Coalfields Highway

Coalfields Highway, formerly known as Coalfields Road, is a Western Australian highway linking Roelands (near Bunbury) on the South Western Highway with Arthur River on the Albany Highway. It is signed as State Route 107 and is about 125 km long.

Coalfields Highway

Western Australia
west end
east end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length128 km (80 mi)[1]
Route number(s)
Major junctions
west endRoelands
east endArthur River
Location(s)
Major settlementsCollie, Darkan
Highway system

Route description

Coalfields Highway is the main road to the key mining town of Collie,[2] and passes through mining, forest and agricultural areas with stands of jarrah, wandoo and flood gum nearby.[3] It also traverses the towns of Allanson and Darkan. The section between Collie and Allanson was upgraded in 2010–2011 by increasing the lane and shoulder widths, realigning some of the worst of the winding road sections, lessening some curves, and other improvements.[4]

Route 107 continues beyond Arthur River to Wagin, Dumbleyung, Lake Grace, Newdegate and Lake King, meeting up with South Coast Highway (Route 1) a few kilometres from Ravensthorpe.

Major intersections
Location[1]km[1]miDestinationsNotes
Roelands00.0 South Western Highway (20) – Bunbury, Perth
Collie3622Collie-Williams Road – Williams
Darkan9861Williams-Darkan Road – Williams
Arthur River12880 Albany Highway (30) – Wagin, Kojonup, Albany, Williams
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

Notes
  1. Google (18 February 2017). "Coalfields Hwy/State Route 107" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. Holt, Colin (26 May 2011) "Coalfields Highway funding welcome, Holt" Archived 19 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Nationals for Regional WA, archived at https://www.webcitation.org/65c22C3B1?url=http://www.nationalswa.com/News/MediaReleases/tabid/83/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1198/Coalfields-Highway-funding-welcome-Holt.aspx Archived 20 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine by WebCite on 20 February 2012
  3. Wildflower Holiday Guide, Western Australia 2011
  4. (29 July 2011) "Coalfields Highway" Main Roads Western Australia, archived at https://www.webcitation.org/65c1N63G2?url=http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/AboutMainRoads/OurRoleRegions/SouthWest/projects/Pages/Coalfields.aspx Archived 11 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine by WebCite on 20 February 2012
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