South Street (Perth, Western Australia)

South Street

South Street facing east near North Lake Road
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General information
TypeHighway
Length14 km (8.7 mi)
Route number(s) State Route 13
Major junctions
East end Ranford Road (State Route 13)
 
West endMarine Terrace
Location(s)
Major suburbsCanning Vale, Leeming, Murdoch, Kardinya, O'Connor, Beaconsfield, Fremantle
Highway system
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South Street is an east-west arterial highway in the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. It runs from Canning Vale to Fremantle, and is part of State Route 13.[1]

Notable locations along South Street include:

A section of South Street between Kwinana Freeway and Vahland Avenue has one lane in each direction reserved as a bus lane during peak times.[2][3] The CircleRoute bus route runs along part of South Street between Fremantle and Murdoch.

It is named South Street because its westernmost portion forms the southern edge of Fremantle.[4]

  1. ^ Greater Perth Street Directory (2012 ed.). Melway Publishing Pty Ltd.
  2. ^ "South Street traffic to get a technology boost". Liberal Party of Australia. 15 April 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  3. ^ Kent Acott (12 April 2012). "Bus lanes to blame for traffic jams". West Australian Newspapers Limited. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  4. ^ Soutar, Chris (2012). Kardinya rising : the story of a modern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Four Gables Press. p. 102. ISBN 9780958034128.