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{{Short description|Highway in Western Australia}}
{{redirect|Geraldton Highway|the highway that heads north from Geraldton|North West Coastal Highway}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox Australian road
| type         = highway
| state        = wa
| road_name    = Brand Highway
| location     = Brand Highway route map.png
| location_alt = Road map
| loc_caption  = Map of Brand Highway, highlighted in red, and surrounding road network between Perth and Geraldton
| length       = 367.98
| length_ref   = <ref name=RIMS />
| est          = 4 April 1975
| route        = {{AUshield|R|1}} [[List of road routes in Western Australia#R1|National Route 1]]
| direction_a  = South
| end_a        = {{AUshield|N|95|R|1}} [[Great Northern Highway]] <small>(National Highway&nbsp;95 / National Route&nbsp;1)</small><br> {{AUshield|S|4}} [[Tonkin Highway]] <small>(State Route&nbsp;4), [[Muchea]]</small>
| exits        = {{Plainlist|
* {{AUshield|S|60}} [[Indian Ocean Drive]] <small>(State Route&nbsp;60)</small>
* {{AUshield|S|116}} [[Midlands Road]] <small>(State Route&nbsp;116)</small>
}}
| direction_b  = North
| end_b        = {{AUshield|R|1}} [[North West Coastal Highway]] <small>(National Route&nbsp;1), [[Geraldton]]</small>
| through      = {{WAcity|Cataby|Badgingarra|Eneabba|Dongara|Greenough}}
}}

'''Brand Highway''' is a {{convert|370|km|adj=on}} main highway linking the northern outskirts of [[Perth]] to [[Geraldton]] in [[Western Australia]]. Together with [[North West Coastal Highway]], it forms part of the Western Australian coastal link to the [[Northern Territory]]. The highway is a part of Australia's [[Highway 1 (Australia)|Highway 1]], and is for the most part a [[single carriageway]] with one lane in each direction.<ref name=GMaps>{{Google maps | url = https://maps.google.com.au/maps?saddr=Brand+Hwy%2FNational+Route+1&daddr=Brand+Hwy%2FNational+Route+1&hl=en&ll=-30.012031,115.889282&spn=3.942833,7.13562&sll=-28.787978,114.616225&sspn=0.001939,0.003484&geocode=FXAtHv4dWPXpBg%3BFRK9SP4dIuTUBg&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=19&t=m&z=8 | access-date = 11 March 2013 }}</ref>

The highway was completed in 1975 and opened in 1976 being named it in honour of former [[Premier of Western Australia]] [[David Brand|Sir David Brand]]. It replaced the [[Midlands Road]] from Perth to [[Dongara]].

==Route description==
[[File:Brand Highway Deviation 2020.jpg|thumb|left|Looking east along Brand Highway to its southern terminus at the interchange with [[Great Northern Highway|Great Northern]] and [[Tonkin Highway]]s.]]
The Brand Highway, along with the associated section of National Route&nbsp;1, begins in [[Muchea]], branching off from a [[roundabout interchange]] connecting it to both [[Great Northern Highway]] to the north and east and [[Tonkin Highway]] to the south. The highway passes through agricultural areas and [[shrubland]]s, travelling through or near the towns of [[Gingin]], [[Badgingarra]] (and [[Badgingarra National Park]]), [[Cataby]], [[Eneabba]], [[Dongara]] and [[Greenough, Western Australia|Greenough]]. The highway ends after {{convert|370|km|mi}} at the city of [[Geraldton]]. National Route&nbsp;1, and traffic travelling to areas further north of here, continue along [[North West Coastal Highway]] towards [[Port Hedland]].<ref name=GMaps /> The vast majority of the highway is a two-lane single carriageway with a speed limit of {{convert|110|km/h|mi/h|round=5}}, except in and around [[built up area]]s where it slows down to speeds of between {{convert|60| and |90|km/h|mi/h|round=5}}.<ref name=RIMS />

