Marangaroo Drive

Marangaroo Drive is an arterial east-west road located in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. This road was originally part of Warwick Road, but in the late 1970s, Warwick Road was realigned, so the section of Warwick Road that was east of Wanneroo Road was discontinuous with the part that was west.^[1] The part that was east was renamed Marangaroo Drive, after the suburb Marangaroo.^[2] Marangaroo Drive is now extended through the suburb of Ballajura so it connects with Hepburn Avenue.

Marangaroo Drive Western Australia
Marangaroo Drive near Highclere Boulevard
General information
Type	Road
Length	7.1 km (4.4 mi)
Opened	1970s
Route number(s)	State Route 81
Major junctions
West end	Wanneroo Road (State Route 60), Marangaroo
	Mirrabooka Avenue Alexander Drive (State Route 56)
East end	Hepburn Avenue Ballajura
Location(s)
Major suburbs	Marangaroo, Alexander Heights, Ballajura

Marangaroo Drive is now part of State Route 81, which Warwick Road is also a part of, connected by a small part of Wanneroo road. This route connects the coastal suburbs of Sorrento and Marmion with Ballajura.^[3]

Marangaroo Drive is almost entirely a four-lane dual carriageway with a brief section that is two-lane around the roundabout with Illawarra Crescent in Ballajura. It passes through mostly residential areas, also passing by Newpark Shopping Center, Girrawheen Senior High School and Koondoola Regional Bushland.^[4]

Junction list

LGA[5][6][7]	Location[8]	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Joondalup–Wanneroo	Warwick–Greenwood–Marangaroo tripoint	0.0	0.0	Wanneroo Road (State Route 60) – Tuart Hill, Wanneroo	Marangaroo Drive terminus; State route 81 continues south on Wanneroo Road; Traffic light controlled t-junction
Wanneroo	Marangaroo–Girrawheen boundary	1.6	0.99	Highclare Boulevard – Marangaroo, Darch	Traffic light controlled t-junction
	Girrawheen–Marangaroo–Alexander Heights–Koondoola quadripoint	3.3	2.1	Mirrabooka Avenue – Mirrabooka, Landsdale	Traffic light controlled intersection
	Koondoola–Alexander Heights boundary	4.5	2.8	The Avenue – Alexander Heights	Traffic light controlled t-junction
Wanneroo–Swan boundary	Koondoola–Alexander Heights–Ballajura tripoint	5.5	3.4	Alexander Drive – Perth, Dianella, Landsdale	State Route 81 eastern terminus; Traffic light controlled t-junction
Swan	Ballajura–Cullacabardee boundary	7.1	4.4	Hepburn Avenue – Hillarys, Malaga	Marangaroo Drive eastern terminus; Traffic light controlled t-junction
Concurrency terminus

See also

Australian roads portal