Great Eastern Highway forms part of National Highway 94

Great Eastern Highway, Western Australia is a major road linking Perth with Kalgoorlie. It is a key route for vehicles accessing eastern wheatbelt and the eastern goldfields. It also forms the westernmost 550 km of the main road transportation link between Perth and the entire east coast of Australia. Image File history File links Australian_National_Route_94. ... Image File history File links Australian_National_Route_94. ... Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ... Perth is the state capital and most populous city of Western Australia. ... Kalgoorlie (30° 45′ S, 121° 27′ E) is a large Western Australian mining town located about 600 km east of Perth. ... The Wheatbelt region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. ... The Goldfields-Esperance region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. ...

The road is mostly a federally funded national highway due to its national strategic importance. It is signed as National Highway 94 except for a 9 km stretch between Roe Highway and Great Eastern Highway Bypass, and the 40 km section between Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. It is also signed as National Route 1 between Albany Highway and Great Northern Highway, and State Route 51 between Roe Highway and Johnson Street, Guildford. Australias National Highway The National Highway is a system of roads connecting all the States and Territories of Australia, and is the major network of highways connecting Australias largest and most important cities. ... Roe Highway is allocated Route 3 Roe Highway is a dual carriageway spanning from the intersection of Great Northern Highway and Middle Swan Road in the north to South Street in Canning Vale. ... Coolgardie Town Hall Coolgardie (30°57′ S 121°09′ E) is a small town in the Australian state of Western Australia, 558 km east of the state capital, Perth. ... Kalgoorlie (30° 45′ S, 121° 27′ E) is a large Western Australian mining town located about 600 km east of Perth. ... Albany Highway and surrounding highways Albany Highway links Western Australias capital Perth to its oldest settlement, Albany. ... The Great Northern Highway, the longest highway in Australia Great Northern Highway is a Western Australia highway extending from Perth to the Northern Territory border. ... Roe Highway is allocated Route 3 Roe Highway is a dual carriageway spanning from the intersection of Great Northern Highway and Middle Swan Road in the north to South Street in Canning Vale. ... Guildford, Western Australia Guildford was established in 1829 on the Swan River, being sited near a permiment fresh water supply. ...

The highway mostly runs in parallel with the Mundaring to Kalgoorlie water pipeline, which pipes drinking water drawn from Mundaring Weir near Perth 600 km east to Kalgoorlie. The highway was sealed by 1954. The Shire of Mundaring is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. ... Mundaring Weir is a dam across the Helena River, in Western Australia. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Greenmount Hill

Great Eastern Highway is notorious for Greenmount Hill, which is a relatively steep 3 km long hill on the outskirts east of Perth. An alternative route to Greenmount Hill has been planned for some years, but does not represent value for money to construct at present.

Greenmount Hill truck arrester bed

At Greenmount Hill, the highway rises from the Swan Coastal Plain to the Darling Scarp at Greenmount. The road is a key heavy vehicle route into and out of Perth, and trucks are required descend the hill at low speed in low gear. Larger trucks are required to stop at the top of the hill and perform a brake check. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 719 KB) Summary Vcxlor, Public Domain Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Great Eastern Highway Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 719 KB) Summary Vcxlor, Public Domain Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Great Eastern Highway Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Swan Coastal Plain Swan Coast Plain from Darling Scarp The geographic feature that lies directly west of the Darling Scarp, and which contains the Swan River as it travels west to the Indian Ocean. ... Darling Range (~2000 ft elevation), Perth, Swan River estuary. ... Greenmount, Western Australia Can refer to - Greenmount Hill, Greenmount a Locality in Mundaring, Western Australia Shire, and also to Greenmount National Park. ...

A multiple fatal accident in 1994 at the intersection with Roe Highway where a truck lost control coming down hill and failed to stop. This accident led to the construction of Western Australia's first 'truck arrester bed' near the bottom of the hill. It has been used in emergencies several times since. Roe Highway is allocated Route 3 Roe Highway is a dual carriageway spanning from the intersection of Great Northern Highway and Middle Swan Road in the north to South Street in Canning Vale. ...

In the 1960s, a railway level crossing in Bellevue which had been the scene of many accidents was replaced by a bridge. Bellevue is a small locality on the western border of the Shire of Mundaring, Western Australia, or the eastern border of the City of Swan Located at the foot of the slopes of Greenmount, a landmark on the Darling Scarp that is noted in the earliest of travel journals of...

Sawyers Valley to The Lakes

Due to Perth's urban expansion and the growth in traffic on Great Eastern Highway, the previously two-way section of road between Sawyers Valley and The Lakes is being re-aligned and upgraded. The rebuilt section between has deep cuttings and is a dual carriageway.

Towns

Towns and settlements along the way to Kalgoorlie-Boulder include Northam, Meckering, Cunderdin, Tammin, Kellerberrin, Doodlakine, Merredin, Burracoppin, Bodallin, Moorine Rock, Southern Cross, Yellowdine, Boorabbin, Bullabulling and Coolgardie. Northam (Latitude 31° 38 0 S, Longitude 116° 40 0 E) is a town in Western Australia, birthplace of Shirley Strickland, Frederick Henry Piesse and Carmen Lawrence. ... Meckering is a town 130 km east of Perth, Western Australia along the Great Eastern Highway. ... Old Railway Water Tower, Cunderdin. ... The townsite of Tammin is located in the central agricultural region, 179 km east of Perth and midway between the towns of Cunderdin and Kellerberrin on the Great Eastern Highway. ... Kellerberrin is a townsite in the central agricultural area, 203 km from Perth on the Great Eastern Highway. ... Doodlakine is located 220 km ENE of Perth, Western Australia. ... Merredin bush. ... Burracoppin (31°24′S 118°29′E) is a townsite on the Great Eastern Highway, east of Merredin in Western Australia. ... Bodallin (31°22′S 118°51′E) is a town located around half way between Merredin and Southern Cross in Western Australia. ... Moorine Rock is located in the eastern agricultural region, 347 km east of Perth and 22 km west south west of Southern Cross. ... Southern Cross townsite Southern Cross is a town in Western Australia, roughly 350 kilometres east of Perth. ... Yellowdine is located 400 km east of Perth, Western Australia on the Great Eastern Highway. ... Borrabbin (31°12′S 120°18′E) is a small townsite located between Southern Cross and Coolgardie on the Great Eastern Highway in Western Australia. ... Bullabulling is a small townsite located 526 km east of Perth, Western Australia on the Great Eastern Highway. ... Coolgardie Town Hall Coolgardie (30°57′ S 121°09′ E) is a small town in the Australian state of Western Australia, 558 km east of the state capital, Perth. ...

See also

Approximate road distances (in kilometres) of towns along the highway from Perth

• Highways in Australia
• List of highways in Western Australia