North Beach Road
# North Beach Road

North Beach Road is a distributor road in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, running from Gwelup to North Beach. It is mostly a two-lane divided carriageway. The central section of the road, from Reid Highway to Erindale Road, is part of State Route 77. The route continues along Erindale Road, while North Beach Road heads south to Karrinyup Road.

While the road today is minor, discontinuous and choked by roundabouts and other traffic-calming devices, it was previously one of the first major roads in the area, originally built as a plank road serving tourists and holidaymakers staying in North Beach over the summer. It extended to Wanneroo Road along what is now Karrinyup Road and North Beach Drive, but has since been assimilated into several other major road alignments, including Erindale Road and Reid Highway.

In 2000, the road was effectively bypassed by the extension of Reid Highway to Marmion Avenue, built only 300 metres (980 ft) to the north.

Until the 1960s, it was known as Balcatta Beach Road, even though the suburb was always known as North Beach.

## Major intersections

* West Coast Drive (Tourist Drive 204), North Beach
* Marmion Avenue (State Route 71) north & south / Reid Highway (State Route 3) east, North Beach, Carine and Karrinyup – north to Hillarys / south to Scarborough / east to Perth, Midland
   * North Beach Road is discontinuous for 300 metres (980 ft) (Vehicles must travel along Reid Highway to connect between the two sections)
* Reid Highway (State Route 3), Karrinyup – west to North Beach / east to Perth, Midland
* Milverton Avenue, Karrinyup
* Duffy Road South northbound / Balcatta Road east, Carine, Karrinyup and Gwelup
* Erindale Road (State Route 77), Gwelup – to Balcatta
* Karrinyup Road (State Route 3), Gwelup and Innaloo – west to Karrinyup / east to Morley
