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The Main Roads Building is a heritage-listed office building at 477 Boundary Street, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Karl Langer and built in 1967 by Cyril Porter Hornick.
This was the first time since 1928 that all Main Roads staff were in one building. Main Roads only had 430 staff, below the building's maximum occupancy of 660 people, so the remaining space was occupied by police administration. [1]: 11 The building was officially opened by the premier of Western Australia, Sir David Brand, on 27 November 1970.
As at June 2021, it manages 18,695 kilometres (11,617 mi) of roads, representing the arterial road network in Western Australia. [3] Each of the roads must be declared a "public highway" or "main road" in the Western Australian Government Gazette and is allocated a highway or main road number – many roads perceived as main roads by the public ...
The South Australian section was named Eyre Highway on 20 May 1943, with the portion from Murat Bay (Ceduna) to the state border declared a main road. [52] Eyre Highway was gazetted in Western Australia on 11 June 1943, and included the road from Coolgardie to Norseman until Coolgardie–Esperance Highway was gazetted on 16 August 1957. [53] [54]
In Western Australia, roads controlled and maintained by the state road authority, Main Roads Western Australia, are either highways or Main Roads. Any road or section of road may be proclaimed a highway by the Governor of Western Australia, on the recommendation of the Commissioner of Main Roads, under Section 13 of the Main Roads Act 1930. [27]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Australia. [3] In the 2021 census, ... 477 Boundary Street: Main Roads Building [23]
Main Roads Western Australia monitors traffic volume across the state's road network, including various locations along North West Coastal Highway. [12]: 3 In the 2012/13 financial year, the recorded traffic volumes ranged from 13,350 vehicles per day west of Geraldton–Mount Magnet Road down to 370 north of Minilya–Exmouth Road.
Main Roads Western Australia maintains and controls all of Kenwick Link, and uses the internal designation Highway H22 Wimbledon–Rupert Street Link. [4] Kenwick Link was planned as part of the Roe Highway extension towards Fremantle. [5] It was initially built as a single carriageway, [6] and upgraded to a dual carriageway later. [3]