Canning Highway

Canning Highway

Western Australia
Canning Highway; Western Australia
	Canning Highway running through Applecross
General information
Type	Highway
Length	17 km (11 mi)
Opened	1920s
Route number(s)	State Route 6 (all sections); National Route 1 (Great Eastern Highway to Kwinana Freeway);
Major junctions
Northeast end	Great Eastern Highway (National Highway 94 / National Route 1), Victoria Park
	The Causeway (State Route 5); Kwinana Freeway (State Route 2); Stirling Highway (State Route 5);
Southwest end	Queen Victoria Street (State Route 12), Fremantle
Location(s)
Major settlements	South Perth, Kensington, Como, Applecross, East Fremantle
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Western Australia; ; ;
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Canning Highway is an arterial road in Perth, Western Australia, linking the inner Perth suburb of Victoria Park in the north-east, to the port city of Fremantle in the south-west.

The road is mostly a four-lane divided carriageway, with a general speed limit of 60 km/h (37 mph). It is located immediately south of the Swan River and runs between The Causeway in Victoria Park and Queen Victoria Street in Fremantle.

The Canning Highway was the inspiration for the AC/DC song "Highway to Hell" as it had a reputation for accidents and led to many of singer Bon Scott's favourite pubs and hotels, including the Raffles Hotel.^[1]^[2]

^ "AC/DC – The Stories Behind The Songs". NME. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
^ Harmon, Steph (20 October 2019). "Highway to Hell: 10km of major Perth highway to shut for AC/DC covers concert". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

[1] "AC/DC – The Stories Behind The Songs". NME. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

[2] Harmon, Steph (20 October 2019). "Highway to Hell: 10km of major Perth highway to shut for AC/DC covers concert". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

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