[[Main Roads Western Australia]] monitors traffic volume across the state's road network, including various locations along Brand Highway.<ref name="traffic digest">{{cite web|title=Statewide Traffic Digest 2008/09 – 2013/14 |url=http://reportingcentreresources.mainroads.wa.gov.au/public/data/xrc4111/AADT/traffic_digest.pdf |author=Main Roads Western Australia |publisher=Government of Western Australia |access-date=7 April 2014 |year=2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219035518/http://reportingcentreresources.mainroads.wa.gov.au/public/data/xrc4111/AADT/traffic_digest.pdf |archive-date=19 December 2014 |url-status=dead }} {{webarchive|format=addlarchives |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219035518/http://reportingcentreresources.mainroads.wa.gov.au/public/data/xrc4111/AADT/traffic_digest.pdf |date=19 December 2014}}</ref>{{rp|3}} In the 2012/13 financial year, the recorded traffic volumes ranged from 15,400 vehicles per day north of Olive Street, near Geraldton, down to 1,470 south of [[Indian Ocean Drive]]. The highest percentage of [[heavy vehicle]]s was 36.0% south of Airfield Road, the access road to [[RAAF Gingin]].<ref name="traffic digest" />{{rp|67, 90}} Reports commissioned by the [[Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia]] (RAC) in 2006 and 2008 gave the highway a three-star safety rating out of five. The overall highway network was generally rated as three-star or four-star, with around 10% in 2006 and 5% in 2008 receiving a two-star rating.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rac.com.au/cs/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocName=raccont022475&allowInterrupt=1&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&noSaveAs=1&format=.pdf |access-date=7 April 2015 |first1=Paul |last1=Roberts |first2=Joseph |last2=Affum |first3=Samantha |last3=Taylor |date=August 2006 |title=AusRAP Star Rating Maps and Road Protection Scores for Rural Western Australian Roads |publisher=[[Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407103008/http://rac.com.au/cs/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocName=raccont022475&allowInterrupt=1&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&noSaveAs=1&format=.pdf |archive-date=7 April 2015 |url-status=live}} {{webarchive|format=addlarchives|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407103008/http://rac.com.au/cs/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocName=raccont022475&allowInterrupt=1&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&noSaveAs=1&format=pdf |date=7 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Safer Roads: Star Ratings for WA's Major Highways |url=http://rac.com.au/cs/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocName=raccont022474&allowInterrupt=1&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&noSaveAs=1&format=.pdf |publisher=Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia |access-date=7 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407103215/http://rac.com.au/cs/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocName=raccont022474&allowInterrupt=1&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&noSaveAs=1&format=.pdf |archive-date=7 April 2015 |url-status=live |date=January 2008}} {{webarchive|format=addlarchives |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407103215/http://rac.com.au/cs/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocName=raccont022474&allowInterrupt=1&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&noSaveAs=1&format=pdf |date=7 April 2015}}</ref>

=== Wheatbelt ===
From the Great Northern and Tonkin Highways at Muchea, the Brand Highway heads west for {{Convert|2|km|spell = in}} crossing over the [[Midland railway line, Western Australia|Midland railway line]] and Granary Drive (the original Brand Highway alignment through Muchea Townsite). It heads north-west, paralleling the railway for {{Convert|22|km}}, towards [[Gingin]]. While the railway continues north to the town, the highway deviates to the west, continuing north-west through the [[Wheatbelt (Western Australia)|Wheatbelt]]. Brand Highway reaches the [[Regans Ford]] [[Roadhouse (facility)|roadhouse]] after {{Convert|52|km}}. {{Convert|40|km|spell = In}} on, the highway turns north for {{Convert|40|km}}, past Bandgingarra National Park, to Badgingarra. The Brand Highway leaves the Wheatbelt for the [[Mid West (Western Australia)|Mid West]] region, continuing its journey north-westwards.<ref name=":0">{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-31.5766711,115.9958421/-31.5793516,115.9760085/-31.3918858,115.9041114/-30.9828293,115.7035574/-30.6817797,115.4796551/-30.3918755,115.4981508/-29.816107,115.2648333/-29.4681029,115.0180726/-29.2595071,115.0058738/-29.250085,114.9367001/@-30.7615931,115.7928691,423650m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0 |access-date=17 August 2015 |title=Brand Highway – Muchea to Dongara}}</ref>

