Mandjoogoordap Drive, meaning "meeting place of the heart" in the indigenous Noongar language, is a 6.3-kilometre (3.9 mi) dual carriageway road which links the Western Australian city of Mandurah to the Kwinana Freeway.[1] It was officially opened on 7 October 2010. The road was known as Mandurah Entrance Road during its construction and is usually referred to as the Mandurah Link. Approximately 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) of the Mandurah line is located in its median strip.[2]

Mandjoogoordap Drive

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General information
TypeHighway
Length6.3 km (3.9 mi)
OpenedOctober 2010
Route number(s) State Route 19
Major junctions
North end Kwinana Freeway (State Route 2), Stake Hill
South end Mandurah Road, (National Route 1), Mandurah
Highway system

Interchanges and intersections

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LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
MandurahLakelands, Parklands00.0  Kwinana Freeway (State Route 2) – Perth, BunburyDogbone interchange, Kwinana Freeway free-flowing. Northern terminus; continues north-east as Lymon Road, providing access to Stake Hill
0.60.37Lilydale Drive – LakelandsT junction. Access to Lakelands railway station
Greenfields5.53.4Dubarda Link – GreenfieldsLILO T junction (eastbound access only); access to Murdoch University and South Metropolitan TAFE Mandurah campuses
6.33.9  Mandurah Road northwest bound / Kirkpatrick Drive eastbound – Rockingham, MandurahRoundabout; southern terminus, continues south as Mandurah Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Future extensions

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The Department of Transport in Western Australia has indicated that when Tonkin Highway is extended to Pinjarra, Mandjoogoordap Drive will be extended east from its current terminus at Kwinana Freeway to meet it.[3]

See also

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  Australian Roads portal

References

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  1. ^ "New name for entrance road". Mandurah Mail. 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 15 April 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Google Maps". Google.
  3. ^ "Perth and Peel @ 3.5 million".
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