Great Eastern Highway is a 590-kilometre-long road that links the Western Australian capital of Perth with the city of Kalgoorlie. It is the western portion of the main road link between Perth and the eastern states of Australia. The road was constructed in 1867 using convict labour, with the road base made from sections of tree trunks. It runs mostly parallel to the Mundaring to Kal goorlie water pipeline, which supplies the Goldfield with water from Mundaring Weir.
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Great Eastern Highway is a 590-kilometre-long road that links the Western Australian capital of Perth with the city of Kalgoorlie. It is the western portion of the main road link between Perth and the eastern states of Australia. The highway forms the majority of National Highway 94, although the alignment through the Perth suburbs of Guildford and Midland is not included. Various segments form parts of other road routes, including National Route 1, Alternative National Route 94, and State Route 51. The speed limit is 60 kilometres per hour from The Causeway to Midland, 70 kmh near the bottom of Greenmount Hill, and 80 kmh from Greenmount to Sawyers Valley. The Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail is a tourist drive alongside the pipeline, with large sections of the trail following Great Eastern Highway. In 200, the busiest section of the highway was east of the Graham Farmer Freeway, averaging 60,760 vehicles per weekday. The lowest volume of traffic was an average of 36,760 vehicles per weekday east of Coolgardie Main Roads, including various locations along the road. The road was constructed in 1867 using convict labour, with the road base made from sections of tree trunks. It was created in the 1930s from an existing system of roads linking Perth to the Goldfields. A future route to replace Great Eastern highway’s current ascent of the Darling Scarp has been identified, but is not considered a priority.
The planned route is a controlled-access highway along Toodyay Road to Gidgegannup, and then across to Wundowie via a new alignment. Though planning began in the 1970s, as of 2012, construction of this route has not been scheduled, and it is not thought to be a priority for the time being. It runs mostly parallel to the Mundaring to Kal goorlie water pipeline, which supplies the Goldfield with water from Mundaring Weir in the eastern part of Perth. It travels as a six-lane dual carriageway from the city to Tonkin Highway near Perth Airport, and as a four lane single carriageeway to Midlands. The final 40 kilometres are signed as National Highway 1, except for the section between Roe Highway, The Causeway, and Johnson Street in Guildford. The Great Southern Highway begins near Perth’s eastern metropolitan boundary, linking towns such as York, Brookton, Narrogin, and Katanning. It connects to the interstate route Eyre Highway at Norseman, as well as the coastal town of Esperance. There are numerous intersections in Perth with other highways and main roads, including Canning, Albany, Tonkin and Roe Highways, and Graham farmer Freeway. There is also two rural highways that spur off Great Eastern Highway in the eastern suburbs of Perth, including Coolgardie–Esperance Highway and Great Southern Highway in Guildford.
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