Ennis Avenue is a major road between Rockingham and its southern suburbs and is part of Australia's National Highway 1 for all of its length. It is a controlled access road and after leaving Rockingham has only four intersections (Willmott Drive, Safety Bay Road, Royal Palm Drive and Port Kennedy Drive)—the alternative route is Read Street and Warnbro Sound Avenue which runs roughly parallel to and west of Ennis Avenue.

Ennis Avenue

The northern end of Ennis Avenue at Patterson Road, Rockingham, in May 2023
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General information
TypeHighway
Length13.4 km (8.3 mi)
Route number(s) National Route 1
Major junctions
North end Patterson Road (National Route 1), East Rockingham
 
  • Dixon Road (State Route 22)
  • Safety Bay Road (State Route 22)
  • Port Kennedy Drive
South end Mandurah Road (National Route 1), Karnup
Location(s)
Major suburbsCooloongup, Warnbro
Highway system

The Kwinana Freeway was built to Safety Bay Road in 2002, which means that Kwinana Freeway traffic going to Mandurah and the South West of Western Australia from Perth enters Ennis Avenue near its halfway point (7.5 km) at Safety Bay Road until the extension further south in 2009. The Warnbro railway station, which opened in December 2007, is next to this intersection.

Ennis Avenue is controlled and maintained by Main Roads Western Australia.[1]

Major intersections

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The entire road's length is in the City of Rockingham, with all intersections controlled by traffic lights unless otherwise indicated.

LocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
RockinghamEast Rockingham boundary00.0   Patterson Road (National Route 1 east, State Route 18 west) – Rockingham, Kwinana Beach, Fremantle, PerthNorthern terminus at T junction favouring Patterson Road
RockinghamHillman boundary1.00.62  Dixon Road (State Route 22 eastbound) – Wellard, Kwinana Town Centre, Mundijong, Murdoch University Rockingham Campus
2.01.2Council Avenue west/Carvie Street eastAccess to Rockingham Centre shopping precinct
RockinghamHillmanCooloongup tripoint2.41.5Rae Road west/Rockingham railway station access road east – Safety Bay, Shoalwater, Garden Island
Cooloongup3.22.0Grange Drive west/  Elanora Drive east – Rockingham General Hospital
Waikiki3.22.0Willmott DriveSeagull intersection
WaikikiWarnbro boundary6.5–
7.1
4.0–
4.4
  Safety Bay Road (State Route 18) – Safety Bay, Baldivis, Kwinana FreewayDumbbellDogbone interchange hybrid, northbound exit ramp looped; access to Warnbro railway station
Warnbro9.25.7Royal Palm DriveSeagull intersection
Port Kennedy11.57.1Port Kennedy DriveSeagull intersection
Port KennedyBaldivisKarnup tripoint13.48.3Stakehill Road West west/  Mandurah Road south/east (National Route 1 southbound) – Mandurah, Baldivis, Kwinana Beach, SerpentineSouthern Terminus, road continues as Mandurah Road southwards. Mandurah Road east connects to the eastern continuation of Stakehill Road and to Kwinana Freeway via Karnup Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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  Australian Roads portal

References

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  1. ^ Main Roads Western Australia (29 October 2013). "Metropolitan Roads". Government of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.