Lord Street, Perth

This article is about the Lord Street in inner Perth. For the road in Perth's outer northeasten suburbs formerly known as Lord Street, see Drumpellier Drive.

Lord Street

Western Australia
Map
General information
TypeRoad
Length2.1 km (1.3 mi)[1]
Route number(s) State Route 51 (north of Wellington Street)
Major junctions
North end
 
South endVictoria Square, Perth
Location(s)
Major suburbsMount Lawley, Highgate, East Perth
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Lord Street is a road in East Perth, Western Australia. It starts from Victoria Square near Royal Perth Hospital and runs north-east for 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) to end at Walcott Street, Mount Lawley.

The street formerly extended south to the Swan River, with Victoria Avenue being the new name as of 1903 for the section south of Victoria Square.[2][3] Lord Street crosses Moore, Wellington and Wittenoom Streets.

Lord Street used to cross the Armadale and Midland railway lines east of Perth station, at the Lord Street level crossing.[4][5] Automatic boom gates were installed in 1960 with the signal box closed.[6] With the development of the Northbridge Tunnel, and railway upgrades, a bridge was built to cross the works, just east of McIver station by Concrete Constructions in 1999.[7][8][9]

The easternmost point of Newcastle Street is at Lord Street. Perth Oval lies on the west side of Lord Street at the intersection with Bulwer Street. The final northern part of Lord Street changes into Guildford Road just south of the Mount Lawley subway.

  1. ^ "Lord Street, Perth" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  2. ^ Stone, Alfred Hawes (1862), St John's Pro-Cathedral, the Convent of Mercy and the girls' school, Howick Street corner of Lord Street, Perth, retrieved 21 June 2018
  3. ^ "6923B/78: St Georges Terrace and the dogleg to Adelaide Terrace at the intersection with Lord Street, 1862? After 1903 Lord Street here was renamed Victoria Avenue".
  4. ^ Lord Street Grade Separation Project Lord Street level crossing to go : newsletter : May 1998, Main Roads, retrieved 21 June 2018
  5. ^ "Lord Street Level Crossing". Daily News. Vol. XIV, no. 7, 021. Western Australia. 15 March 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 21 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Boom Gates for City Crossings Railway Transportation June 1960 page 29
  7. ^ Contract awarded for construction of bridge over Lord Street rail tracks Archived 26 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine Minister for Transport 10 December 1998
  8. ^ Central Perth Level Crossing Abolished Transit Australia July 1999 page 166
  9. ^ Official opening of the Lord Street reconstruction project Minister for Transport 21 December 1999