=== Mid West ===
The Brand Highway encounters [[Eneabba]] {{Convert|74|km}} beyond Badgingarra, and after another {{Convert|50|km}} meets the northern end of the coastal road [[Indian Ocean Drive]]. The highway travels north for {{Convert|24|km}} to the terminus of The Midlands Road, just outside Dongara. The Brand Highway heads west for {{Convert|7|km|spell = in}} into the town,<ref name=":0" /> and then follows the coast north and north-westwards. It reaches South Greenough after {{Convert|35|km}}, where it realigns itself {{Convert|1|km|spell = in}} to the north-east via two 90° [[Road curve|curves]]. The Brand Highway continues north-west, passing through Greenough after {{Convert|5|km|spell = in}}, and terminating {{Convert|22|km}} further on in Geraldton, at a diamond interchange with [[North West Coastal Highway]]. For the last {{Convert|5|km|mi|1|spell = in}} of its length, the Brand Highway serves as the main road for the southern suburbs of Geraldton, including [[Wandina]], [[Tarcoola Beach]], [[Mount Tarcoola]] and [[Mahomets Flats]].<ref>{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-29.250085,114.9367001/-28.9848518,114.7757173/-28.9752337,114.783258/-28.9453839,114.7444972/-28.7873899,114.6153231/@-29.0309497,114.6780618,92804m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0 |access-date=17 August 2015 |title=Brand Highway – Dongara to Geraldton}}</ref>

==History==
Within two years of its formation in 1926, Western Australia's new [[Main Roads Western Australia|Main Roads Board]]{{efn|Predecessor to the Main Roads Department, now Main Roads Western Australia}} became responsible for the state's arterial and trunk roads, which were declared 'main roads' under the Main Roads Act. The main road to Geraldton branched off the Perth–Meekatharra road{{efn|Now named [[Great Northern Highway]]}} at [[Walebing]], near [[Moora, Western Australia|Moora]], travelled an inland route via [[Mingenew]] to [[Dongara]], and then continued north along the coast to Geraldton.<ref name=VL />{{rp|27–28}} A new main road from Perth to Geraldton via Mogumber was proposed in the 1940s, but was rejected by the Minister for Works, who considered the development of parallel routes infeasible given that traffic was light.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67849818 |title=Geraldton-Perth Road. |newspaper=[[Geraldton Guardian]] |location=WA |date=3 March 1949 |access-date=12 June 2015 |page=5 |via=Trove (National Library of Australia)}}</ref>

Western Australia's Nomenclature Advisory Committee{{refn|group=lower-alpha|Now the Geographic Names Committee<ref>{{cite web |title=Geographic Names Committee |url=http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/Geographic+Names+Committee |publisher=Government of Western Australia |access-date=22 March 2014 |author=Western Australian Land Information Authority |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802165311/http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/Geographic%2BNames%2BCommittee |archive-date=2 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} proposed in October 1940 that a highway name, Great Northern Highway, be used to describe the main route from [[Midland, Western Australia|Midland]] to Geraldton,<ref name=MJA1940>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46744914 |title=Midland Junction Affairs |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |location=Perth, WA |date=23 October 1940 |access-date=22 March 2014 |page=3 }}</ref> and extending to areas further north.<ref name=GLaG>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67277690 |title=Local and General |newspaper=[[Geraldton Guardian and Express]] |location=WA |date=24 October 1940 |access-date=22 March 2014 |page=2}}</ref> By July 1941, the committee's proposal had expanded to three highway names for the roads in the state's northern areas: Great Northern Highway for the Midland Junction to [[Wyndham, Western Australia|Wyndham]] road, North West Coastal Highway for the road linking Geraldton to Port Hedland and De Grey,<ref name=NHwys>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47153477 |title=Northern Highways |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth, WA |date=23 July 1941 |access-date=22 March 2014 |page=6}}</ref> and Geraldton Highway for the [[Walebing]]–[[Mingenew]]–Geraldton route. This road was [[gazette]]d as Geraldton Highway on 17 September 1943, superseding the previously used names of Choral Street, Yarma Street, Railway Road, Midland Street, Railway Street and Irwin Road.<ref>{{Gazette WA
| title = The Land Act, 1933–1939.
| file = 3689/40
| page = 1943:830
| date = 17 September 1943
| url = https://www.slp.wa.gov.au/Gazette/gazette.nsf/searchgazette/6641AAD0A01BA9564825773D0019FDC1/$file/gg043.pdf
}}</ref>

