Stephenson Avenue

Stephenson Avenue refers to two separate sections of road in the western suburbs of Perth, Western Australia.

Stephenson Avenue Western Australia
General information
Type	Road
Length	2.1 km (1.3 mi)[1][2]
Route number(s)	State Route 64 (Osborne Park section) State Route 65 (Mount Claremont section)
Major junctions
Stephenson Avenue (Osborne Park)
North end	Scarborough Beach Road (State Routes 75 and 64), Osborne Park
South end	Pearson Street (State Route 64)/ Jon Sanders Drive Woodlands
Stephenson Avenue (Mount Claremont)
North end	Underwood Avenue (State Route 65)/ Perry Lakes Drive City Beach
	Montgomery Avenue
South end	Rochdale Road (State Route 65), Mount Claremont

The first section is a 600-metre (2,000 ft) section of dual carriageway linking Scarborough Beach Road to Pearson Street/Jon Sanders Drive in Osborne Park. The second, longer section is a 1.5-kilometre (0.93 mi) two-lane road in Mount Claremont used to link central Perth to the West Coast Highway via Hay Street, Underwood Avenue and Rochdale Road.

The two sections of road are to date the only evidence of the originally proposed Stephenson Highway, a controversial highway that was proposed to connect Swanbourne to Innaloo.[3]

The two roads are named after Gordon Stephenson, an influential person in the development and expansion of Perth through the Metropolitan Region Scheme during the 20th Century.

References

1. Google (1 January 2020). "Stephenson Avenue" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
2. Google (1 January 2020). "Stephenson Avenue" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
3. Bassett, Jon. "Proposed Stephenson Avenue tunnel a trip back to the future". Community News. Retrieved 8 December 2019.