Robertson Drive

Robertson Drive, also known as the Bunbury Bypass,[2] Bunbury Ring Road,[3] or Bunbury Inner Ring Road,[4] is a 4.9-kilometre-long (3.0 mi)[1] road in Bunbury, Western Australia. It forms a partial ring road around Bunbury, allowing highway traffic to bypass the city centre. The road connects four highway routes that radiate out Bunbury: Forrest Highway to the north, South Western Highway north-eastbound and south-east bound, and Bussell Highway to the south.[1] A dual carriageway along the route was completed in 1992.[3]

For the style of screw drive, see Robertson screw.

Robertson Drive

Bunbury Bypass / Bunbury Inner Ring Road

Western Australia
General information
TypeHighway
LocationBunbury
Length4.94 km (3.1 mi)[1]
Route number(s)
Major junctions
Northeast end Forrest Highway (National Route 1), East Bunbury
 
Southwest end Bussell Highway (State Route 10), Withers
Location(s)
Major suburbsGlen Iris, Davenport, Carey Park, College Grove
Highway system

Route description

The northern terminus of the highway is at the Eelup Roundabout, a large, traffic light controlled roundabout that distributes traffic to Koombana Drive, Sandridge Road, Robertson Drive and Forrest Highway. Traffic coming from Forrest Highway has a slip lane that allows free flowing of traffic onto Robertson Drive, whereas the southbound Forrest Highway traffic must proceed through 2 sets of traffic lights. After the roundabout, the road continues south as an 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph) zone. There is a traffic light controlled intersection with Picton Road and South Western Highway (northern section, which proceeds as State Route 20), from which the road becomes a 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph) zone. The road crosses over the Australind railway line and then descends into the Bunbury Industrial Area, with a major traffic light controlled intersection with South Western Highway (southern section, which proceeds as National Route 1) and Brittain Road. The road continues south, now an 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph) zone, followed by a sharp turn towards the west, meeting an intersection with Sommerville Drive. Following the Sommerville intersection, there is access provided to TAFE, the ECU campus and the hospitals. The roads southern terminus is with Bussell Highway at a roundabout with Bussell Highway gaining the State Route 10 marker in the southerly direction.

Internal designations

Robertson Drive is controlled by Main Roads Western Australia,[5] which internally designates it as Highway H57 Forrest Highway (north of South Western Highway), H9 South Western Highway (for the central section), and H43 Bussell Highway (south of South Western Highway).[1]

See also

References
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KML is from Wikidata
  1. "Road Information Mapping System". Main Roads Western Australia. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  2. Dan Barron-Sullivan, Deputy Leader of the Opposition (11 April 2002). "BUNBURY BYPASS, TRAFFIC PROBLEMS" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Western Australia: Legislative Assembly. pp. 9942–9944.
  3. "Perth to Busselton: Coastal Corridor to the South-West". Western Roads. Main Roads Western Australia. 18 (3): 6. September 1994.
  4. Main Roads Western Australia (26 July 2014). "Bunbury Outer Ring Road". Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  5. Main Roads Western Australia (3 September 2014). "Regional Roads Controlled by Main Roads Western Australia". Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2014.


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