Coalfields Highway
{{Short description|Highway in Western Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox Australian road
| type = highway
| urban = no
| road_name = Coalfields Road
| state = wa
| image = Coalfields Highway in Collie, April 2022 02.jpg
| caption = The Coalfields Highway in Collie
| length = 128
| direction_a = West
| end_a = {{AUshield|S|20}} South Western Highway (State Route 20), {{WAcity|Roelands}}
| exits =
| direction_b = East
| end_b = {{AUshield|S|30}} Albany Highway (State Route 30), {{WAcity|Arthur River}}
| est =
| gazetted =
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| maintained =
| history =
| route = {{AUshield|S|107}} State Route 107
| former =
| tourist =
| region =
| lga =
| through = Allanson, Collie, Darkan
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}}
{{Distinguish|Coalfields Expressway}}
Coalfields Road, is a Western Australian highway linking Roelands (near Bunbury) on the South Western Highway with Arthur River on the Albany Highway. It is signed as State Route 107 and is about {{convert|125|km}} long.
Route description
Coalfields Road is the main road to the key mining town of Collie,{{cite press release |type=Media Release |last=Holt |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Holt (politician) |date=2011-05-26 |url=http://www.nationalswa.com/News/MediaReleases/tabid/83/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1198/Coalfields-Highway-funding-welcome-Holt.aspx |title=Coalfields Road funding welcome, Holt |website=Nationals Member for the South West Region |publisher=The Nationals Western Australia |location=Western Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319062625/http://www.nationalswa.com/News/MediaReleases/tabid/83/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1198/Coalfields-Highway-funding-welcome-Holt.aspx |archive-date=2012-03-19 |access-date=2021-01-17 }} and passes through mining, forest and agricultural areas with stands of jarrah, wandoo and flood gum nearby.[http://www.westernaustralia.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/PDF's/Wildflower%2520Guide_2011_LR.pdf Wildflower Holiday Guide, Western Australia 2011] It also traverses the towns of Allanson and Darkan. The section between Collie and Allanson was upgraded in 2010–2011 by increasing the lane and shoulder widths, realigning some of the worst of the winding road sections, lessening some curves, and other improvements.{{cite web |date=2011-07-29 |url=http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/AboutMainRoads/OurRoleRegions/SouthWest/projects/Pages/Coalfields.aspx |title=Coalfields Highway |website=Main Roads Western Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921050931/http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/AboutMainRoads/OurRoleRegions/SouthWest/projects/Pages/Coalfields.aspx |archive-date=2011-09-21 |access-date=2021-01-17 }}
Route 107 continues beyond Arthur River to Wagin, Dumbleyung, Lake Grace, Newdegate and Lake King, meeting up with South Coast Highway (Route 1) a few kilometres from Ravensthorpe.
Major intersections
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{{AUS-WAint
|LGAS=Harvey
|LGAspan=
|location=Roelands
|lspan=
|type=
|km=0
|road={{AUshield|S|20}} South Western Highway (State Route 20) – {{WAcity|Bunbury|Perth}}
|notes=
}}
{{AUS-WAint
|LGAS=Collie
|LGAspan=3
|location=Collie
|lspan=3
|type=
|km=35.3
|road=Prinsep Street
|notes=Access to Collie Town Centre
}}
{{AUS-WAint
|type=
|km=35.9
|road=Collie–Mumballup Road {{WAcity|p=on|Mumballup|Donnybrook|Boyup Brook}}
|notes=
}}
{{AUS-WAint
|type=
|km=37.2
|road=Paull Street – {{WAcity|Williams}}
|notes=Paull Street becomes Collie–Williams Road partway through
}}
{{AUS-WAint
|LGAS=West Arthur
|LGAspan=2
|location=Darkan
|lspan=
|type=
|km=98
|road=Williams–Darkan Road – {{WAcity|Williams}}
|notes=
}}
{{AUS-WAint
|LGA=
|LGAspan=
|location=Arthur River
|lspan=
|type=
|km=128
|road={{AUshield|S|30}}{{AUshield|S|107}} Albany Highway (State Route 30) – {{WAcity|Wagin|Kojonup|Albany|Williams|Perth}}
|notes=
}}
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See also
{{Portal|Australian Roads}}
Notes
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{{WA road routes
|route=State Route 107
|shield={{AUshield|S|107}}
|roads={{WA road routes/R|107}}
}}