Length:

11 km

Termini:

Eastern: Ocean Reef Rd (SR84), Gnangara Rd (SR84) and Sydney Rd (unnumbered), Wangara

Western: Marmion Avenue (SR71), Craigie

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Craigie, Padbury, Woodvale, Kingsley, Wangara, Madeley and Landsdale

Current: 83

Multiplexed with: 60

Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹

H035 (Madeley)

General Information:

State Route 83 is an arterial route in Perth's northern suburbs. It provides a direct connection to several main roads leading to Perth's CBD and also the Mitchell Fwy (SR2), the main north-south route in Perth.

The route consists of undivided and divided roadway, and passes through residential, industrial, commercial and bushland areas.

State Route 60, for 450 km, Madeley.

2001: Channelisation intersection improvements at Eddystone Avenue and Whitfords Avenue at Craigie. Median and verge enhancement works on Whitfords Avenue from the Mitchell Freeway to Marmion Avenue. Construction of a new roundabout at the corner of Whitfords Avenue and Northshore Drive. ²

June 2007: Installation of traffic signals at the intersection of Gnangara Road and Alexander Drive near Landsdale. This junction is now part of State Route 84. ³

2010: State Route 83 was truncated at Wangara, with the section from Wangara to Henley Brook renumbered as State Route 84. A small portion of the former alignment at Landsdale was reconstructed and renamed Pollino Gardens. Gnangara Road (SR83) was re-routed onto a new connector road linking Mirrabooka Drive (formerly Madeley Street) with Ocean Reef Road.

Click or tap here for the former alignment between Wangara and Henley Brook

Craigie to Wangara

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign on Whitfords Av (SR83) at Craigie at the Mitchell Fwy (SR2) interchange, April 2016.

Image © Paul Rands

Trailblazer Assembly:

Trailblazer approaching the intersection with Wanneroo Rd (SR60) at Woodvale, April 2016. The trailblazer is incorrect. The top should show SR60 and the 'End' plate should be a right arrow. This is where SR83 begins to duplex SR60 for 450 m.

Image © Paul Rands

Intersection Directional Sign:

Northbound ID sign on Wanneroo Road (SR60) at Kingsley. February 2009. SR83 turns right here and the SR60 duplex ends at this location.

Image © Paul Rands

Trailblazer:

SR83 trailblazer under a tree as you head east on Gnangara Rd (SR83) at Madeley. February 2009.

Image © Paul Rands

Approaching Hartman Drive:

Approaching the roundabout with Hartman Drive in Wangara, February 2009.

Image © Paul Rands

Wangara:

SR83 as it passes through the Wangara area. February 2009.

Image © Paul Rands

Wangara to Craigie

Trailblazer Assembly:

Trailblazer approaching the intersection with Wanneroo Rd (SR60) at Madeley, April 2016. The trailblazer is incorrect. The top should be a right arrow. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Paul Rands from November 2008.

Image © Paul Rands

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign facing Gnangara Road on the Wanneroo Road intersection at Madeley, November 2008.

Image © Paul Rands

Intersection Directional Sign:

Westbound where Gnangara Road meets Wanneroo Rd (SR60), April 2016. Though not shown, SR83 duplexes SR60 and turns right here continues for 450 metres from this point to the Whitfords Avenue intersection at Kingsley.

Image © Paul Rands

Whitfords Avenue:

Wanneroo Rd (SR60 / SR83) at the junction with Whitfords Av (SR83) at Kingsley, April 2016. SR83 turns left here.

Image © Paul Rands

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign on Whitfords Av (SR83) at Kingsley at the Mitchell Fwy (SR2) interchange, April 2016.

Image © Paul Rands

Whitfords Avenue:

Typical road conditions of Whitfords Avenue as it passes through Kingsley, November 2008.

Image © Paul Rands

Approaching Kingsley Drive:

Westbound on Whitfords Av approaching Kingsley Dr at Kingsley, November 2008.

Image © Paul Rands

Freeway Green Prohibition Sign:

Freeway green coloured freeway prohibition sign on Whitfords Av at Kingsley approaching Mitchell Fwy (SR2), November 2008.

Image © Paul Rands

Mitchell Fwy Interchange:

Freeway green ID sign on the southbound ramp to the Mitchell Freeway near Whitfords Station at Kingsley, November 2008.

Image © Paul Rands

End SR83:

Westbound trailblazer assembly approaching Marmion Avenue (SR71) at Padbury, indicating the end of State Route 83, November 2008.

Image © Paul Rands