Guildford Road | |
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Guildford Road viewed from Sixth Avenue footbridge in Maylands | |
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Map of Perth with Guildford Road highlighted in red | |
General information | |
Type | Road |
Length | 9.2 km (5.7 mi)[1] |
Opened | 1830s |
Route number(s) | ![]() |
Major junctions | |
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Location(s) | |
Major suburbs | Maylands, Bayswater, Ashfield |
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Guildford Road is a major road in Perth, Western Australia, linking the inner-city suburb of Mount Lawley with Guildford in the north-east. The ten-kilometre-long (6.2 mi)[2] road runs mostly parallel to the Swan River, on its northern side, and is part of State Route 51,[3] which runs between Perth's CBD and Midvale. Guildford Road is maintained and controlled by Main Roads Western Australia,[4] which uses the internal designation "H026 Guildford Road" for Guildford Road, as well as Bridge Street and James Street in Guildford.[2] In the 1930s, the name Great Eastern Highway was coined to describe the road, but was actually used for the road on the other side of the Swan River.