Brookton Highway

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title: "Brookton Highway" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["highways-and-freeways-in-perth,-western-australia", "highways-in-rural-western-australia", "wheatbelt-(western-australia)"] description: "Highway in Western Australia" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookton_Highway" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Highway in Western Australia ::

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Field	Value
road_name	Brookton Highway
state	wa
type	highway
length	112
length_ref
route	State Route 40
direction_a	West
end_a	Albany Highway (State Route 30), Kelmscott, Perth
exits	{{Plainlist
direction_b	East
end_b	Great Southern Highway (State Route 120), Brookton
through
show_links	yes
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| road_name = Brookton Highway | state = wa | type = highway | image = | caption = | length = 112 | length_ref = | est = | route = State Route 40 | direction_a = West | end_a = Albany Highway (State Route 30), Kelmscott, Perth | exits = {{Plainlist|

• Canning Road (State Route 41)
• Westdale Road | direction_b = East | end_b = Great Southern Highway (State Route 120), Brookton | through = | show_links = yes ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Brookton_Highway_just_west.JPG" caption="Brookton]] in 2013"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Brookton_Highway_Roleystone_Valley_1927.jpg" caption="Brookton Highway, Roleystone Valley, 1927"] ::

Brookton Highway is a 112 km long undivided single carriageway highway in Western Australia, running from the southern Perth suburb of Kelmscott, through Westdale, to the southern Wheatbelt town of Brookton. It is signposted as State Route 40; however, the route and highway continue on far past Brookton, passing through Corrigin, Kondinin, Hyden, Lake King, and finishing at South Coast Highway, just west of Ravensthorpe.

Route description

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Eucalyptus_wandoo_3_Brookton_Highway_NR_XII-2010.JPG" caption="Wandoo (''Eucalyptus wandoo'') woodlands along the highway at Brookton Highway Nature Reserve, December 2010."] ::

Near its western terminus, the road passes through thick jarrah forest in the Darling Scarp; however further east, the landscape soon becomes flat, passing through wheat farming regions and wandoo woodlands until reaching Brookton.

The highway is a part of the route linking Perth to Esperance and is identified as a strategic freight and tourist route. For most of the road it is able to cater for heavy vehicle combinations up to 36.5 m in length which generally carry grain and livestock. Tourism traffic, particularly to Wave Rock, is also prevalent along the western stretch of the road.

History

The bushfire in Kelmscott and Roleystone on 6 February 2011 destroyed the Buckingham Bridge. The bridge had originally been built from timber in 1935. A temporary bridge over the Canning River was opened on 4 March 2011 and was constructed using 400 t of rock, 250 t of crushed limestone and 4500 t of fill material. Heavy vehicles were unable to use the structure and had to detour at Welshpool Road. This part of the highway is used by up to 4,000 vehicles per day.

The Buckingham Bridge was replaced with a permanent concrete and steel bridge, constructed to the south of the temporary crossing so that traffic was not disturbed.{{cite press release |type=Media statement |first1=Troy |last1=Buswell |url=https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Barnett/2013/07/New-Buckingham-Bridge-opens-to-traffic.aspx |title=Buckingham Bridge opens to traffic |date=25 July 2013 |location=Western Australia |website=Media Statements of the Government of Western Australia |publisher=Government of Western Australia |access-date=9 July 2019 |archive-date=9 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709013049/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Barnett/2013/07/New-Buckingham-Bridge-opens-to-traffic.aspx |url-status=dead

Major intersections

|LGAC=Armadale |LGAspan=4 |location_special=Kelmscott–Mt Nasura boundary |km=0 |road= Albany Highway (State Route 30) |notes=Traffic light intersection, western terminus}} |location=Roleystone |lspan=2 |km=5.0 |type=concur |road=Peet Road north/ Soldiers Road (Tourist Drive 205) south |notes=Tourist Drive 205 western concurrency terminus, staggered T-intersections}} |km=5.9 |type=concur |road= Croyden Road (Tourist Drive 205), Araluen Botanic Park |notes=Tourist Drive 205 eastern concurrency terminus}} |location=Karragullen |km=12.2 |road= Canning Road (State Route 41) |LGAS=Beverley |location=West Dale |km=65.8 |road=Westdale Road |LGAS=Brookton |LGAspan=2 |location=Jelcobine |km=91.8 |km2=92.2 |road=York Williams Road |notes=Staggered T-intersections |location=Brookton |km=110.0 |type=trans |road= Brookton Corrigin Road (State Route 40/State Route 120) east/ Williams Street (State Route 120) south |notes=Both roads connects to Great Southern Highway. Brookton Highway eastern terminus. T-intersection favouring Brookton Highway which continues as Brookton Corrigin Road to the east}}

References

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References

1. {{Google maps. link
2. (2007). "Roads 2025 Regional Road Development Strategy".
3. (2011). "Brookton Highway reconnected through Kelmscott/Roleystone".
4. (2011). "Brookton Highway bridge reopens".
5. (5 November 2012). "$7million Buckingham Bridge replacement works commencing soon". Main Roads Western Australia.
6. (5 November 2012). "$7million for Buckingham Bridge replacement". Government of Western Australia.
7. Shurmer, Jaime. (1 November 2012). "Permanent replacement for bridge destroyed in Kelmscott/Roleystone bushfire". Comment News.
8. {{cite MRWA map. M-ISA
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10. {{Cite MRWA map. GS

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