From the 1950s, increasing development between Perth and Geraldton saw the planning and establishment of a road network linking Dongara and Gingin – though the roads were not initially intended to become a highway. Early surveying of the roads, in the 1950s, was undertaken from within a light aircraft flying over the area. This was one of the first times in Western Australia that this technique was used. Wide road reserves, up to {{convert|200|m|ft}} in width, were acquired from crown land and pastoral leases. This allowed native wildflowers to survive and flourish on public land, providing aesthetically pleasing and interesting views to reduce road hypnosis and driver fatigue. The road would also be made safer by removing natural roadside obstacles, and replacing them with shrubs and more wildflowers.<ref name=VL>{{cite book|last=Edmonds|first=Leigh|title=The Vital Link: A History of Main Roads Western Australia 1926-1996|year=1997|publisher=University of Western Australia Press|location=Nedlands, Western Australia|isbn=1-876268-06-9}}</ref>{{rp|255–57}}

Construction of new roads that would eventually be part of the Brand Highway began in 1959. Various segments were completed as the need arose, until in 1975, there was a new link between Perth and Geraldton. The route reduced the distance between the cities by {{convert|78|km}}, and had a total cost of [[Australian dollar|$]]4.2 million.<ref name=VL />{{rp|257}} On 14 February 1975, the new road was gazetted as part of the Geraldton Highway, with the old route via Moora renamed [[The Midlands Road]].<ref>{{Gazette WA
| title = Naming and Change of Name of Streets
| file = 1655/57, V .2 .
| page = 1975:546
| date = 14 February 1975
| url = https://www.slp.wa.gov.au/Gazette/gazette.nsf/searchgazette/354942404D4F58CDC82573E50002CEE0/$file/gg012.pdf
}}</ref> It was officially opened on 4 April 1975 by the Minister for Transport, [[Ray O'Connor]] at Eneabba.<ref name=VL />{{rp|257}}<ref>New Route for Highway ''[[Australian Transport]]'' June 1975 page 51</ref> One year later, the road was named Brand Highway after [[David Brand|Sir David Brand]],<ref name=VL />{{rp|257}} who was [[Premier of Western Australia]] from 1959 to 1971 and also held the local electorate of Greenough from 1945 to 1975.<ref name=oct1976>Brand Highway (October 1976). Western Roads: official journal of the Main Roads Department, Western Australia, 1(4), p. 9. Perth: Main Roads Department.</ref> The change of name from Geraldton Highway to Brand Highway was [[gazette]]d on 12 March 1976.<ref>{{Gazette WA |title=Change of Name of Streets |file=Corres 1655/57, V2 |page=1976:738 |date=12 March 1976 |url=https://www.slp.wa.gov.au/Gazette/gazette.nsf/searchgazette/65B61CEE00774FC3C82573E5007D73DB/$file/gg017.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613162357/https://www.slp.wa.gov.au/Gazette/gazette.nsf/searchgazette/65B61CEE00774FC3C82573E5007D73DB/$file/gg017.pdf |archivedate=13 June 2015 |url-status=live |accessdate=29 April 2015 }}</ref> Premier [[Charles Court]] officiated a ceremony held on 30 April 1976 at a tourist information bay in Dongara,<ref name=VL />{{rp|257–58}} where a plaque was unveiled commemorating the naming of the highway.<ref name=oct1976/><ref>New highway cuts 78&nbsp;km ''[[Truck & Bus Transportation]]'' June 1976 page 159</ref>

