length: 65 km
• Northern Terminus: Marmion Avenue (SR71) at Karrinyup
• Southern Terminus: Kwinana Fwy (SR2) interchange, Jandakot
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities along route: Karrinyup, Carrine, Hamersley, Balga, Mirrabooka, Malaga, Beechboro, West Swan, Caversham, Middle Swan, Midvale, Bellevue, Hazelmere, High Wycombe, Maida Vale, Forrestfield, Kewdale, Wattle Grove, Kenwick, Beckenham, Langford, Parkwood, Canning Vale, Leeming and Jandakot.

Route Numbering:

• Current:
• Multiplexed With:
• Road Authority Internal Classification: H18 (Roe Highway) and H21 (Reid Highway) 1

General Information:

Reid Highway:

First proposed in the late 1960s as the North Perimeter Highway, Reid Highway is a major arterial highway in Perth, and runs between Marmion Avenue, North Beach, and West Swan Road, West Swan. The highway is both a two-lane single carriageway from Marmion Avenue to Erindale Road, and from Beechboro Road North to West Swan Road, and a four-lane dual carriageway between Erindale Road and Beechboro Road North. Click here for a page on stages 4 and 5 by project manager Paul Fisher.

Middle Swan Road:

Middle Swan Rd is a single carriageway, 2 lane roadway acting as temporary link between the Reid Hwy and Roe Highway, passing through suburbs such as West Swan, Caversham and Middle Swan.

Roe Highway:

The Roe Highway is part of the Perth metropolitan area outer ring road system. It's a limited access dual carriageway and carries not just SR3, but also NR1, NH94 and NH95.

The Roe Highway was first proposed in 1955 by Gordon Stephenson as part of the Metropolitan Region Planning Scheme. It is named after John Septimus Roe, first Surveyor General of Western Australia.

Click here for a page by one of the project managers for the Tonkin Hwy to Welshpool Rd section.

History:

Reid Highway:

• 1986: Stage 1 constructed between Erindale Road and the Mitchell Freeway.
• 1989: Renamed Reid Highway in honour of former Governor Gordon Reid.
• 6 September 1991: Reid Highway from Alexander Dr to Malaga Dr opened. 1
• 11 November 1991: Reid Highway (Malaga Dr to Tonkin Highway) and Tonkin Highway (Benara Rd to Reid Highway) opened. 1
• 11 February 1992: Reid Highway from Tonkin Highway to Beechboro Rd and Alexander Dr to Mirrabooka Ave opened. 1
• 6 September 1996: Reid Hwy extension from Wanneroo Rd overpass to Erindale Rd opened. 1
• 25 November 1996: Reid Hwy extension from Beechboro Rd to Great Northern Hwy opened. 1
• 15 April 2011: Reid Highway interchange Alexander Drive opened to traffic, with Reid Highway running over Alexander Drive. 2

Roe Highway:

• 1981: Beechboro-Gosnells (Tonkin) Highway and Bushmead Road section commenced, opening 2 September 1983. Total length of 10 km. 1
• 23 November 1984: Bushmead Road to Great Eastern Highway was opened 1
• 1984: The third stage, linking Great Eastern Highway and Great Northern Highway opened in conjuction with the Great Eastern Highway Bypass opening.
• 14 December 1988: Roe Highway from Great Eastern Highway to Great Northern Highway opened. 1
• 25 July 1994: the highway was extended 2 km further southwards from Tonkin Highway to Welshpool Road. 1
• May 2001: The 8.5 kilometre extension of Roe Highway from Welshpool Road to Nicholson Road constructed. 4
• December 2002: Completion of the highway to the Kenwick Link. 4
• 2003: Completion of highway to Nicholson Road. 4
• 23 April 2004: Roe Highway Stage Six – linking Nicholson Road with South Street – was opened to traffic. 4 This extended Roe Highway to South Street, in Leeming. 3
• 2006: Roe Highway Stage Seven – extended the highway from South Street through to the Kwinana Freeway, completed. 5

1 Main Roads WA
2 Brendan Cherry
3 Roe7 Alliance
4 Paul Fisher, project manager
5 WA Department of Planning and Infrastructure

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