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Canning Highway is an arterial road in , Western Australia, linking the inner Perth suburb of Victoria Park in the north-east, to the port city of in the south-west.

The road is mostly a four-lane divided carriageway, with a general speed limit of . It is located immediately south of the Swan River and runs between in Victoria Park and Queen Victoria Street in Fremantle.

Canning Highway was the inspiration for the AC/DC song "Highway to Hell" as it had a reputation for accidents and led to many of singer 's favourite pubs and hotels, including the Raffles Hotel.


History
Canning Highway is named after the river which it crosses, which was in turn named after (1770–1827), an eminent British statesman who for a brief period was Prime Minister of Great Britain.

The modern highway was formally commenced in the 1920s, with major work commencing in 1927 to upgrade an section between Suburban Street, South Perth (now Mill Point Road) and Petra Street, East Fremantle. The road initially had the following names:

  • Canning Road (Fremantle–Wireless Hill)
  • Perth–Fremantle Road (Wireless Hill–)
  • Lower Canning Road (Canning Bridge–South Terrace)
  • Fremantle Road (South Terrace–Causeway)

The road was officially named Canning Highway on 23 November 1937. In 1938, the present northern bridge over Canning River was opened. It was wide and constructed of timber, as was then common practice. The experience gained building this bridge was used to construct the Fremantle Traffic Bridge over the Swan River one year later. The Fremantle Traffic Bridge joined Canning Highway near Fremantle with North Fremantle, and this intersection forms the highway's present western terminus.

In 1958, the present southern bridge over Canning River was constructed which coincided with the opening of between the Narrows Bridge and Canning Highway.

In 1974, the rotary (roundabout) at the southern end of the Causeway in Victoria Park was upgraded to a parclo interchange, which resulted in Canning Highway joining seamlessly with Great Eastern Highway. At the same time, was extended from North Fremantle across the Swan River via the new Stirling bridge to join with Canning Highway.

In 1979, a new diamond interchange was built near Canning Bridge to route the underneath Canning Highway and progress the freeway further southwards.

Apart from minor additional lanes and modifications, the highway has remained largely unchanged since.


Raffles Hotel
One of the most enduring sights on Canning Highway has been the Raffles Hotel at night-time, with its ornamental lighting and an iconic animated rooftop (for many years advertising ). It is situated in Applecross adjacent to Canning Bridge. The hotel has reopened with a pub and a bottle shop called Raffles Liquor Merchants. The Raffles later swapped to two beer advertising neon lights, one for and one large one advertising . Since at least 2015 however, the neon lights now advertise .


Public transport
Canning Highway crosses the at the Canning Bridge station on the Mandurah railway line. Buses also stop at this station and enter and exit the freeway via bus lanes. High frequency route 910 traverses the whole length of Canning Highway, and route 111 also runs along the section of the highway west of Canning Bridge. Special event route 659 runs a limited stop route along Canning Highway between Fremantle Station and .


Major intersections & interchanges
The entire highway is located in the Perth Metropolitan Region. All intersections mentioned below are signalised unless otherwise mentioned.


See also
  • Highways in Australia
  • List of highways in Western Australia
  • List of major roads in Perth, Western Australia

  • (1997). 9781875560875, University of Western Australia Press.
  • (2025). 9780909699871, Department of Land Administration and West Australian Newspapers Ltd.


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