The northern end of Brand Highway was upgraded as part of Stage&nbsp;1 of the Geraldton Southern Transport Corridor, the biggest individual project in the early 2000s across all of rural Western Australia. The project, constructed between March 2004 and December 2005 at a cost of $92.5 million, involved the relocation of railway tracks, {{convert|5|km|spell=in}} worth of road works, and grade separation of roads.<ref name=VLTTY>{{cite book |last1=Edmonds |first1=Leigh |title=The Vital Link: The Transition Years 1996–2006 |date=2008 |publisher=Main Roads Western Australia |location=East Perth, W.A. |isbn=978-0-7309-7692-9}}</ref>{{rp|27–28}} Brand Highway's northern terminus at North West Coastal Highway was upgraded from a roundabout<ref>{{cite journal |editor1-last=Jordan |editor1-first=Diana |title=Geraldton Set For Early Finish |journal=Thiess Quarterly News |date=2005 |volume=1 |pages=6–7 |url=http://www.leighton.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/11142/N_ThiessNewsMarch2005.pdf |access-date=16 April 2015 |publisher=[[Thiess Pty Ltd]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416082639/http://www.leighton.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/11142/N_ThiessNewsMarch2005.pdf |archive-date=16 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{webarchive|format=addlarchives |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416082639/http://www.leighton.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/11142/N_ThiessNewsMarch2005.pdf |date=16 April 2015}}</ref> to an interchange. An overpass was built for nearby Durlacher Street to cross North West Coastal Highway, which was made into a dual carriageway in the vicinity of the interchange.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Main Roads Western Australia |title=Project Overview: Geraldton Southern Transport Corridor |url=https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/Documents/GSTC_project_overview.u_2051730r_1n_D08%5E23179824.PDF |publisher=Government of Western Australia |access-date=16 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416083308/https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/Documents/GSTC_project_overview.u_2051730r_1n_D08%5E23179824.PDF |archive-date=16 April 2015 |url-status=live}} {{webarchive|format=addlarchives |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416083308/https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/Documents/GSTC_project_overview.u_2051730r_1n_D08%5E23179824.PDF |date=16 April 2015}}</ref> Stage 2 of the project, constructed between December 2008 and December 2009, provided a new single carriageway connection to Geraldton–Mount Magnet Road, with access to [[Geraldton Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |author1=Main Roads Western Australia |title=Geraldton Southern Transport Corridor Stage&nbsp;2 |url=https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/BuildingRoads/Projects/CompletedProjects/2010Earlier/Pages/geraldton.aspx |publisher=Government of Western Australia |access-date=16 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416090509/https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/BuildingRoads/Projects/CompletedProjects/2010Earlier/Pages/geraldton.aspx |archive-date=16 April 2015 |url-status=dead |date=3 September 2014 }}{{webarchive |format=addlarchives |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403232730/https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/BuildingRoads/Projects/CompletedProjects/2010Earlier/Pages/geraldton.aspx |date=3 April 2015}}</ref>

{{Clear}}
<gallery mode=packed heights=170px>
File:Brand Highway.png|Distances to towns on or near the highway, from [[Muchea]]
File:Brand Hwy 304 S Dongara at Moreton.jpg|View east near Moreton Terrace, [[Dongara]]
File:Badgingarra Roadhouse, 2013.JPG|[[Badgingarra]] Roadhouse is located just off the highway
File:Brand Hwy nr Warradarge, 2014(2).JPG|View south near [[Warradarge]], 2014.
</gallery>

