Mandjoogoordap Drive

{{Short description|Highway in Western Australia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2013}}

{{Infobox Australian road

| type = highway

| road_name = Mandjoogoordap Drive

| state = wa

| direction_a = North

| direction_b = South

| est = October 2010

| length = 6.3

| route = {{AUshield|S|19}} State Route 19

| end_a = {{AUshield|S|2}} Kwinana Freeway (State Route 2), Stake Hill

| end_b = {{AUshield|R|1}} Mandurah Road, (National Route 1), Mandurah

| show_links = yes

}}

Mandjoogoordap Drive, meaning "meeting place of the heart" in the Indigenous Noongar language, is a {{convert|6.3|km|adj=on}} dual carriageway which links the Western Australian city of Mandurah to the Kwinana Freeway.{{cite news|title=New name for entrance road|url=http://www.mandurahmail.com.au/news/local/news/general/new-name-for-entrance-road/1736470.aspx|accessdate=4 April 2013|newspaper=Mandurah Mail|date=28 January 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415095236/http://www.mandurahmail.com.au/news/local/news/general/new-name-for-entrance-road/1736470.aspx|archivedate=15 April 2011}} It was officially opened on 7 October 2010. The road was known as Mandurah Entrance Road during its construction and is usually referred to as the Mandurah Link. Approximately {{convert|3.8|km}} of the Mandurah line is located in its median strip.{{cite web |title=Google Maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-32.496846,115.744152,13.95z |publisher=Google}}

Interchanges and intersections

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{{AUS-WAint

|LGAC=Mandurah

|LGAspan=4

|location_special={{WAcity|dash=off|Lakelands|Parklands}}

|lspan=2

|km=0

|road={{AUshield|S|2}} Kwinana Freeway (State Route 2){{WAcity|p=on|Perth|Bunbury}}

|notes=Dogbone interchange, Kwinana Freeway free-flowing. Northern terminus; continues north-east as Lymon Road, providing access to Stake Hill}}

{{AUS-WAint

|km=0.6

|road=Lilydale Drive{{WAcity|p=on|Lakelands}}

|notes=T junction. Access to Lakelands railway station}}

{{AUS-WAint

|type=incomplete

|location=Greenfields

|lspan=2

|km=5.5

|road=Dubarda Link{{WAcity|p=on|Greenfields}}

|notes=LILO T junction (eastbound access only); access to Murdoch University and South Metropolitan TAFE Mandurah campuses}}

{{AUS-WAint

|km=6.3

|road={{AUshield|R|1}} Mandurah Road northwest bound / Kirkpatrick Drive eastbound{{WAcity|p=on|Rockingham|Mandurah}}

|notes=Roundabout; southern terminus, continues south as Mandurah Road}}

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Future extensions

The Department of Transport in Western Australia has indicated that when Tonkin Highway is extended to Pinjarra, Mandjoogoordap Drive will be extended east from its current terminus at Kwinana Freeway to meet it.{{cite news|title=Perth and Peel @ 3.5 million|url=https://www.transport.wa.gov.au/projects/perth-and-peel-3-5million-transport-network.asp}}

See also

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References

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