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{{Short description|Highway in Perth, Western Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox Australian road
| type         = highway
| urban        = yes
| road_name    = Great Eastern Highway Bypass
| state        = wa
| image        = Great eastern bypass 2008 .jpg
| caption      = Great Eastern Highway Bypass in Hazelmere looking east to the [[Darling Scarp]]
| length       = 5.6
| length_ref   = <ref name=gmaps />
| est          = 1988
| route        = {{AUshield|N|94}} [[List of road routes in Perth, Western Australia|National Highway 94]] 
| direction_a  = West
| end_a        ={{AUshield|N|94|R|1}} [[Great Eastern Highway]] <small>(National Highway&nbsp;94 / National Route&nbsp;1), [[South Guildford, Western Australia|South Guildford]]</small>
| exits        = {{Plainlist|
* {{AUshield|S|41}} [[Kalamunda Road]] <small>(State Route&nbsp;41)</small>
* {{AUshield|S|55}} [[Abernethy Road]] <small>(State Route&nbsp;55)</small>
}}
| direction_b  = East
| end_b        = {{AUshield|N|94|S|3}} [[Roe Highway]] <small>(National Highway&nbsp;94 / State Route&nbsp;3) [[Hazelmere, Western Australia|Hazelmere]]</small>
| through      =
}}

'''Great Eastern Highway Bypass''' is a limited-access dual carriageway linking [[Great Eastern Highway]] and [[Roe Highway]] in [[Perth]], Western Australia. Together with a section of [[Roe Highway]], it bypasses the historical [[Guildford, Western Australia|Guildford]] and [[Midland, Western Australia|Midland]] localities, through which the original, urban and slower [[Great Eastern Highway]] passes.

==Route description==
Great Eastern Highway Bypass begins at a traffic light controlled T Junction with [[Great Eastern Highway]] in {{WAcity|South Guildford}}. Through traffic flows between Great Eastern Highway southwest of the intersection and the bypass to the east; access to the north-eastern section of Great Eastern Highway requires turning off the main route. The bypass proceeds around the northern edge of [[Perth Airport]] for {{convert|1.6|km}}<ref name=gmaps>{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com.au/maps?saddr=Great+Eastern+Highway+Bypass%2FNational+Highway+94&daddr=Great+Eastern+Highway+Bypass%2FNational+Highway+94+to:Great+Eastern+Highway+Bypass%2FNational+Highway+94+to:Great+Eastern+Highway+Bypass%2FNational+Highway+94+to:Great+Eastern+Highway+Bypass%2FNational+Highway+94&hl=en&ll=-31.914649,115.99803&spn=0.071035,0.104628&sll=-31.915992,116.014367&sspn=0.00222,0.00327&geocode=FdDqGP4dul_pBg%3BFQcBGf4dsJ3pBg%3BFTj6GP4dkQrqBg%3BFZD6GP4dIiXqBg%3BFbD_GP4d5T3qBg&mra=dme&mrsp=4&sz=19&t=m&z=14 |access-date=28 June 2013}}</ref> before encountering [[Kalamunda Road]] at a traffic light controlled intersection. Great Eastern Highway Bypass continues east, past residential development to the north, and mostly undeveloped industrial land to the south, before crossing into the industrial suburb of {{WAcity|Hazelmere}}. After {{convert|2.7|km}}<ref name=gmaps /> there is a traffic light controlled T Junction with [[Abernethy Road]], which travels in a south-westerly direction, parallel to the airport's eastern edge, connecting to the industrial areas of {{WAcity|High Wycombe|Forrestfield}} and {{WAcity|Kewdale}}. A further {{convert|650|m}}<ref name=gmaps /> takes the bypass to Stirling Crescent, a local road providing access to Hazelmere and High Wycombe, and the road ends at [[Roe Highway]], {{convert|600|m}}<ref name=gmaps /> to the east. Both intersections are traffic light controlled. Northbound, Roe Highway leads back to Great Eastern Highway in {{WAcity|Midvale}}, east of {{WAcity|Midland}}. Southbound, the highway heads towards {{WAcity|Armadale}}.<ref name=gmaps />