==Major intersections==
{{AUSinttop|length_ref=<ref name=RIMS>{{cite web |author=Main Roads Western Australia |title=Road Information Mapping System |url=http://gis.mainroads.wa.gov.au/roadinformationmap/ |publisher=Government of Western Australia |access-date=23 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928155909/https://gis.mainroads.wa.gov.au/roadinformationmap/ |archive-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>|dest_ref=<ref name="MRWA WN">{{cite map |publisher = Government of Western Australia |title = Wheatbelt North Region map |date = 13 August 2013 |url = https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/Documents/REGION%20STATE%20ROAD%20CONDITION%20MAP%20138%20138%20WHEATBELT%20NORTH.RCN-D13%5E233477.PDF |version = Version 1.0 |author= Main Roads Western Australia |access-date = 20 December 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131006145331/https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/Documents/REGION%20STATE%20ROAD%20CONDITION%20MAP%20138%20138%20WHEATBELT%20NORTH.RCN-D13%5E233477.PDF |archive-date = 6 October 2013 |url-status = live }} {{webarchive |format=addlarchives |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227005811/https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/Documents/REGION%20STATE%20ROAD%20CONDITION%20MAP%20138%20138%20WHEATBELT%20NORTH.RCN-D13%5E233477.PDF |date=27 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="MRWA MW">{{cite map |publisher = Government of Western Australia |title = Mid West Region map |date = 16 August 2013 |url = https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/Documents/REGION%20STATE%20ROAD%20CONDITION%20MAP%20138%20138%20MID%20WEST.RCN-D13%5E233479.PDF |version = Version 1.0 |author = Main Roads Western Australia |access-date = 11 April 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140201134426/https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/Documents/REGION%20STATE%20ROAD%20CONDITION%20MAP%20138%20138%20MID%20WEST.RCN-D13%5E233479.PDF |archive-date = 1 February 2014 |url-status = live}} {{webarchive |format=addlarchives |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201134426/https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/Documents/REGION%20STATE%20ROAD%20CONDITION%20MAP%20138%20138%20MID%20WEST.RCN-D13%5E233479.PDF |date=1 February 2014}}</ref>}}
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|LGAS=Chittering
|LGAspan=2
|location=Muchea
|lspan=2
|km=0.00
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|notes= Southern terminus at [[roundabout interchange]] favouring Great Northern Highway and Tonkin Highway. Continues southeast as  {{AUshield|N|95|R|1}} [[Great Northern Highway]] (National Highway&nbsp;95 / National Route&nbsp;1) to [[Midland, Western Australia|Midland]] and the [[Swan Valley (Western Australia)|Swan Valley]]}}
{{AUS-WAint
|type=incomplete
|km=2.20
|road=Granary Drive{{WAcity|p=on|Bullsbrook|Upper Swan}}
|notes=[[Partial Y interchange]]. No access from Brand Highway west to Granary Drive south or Granary Drive north to Brand Highway East}}
{{AUS-WAint
|LGAS=Gingin
|LGAspan=5
|location=Breera
|km=22.17
|road=Cockram Road{{WAcity|p=on|Gingin}}
|notes=Former highway alignment<ref name="Gingin Structure Plan 2012">{{cite web |author=GHD Pty Ltd |author-link=GHD Group |title=Shire of Gingin: Gingin Townsite & Rural Surrounds Structure Plan |url=http://gingin.wa.gov.au/images/assets/Uploads/Council-Meetings/PDF%20Minutes/2012/Gingin%20Townsite%20&%20Rural%20Surrounds.pdf |access-date=21 September 2015 |publisher=Shire of Gingin |date=December 2012 |page=16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403024348/http://gingin.wa.gov.au/images/assets/Uploads/Council-Meetings/PDF%20Minutes/2012/Gingin%20Townsite%20%26%20Rural%20Surrounds.pdf |archive-date=3 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{AUS-WAint
|location=Granville
|lspan=2
|km=31.47
|road=Gingin Brook Road{{WAcity|p=on|Yanchep|Lancelin}}
|notes=}}
{{AUS-WAint
|km=31.92
|road=Dewar Road&nbsp;– Gingin, {{WAcity|Bindoon}}
|notes=Former highway alignment<ref name="Gingin Structure Plan 2012" />}}
{{AUS-WAint
|location=Red Gully
|lspan=2
|km=74.43
|road=Mogumber Road West&nbsp;– [[Mogumber Nature Reserve]]
|notes=}}
{{AUS-WAint
|km=74.54
|road=Orange Springs Road{{WAcity|p=on|Ledge Point|Lancelin}}
|notes=}}
{{AUS-WAint
|LGAS=Dandaragan
|LGAspan=6
|location=Regans Ford
|km=77.20
|road=Dandaragan Road{{WAcity|p=on|Dandaragan}}
|notes=}}
{{AUS-WAint
|location=Mimegarra
|km=103.90
|road=Mimegarra Road west{{WAcity|p=on|Wedge Island|b1=on}}
|notes=}}
{{AUS-WAint
|location=Cataby
|km=108.72
|road=Cataby Road&nbsp;– Dandaragan
|notes=}}
{{AUS-WAint
|location=Badgingarra
|lspan=2
|km=138.91
|road=Bibby Road{{WAcity|p=on|Cervantes}}, [[Nambung National Park]] ([[The Pinnacles (Western Australia)|The Pinnacles]])
|notes=}}
{{AUS-WAint
|km=151.64
|road=North West Road{{WAcity|p=on|Badgingarra|Moora}}
|notes=}}
{{AUS-WAint
|location_special={{WAcity|Boothendarra}}&nbsp;– {{WAcity|Hill River}} boundary
|km=174.90
|road=Jurien Road{{WAcity|p=on|Jurien Bay}}
|notes=}}
{{AUS-WAint
|LGAS=Coorow
|location=Warradarge
|km=195.42
|km2=195.66
|road=Coorow–Green Head Road{{WAcity|p=on|Green Head|Leeman|Coorow}}
|notes=Staggered T&nbsp;junctions}}
{{AUS-WAint
|LGAS=Carnamah
|LGAspan=2
|location=Eneabba
|lspan=2
|km=223.34
|road=Eneabba–Coolimba Road&nbsp;– Leeman
|notes=}}
{{AUS-WAint
|km=225.07
|road=Eneabba–Three Springs Road{{WAcity|p=on|Three Springs|Carnamah}}
|notes=}}
{{AUS-WAint
|LGAS=Irwin
|LGAspan=5
|location=Arrowsmith
|km=273.73
|road={{AUshield|S|60}} [[Indian Ocean Drive]] (State Route 60){{WAcity|p=on|Jurien Bay}}
|notes=}}
{{AUS-WAint
|location=Yardarino
|lspan=2
|km=290.78
|road={{AUshield|+|hospital}} Kailis Drive{{WAcity|p=on|Dongara|Port Denison}}, Dongara Eneabba Mingenew Health Service
|notes=}}
{{AUS-WAint
|km=297.34
|road={{AUshield|S|116}} [[Midlands Road]] (State Route&nbsp;116) east{{WAcity|p=on|Mingenew|Three Springs}}
|notes=T&nbsp;junction: northbound traffic turns west, southbound traffic turns south}}
{{AUS-WAint
|location=Dongara
|lspan=2
|km=304.35
|road={{AUshield|+|hospital}} Moreton Terrace&nbsp;– Dongara, Port Denison, Dongara Eneabba Mingenew Health Service
|notes=}}
{{AUS-WAint
|km=305.15
|road=Waldeck Street&nbsp;– Dongara, Port Denison
|notes=}}
{{AUS-WAint
|LGAC=Greater Geraldton
|location=Geraldton
|km=367.87
|km2=367.98
|road={{AUshield|R|1|+|airport|+|hospital}} [[North West Coastal Highway]] (National Route&nbsp;1) east / Cathedral Avenue north / John Willcock Link west{{WAcity|p=on|Carnarvon|Mount Magnet}}, [[Geraldton Airport]], [[Geraldton Regional Hospital|Geraldton Regional]] and [[St John of God Geraldton Hospital|St&nbsp;John of God Geraldton]] hospitals, Geraldton Port
|notes=Northern terminus at [[diamond interchange]]: continues north as Cathedral Avenue}}
{{Jctbtm}}

