Road Photos & Information: Western Australia

Northam-Toodyay Road, Newcastle Road, Fitzgerald Street, Peel Terrace, York Road, Panmure Road, Balladong Street & Great Southern Highway (State Route 120)

Statistics:

• Length: 381 km
• Northern Terminus: Toodyay Road (SR50) at Toodyay
• Southern Terminus: Albany Highway (SR30) at Cranbrook
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities along route: Toodyay, Northam, York, Beverley, Brookton, Pingelly, Popanyinning, Cuballing, Narrogin, Wagin, Woodanilling, Katanning, Broomehill, Tambellup and Cranbrook

Route Numbering:

• Current:
• Multiplexed With:
• Former:
• MRWA Internal Classification: M31 (Newcastle Road, Forrest Street, York Road, Balladong Street & Great Southern Highway) / M33 (Northam-Toodyay Road) *

General Information:

The Great Southern Highway name begins at York and connects several Wheatbelt towns with towns in the Great Southern region on Western Australia. It consists of two way, single carriageway rural highway, which passes through several somewhat important country towns. The Great Southern Hwy runs almost parallel to the Albany Hwy (SR30), and lies east of the Albany Hwy. It also runs parallel with the Perth-Albany railway corridor for its entire length.

Multiplexes along the route include:

• State Route 40 through the Brookton town centre for 2 kilometres
• State Route 107 through Wagin for approximately 3 kilometres

History:

• 1949: Great Southern Highway named
• 2001: Link Road (Narrogin Bypass) named Pioneer Drive **

* Information courtesy of Main Roads Western Australia
** Information courtesy of the Town of Narrogin

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