==History==
Plans for a major highway along a similar alignment date back to [[Gordon Stephenson]] and [[Alistair Hepburn]]'s 1955 "Plan for the Metropolitan Region", which was the precursor of Perth's [[Metropolitan Region Scheme]].<ref name=PMR1955>{{cite book|title=Plan for the Metropolitan Region|year=1955|publisher=Government Printing Office|location=Perth, Western Australia|url=http://www.planning.wa.gov.au/5308.asp|author=Stephenson, G.|author2=Hepburn, J. A.|access-date=27 October 2013|format=PDF|at=Plate 9}}</ref> The first gazetted edition of the scheme shows it as a controlled access highway, extending west beyond Great Eastern Highway. The route crossed the Swan River and met a proposed north–south highway (now constructed and named [[Tonkin Highway]]), and followed the river to [[Perth (suburb)|Perth's CBD]], cutting across the [[Maylands, Western Australia|Maylands]] and [[Burswood, Western Australia|Burswood]] peninsulas.<ref name=MRS1963>{{cite book|title=The Metropolitan Region Scheme 1963|year=1963|publisher=Town Planning Department|location=Perth, Western Australia|url=http://www.planning.wa.gov.au/5311.asp|edition=First|at=Map 13|format=PDF|access-date=27 October 2013}}</ref>  Such a route was still planned for in the 1970s<ref>{{cite web|title=Map 1: Metropolitan Region Scheme 1971|url=http://www.planning.wa.gov.au/dop_pub_pdf/1970-sht1.pdf|work=1970 Corridor Plan - background maps|publisher=Government of Western Australia|access-date=27 October 2013|author=Planning Western Australia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906192833/http://planning.wa.gov.au/dop_pub_pdf/1970-sht1.pdf|archive-date=6 September 2013|url-status=live|year=1971}}</ref> and 1980s.<ref name="EPA ammend Stirling Cres" /> The eastern section, corresponding to the current Great Eastern Highway Bypass, was constructed in the late 1980s, and was known as the Redcliffe–Bushmead Highway during construction.<ref name="EPA ammend Stirling Cres">{{cite book|title=Proposed amendment to Metropolitan Region Scheme: Rezoning from rural to urban and urban deferred, Stirling Crescent Hazelmere, Shire of Swan|date=November 1987|publisher=Environmental Protection Authority|location=Perth, Western Australia|isbn=0730916707|pages=1, 4|url=http://edit.epa.wa.gov.au/EPADocLib/EPA-bulletin_312.pdf|access-date=27 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027054615/http://edit.epa.wa.gov.au/EPADocLib/EPA-bulletin_312.pdf|archive-date=27 October 2013|url-status=dead|format=pdf|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Great Eastern Highway Bypass was opened on 14 May 1988,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/Internet/Traffic/traffic_data/metro_traffic_flows/Appendix_A.asp |title = Appendix A - Dates of major changes to the road network |access-date = 2007-11-06 |publisher = Main Roads Western Australia |quote = Great Eastern Highway Bypass opened 14 May 1988 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070701015436/http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/Internet/Traffic/traffic_data/metro_traffic_flows/Appendix_A.asp |archive-date = 1 July 2007 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name=VL>{{cite book|last=Edmonds|first=Leigh|title=The Vital Link: A History of Main Roads Western Australia 1926-1996|year=1997|publisher=University of Western Australia Press|location=Nedlands, Western Australia|isbn=1 876268 06 9}}</ref>{{rp|358}} after 21 months of construction, and at a cost of [[Australian dollar|$]]10 million.<ref name=VL />{{rp|358}} The western continuation was not developed, and the route was not included in subsequent planning documents in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|title=North-East Corridor Structure Plan - 1994|url=http://www.planning.wa.gov.au/dop_pub_pdf/necsp94a1.pdf|publisher=Government of Western Australia|access-date=27 October 2013|author=Planning Western Australia|format=PDF|year=1994|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906165819/http://planning.wa.gov.au/dop_pub_pdf/necsp94a1.pdf|archive-date=6 September 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Foothills Structure Plan - 1992|url=http://www.planning.wa.gov.au/dop_pub_pdf/foothill_A1.pdf|publisher=Government of Western Australia|access-date=27 October 2013|author1=Project Mapping Section |author2=Land Information Branch |author3=Ministry for Planning |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907041312/http://planning.wa.gov.au/dop_pub_pdf/foothill_A1.pdf|archive-date=7 September 2013|url-status=live|format=PDF|date=September 1992}}</ref>

