31°56′53″S 115°51′25″E / 31.948°S 115.857°E
James Street | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 1.4 km (0.9 mi)[1] |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |  Graham Farmer Freeway (State Route 8) |
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| East end | Pier Street |
| Location(s) | |
| LGA(s) | City of Perth |
| Major suburbs | Northbridge, Perth |
James Street is a street which serves the Perth suburbs Perth and Northbridge. It is the main east-west road in the centre of Northbridge.
A section of the eastern end of the street has been closed and modified as the James Street Mall in the Perth Cultural Centre – with the Western Australian Museum, Alexander Library Building and older government buildings contained within the culture centre area.[2][3]
The central section between William Street and to the western end at Russell Square is a streetscape with a colourful and extensive history of crime, and notoriety.[4]
Until December 2016, the Mitchell Freeway had a southbound exit onto the street. The exit was removed and replaced with one at Roe Street to enable the construction of the Charles Street Bus Bridge.[5]
Intersections
edit| LGA | Location[1] | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth | Northbridge | 0 | 0.0 | Graham Farmer Freeway (State Route 8) | Exit from freeway westbound only; traffic lights shared with James Street Bus Bridge and Northbridge Bus Depot | ||
| 0.02 | 0.012 | James Street Bus Bridge | Traffic lights shared with Graham Farmer Freeway exit and Northbridge Bus Depot; bridge access includes one-way turnaround of westbound James Street traffic before bus-only entry | ||||
| 0.14 | 0.087 | Fitzgerald Street | Traffic light intersection | ||||
| 0.35 | 0.22 | Shenton Street | |||||
| 0.4 | 0.25 | Melbourne Street | Give way sign controlled, giving James Street priority | ||||
| 0.45 | 0.28 | Parker Street | Stop sign controlled, giving James Street priority | ||||
| 0.5 | 0.31 | Mountain Terrace | Mountain Terrace is one-way northbound | ||||
| 0.6 | 0.37 | Lake Street | Roundabout | ||||
| Northbridge-Perth boundary | 1.2 | 0.75 |  William Street (State Route 53) | Traffic light intersection; stub of James Street extends east beyond intersection before beginning of James Street Mall | |||
| James Street Mall | |||||||
| Perth | Perth | 1.2 | 0.75 | Beaufort Street (State Route 53) | No right turn from James Street to Beaufort Street northbound | ||
| 1.3 | 0.81 | Stirling Street | Stop sign controlled, giving Stirling Street priority | ||||
| 1.4 | 0.87 | Pier Street | Give way sign controlled: Pier Street northbound gives way | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
Notes
edit- ^ a b "James Street". Google Maps. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ Western Australia. Government Photographer (1900), Perth Boys High School, James Street, Perth, January 1951, retrieved 27 October 2017
- ^ See as an example of the early stages of the development of the Cultural Centre: - Western Australia. Dept. of Planning and Urban Development; Perth (W.A. : Municipality). Council; Donaldson and Warn Consultant Architects (1992), Northbridge study : final report 1991 (1st ed., repr. with addendum ed.), Dept. of Planning and Urban Development], retrieved 27 October 2017
- ^ "SEIZURE OF OPIUM". Geraldton Express. Vol. XXX. Western Australia. 25 March 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 27 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Marmion, Bill (14 December 2016). "Charles Street Bus Bridge project major milestone". Media Statements. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.