Robertson Drive

Robertson Drive, also known as the Bunbury Bypass,[2] Bunbury Ring Road,[3] or Bunbury Inner Ring Road,[4] is a 4.9-kilometre-long (3.0 mi)[1] road in Bunbury, Western Australia. It forms a partial ring road around Bunbury, allowing highway traffic to bypass the city centre. The road connects four highway routes that radiate out Bunbury: Forrest Highway to the north, South Western Highway north-eastbound and south-east bound, and Bussell Highway to the south.[1] A dual carriageway along the route was completed in 1992.[3]

Robertson Drive Bunbury Bypass / Bunbury Inner Ring Road Western Australia
General information
Type	Highway
Location	Bunbury
Length	4.94 km (3.1 mi)[1]
Route number(s)	National Route 1 (Forrest Highway to South Western Highway south) State Route 10 (all sections)
Major junctions
Northeast end	Forrest Highway (National Route 1), East Bunbury
	South Western Highway (State Route 20) South Western Highway (National Route 1)
Southwest end	Bussell Highway (State Route 10), Withers
Location(s)
Major suburbs	Glen Iris, Davenport, Carey Park, College Grove
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Western Australia

Route Description

The northern terminus of the highway is at the Eelup Roundabout, a large, traffic light controlled roundabout that distributes traffic to Koombana Drive, Sandridge Road, Robertson Drive and Forrest Highway. Traffic coming from Forrest Highway has a slip lane that allows free flowing of traffic onto Robertson Drive, whereas the southbound Forrest Highway traffic must proceed through 2 sets of traffic lights. After the roundabout, the road continues South as an 80 km/hr zone. There is a traffic light controlled intersection with Picton Road and South Western Highway (Northern Section, which proceeds as State Route 20), from which the road becomes a 70 km/hr zone. The road crosses over the Australind railway line and then descends into the Bunbury Industrial Area, with a major traffic light controlled intersection with South Western Highway (Southern Section, which proceeds as National Route 1) and Brittain Road. The road continues south, now an 80 km/hr zone, followed by a sharp turn towards the west, meeting an intersection with Sommerville Drive. Following the Sommerville Intersection, there is access provided to TAFE, the ECU Campus and the Hospitals. The roads southern terminus is with Bussell Highway at a roundabout with Bussell Highway gaining the State Route 10 marker in the southerly direction.

Internal Designations

Robertson Drive is controlled by Main Roads Western Australia,[5] which internally designates it as Highway H57 Forrest Highway (north of South Western Highway), H9 South Western Highway (for the central section), and H43 Bussell Highway (south of South Western Highway).[1]

References

1. "Road Information Mapping System". Main Roads Western Australia. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
2. Dan Barron-Sullivan, Deputy Leader of the Opposition (11 April 2002). "BUNBURY BYPASS, TRAFFIC PROBLEMS" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Western Australia: Legislative Assembly. pp. 9942–9944.
3. "Perth to Busselton: Coastal Corridor to the South-West". Western Roads. Main Roads Western Australia. 18 (3): 6. September 1994.
4. Main Roads Western Australia (26 July 2014). "Bunbury Outer Ring Road". Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
5. Main Roads Western Australia (3 September 2014). "Regional Roads Controlled by Main Roads Western Australia". Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2014.