Currently, Great Eastern Highway Bypass is going in a major upgrade from [[Roe Highway]] to [[Abernethy Road]]. Both intersections will upgrade to a grade-separated interchange with Abernethy Road meeting up with Lloyd Street. The construction is expected to end by 2024.

==Intersections==
The entire highway is in the [[City of Swan]] local government area, part of the [[Perth Metropolitan Region]].
{{AUSinttop|noLGA=yes|length_ref=<ref name=gmaps />}}
{{AUS-WAint
|location=South Guildford
|km=0
|road={{jctname|country=AUS|state=WA|R|1|name1=[[Great Eastern Highway]] northeast|city1=Guildford|location2=[[Swan Valley (Western Australia)|Swan Valley]]}}
|notes=Traffic light controlled T junction; Highway terminus: continues southwest as [[Great Eastern Highway]] (National Highway 94 / National Route 1)}}
{{AUS-WAint
|location_special={{WAcity|dash=off|South Guildford|Perth Airport}}
|km=1.6
|road={{jctname|country=AUS|state=WA|S|41|name1=[[Kalamunda Road]]|city1=South Guildford|city2=Kalamunda}}
|notes=Traffic light controlled junction.
}}
{{AUS-WAint
|location=Hazelmere
|lspan=3
|km=4.3
|road={{AUshield|S|55}} [[Abernethy Road]] (State Route&nbsp;55){{WAcity|p=on|Forrestfield|Kewdale}}
|notes=Traffic light controlled T junction. To be replaced with a Single-Point Urban interchange (SPUI) with construction to start in late 2021/early 2022.
}}
{{AUS-WAint
|km=4.9
|road=Stirling Crescent{{WAcity|p=on|Hazelmere|High Wycombe}}
|notes=Traffic light controlled junction. Will be eliminated with cul-de-sacs on the side roads.
}}
{{AUS-WAint
|km=5.6
|road={{AUshield|N|94|S|3}} [[Roe Highway]] (National Highway 94 north / State Route 3){{WAcity|p=on|Midland|Armadale}}
|notes=Highway terminus. Traffic light controlled T junction. To be replaced with a trumpet interchange with construction to start in late 2021/early 2022.
}}
{{Jctbtm}}

==See also==
{{portal-inline|Australian Roads}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book | first=Leigh | last=Edmonds | title=The vital link: a history of Main Roads Western Australia 1926-1996 | publisher=University of Western Australia Press | location=Nedlands, Western Australia | year=1997 | isbn=1-875560-87-4}}

==External links==
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{{maplink|type=line|display=inline,title|text=Route map}}
*[http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au Main Roads WA]

{{Road infrastructure in Perth}}
{{Road infrastructure in Western Australia}}
{{WA road routes
|route=National Highway 94
|shield={{AUshield|N|94}}
|roads={{WA road routes/R|94}}
}}

[[Category:Highways and freeways in Perth, Western Australia]]
[[Category:Hazelmere, Western Australia]]
[[Category:Bypasses in Australia]]