The road was initially a street which formed part of North Beach, which from the 1920s onwards was a coastal village which served as a holiday destination for Perth residents. During the Great Depression a tent city was located at the North Beach Road intersection. The road had to navigate around the original Hamersley family residence at Beachton Street, but this was demolished in 1961 under Town Planning Scheme No.14 which was drafted in 1959 by the Shire of Perth in order that the road could be straightened. In 1967, the road was extended north to the newly built Sacred Heart College, Sorrento.
Before 1985, West Coast Drive was part of West Coast Highway and connected through to Scarborough. However, the demands of massive urban growth in the northern suburbs necessitated the extension of Marmion Avenue to Scarborough. West Coast Drive was cut off in Trigg and southbound traffic directed onto Karrinyup Road.
In recent years, two- and three-storey houses, often with wide front windows and balconies, have been constructed along the east side of the road.
Views along West Coast Drive
Looking north from near Watermans Bay at night
Travelling south from North Beach Road
Public transportationedit
Until 2015, during the summer its entire length, which is mostly a single-carriageway road with one lane in each direction and many curves, was served by Transperth bus routes ferrying passengers between the beaches, including Mettams Pool at Trigg, Watermans Beach, Marmion Beach and Sorrento Beach. Transperth abolished route 458 in 2015, and the still existing route 423 serves only the northern part of West Coast Drive.
west, coast, drive, coterie, song, song, scenic, north, south, route, along, indian, ocean, northern, suburbs, perth, western, australia, western, australia, near, watermans, baygeneral, informationtyperoadlength7, opened1930stourist, routestourist, drive, nor. For the Coterie song see West Coast Drive song West Coast Drive is a scenic north south route along the Indian Ocean in the northern suburbs of Perth Western Australia 1 West Coast DriveWestern AustraliaWest Coast Drive near Watermans BayGeneral informationTypeRoadLength7 km 4 3 mi Opened1930sTourist routesTourist Drive 204 north of Karrinup Road 1 Major junctionsSouth endWest Coast Highway State Route 71 Tourist Drive 204 Trigg Beach Karrinyup Road Tourist Drive 204 North Beach Road Beach RoadNorth endHepburn Avenue State Route 82 Whitfords Avenue Tourist Drive 204 HillarysLocation s Major suburbsNorth Beach Watermans Bay Marmion Sorrento Contents 1 History 2 Public transportation 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory editThe road was initially a street which formed part of North Beach which from the 1920s onwards was a coastal village which served as a holiday destination for Perth residents During the Great Depression a tent city was located at the North Beach Road intersection The road had to navigate around the original Hamersley family residence at Beachton Street but this was demolished in 1961 under Town Planning Scheme No 14 which was drafted in 1959 by the Shire of Perth in order that the road could be straightened In 1967 the road was extended north to the newly built Sacred Heart College Sorrento Before 1985 West Coast Drive was part of West Coast Highway and connected through to Scarborough However the demands of massive urban growth in the northern suburbs necessitated the extension of Marmion Avenue to Scarborough West Coast Drive was cut off in Trigg and southbound traffic directed onto Karrinyup Road In recent years two and three storey houses often with wide front windows and balconies have been constructed along the east side of the road Views along West Coast Drive nbsp Looking north from near Watermans Bay at night source source source source source source source Travelling south from North Beach RoadPublic transportation editUntil 2015 during the summer its entire length which is mostly a single carriageway road with one lane in each direction and many curves was served by Transperth bus routes ferrying passengers between the beaches including Mettams Pool at Trigg Watermans Beach Marmion Beach and Sorrento Beach Transperth abolished route 458 in 2015 and the still existing route 423 serves only the northern part of West Coast Drive See also edit nbsp Australian roads portalReferences edit a b Distance book 12 ed Main Roads Western Australia 2012 pp 4 5 ISBN 0 7309 7657 2 Retrieved 8 October 2012 KML file edit help Template Attached KML West Coast Drive PerthKML is from Wikidata nbsp nbsp This Western Australian road or road transport related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title West Coast Drive amp oldid 1155230882, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