==The Midlands Road==
{{Infobox road small
|country=AUS
|name=The Midlands Road
|location=[[Walebing]] – [[Dongara]]
|length_km=262.86
|length_ref=<ref name=RIMS />
|route={{Plainlist|
* {{AUshield|S|116|size=x18px}} [[List of road routes in Western Australia#116|State Route&nbsp;116]]
* {{AUshield|T|360|size=x18px}} [[List of road routes in Western Australia#360|Tourist Drive&nbsp;360]]
}}
}}
While the Geraldton Highway was shifted to a new alignment in 1975, the old route, renamed The Midlands Road, remains a significant part of the road network, with the road included as part of numbered [[Route number#Australia|road routes]].

The Midlands Road,<ref name="MRWA WN" /> also known as Midlands Road,<ref name="RR">{{cite web|title=Regional Roads |url=https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/OurRoads/Facts/Pages/Regionalroads.aspx |publisher=Government of Western Australia |access-date=20 December 2013 |author=Main Roads Western Australia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111054949/https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/OurRoads/Facts/Pages/Regionalroads.aspx |archive-date=11 November 2013 |url-status=dead |date=17 December 2013 }}</ref> is a {{convert|263|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} road in the [[Mid West (Western Australia)|Mid West]] and [[Wheatbelt (Western Australia)|Wheatbelt]] regions of [[Western Australia]]. From [[Great Northern Highway]] at [[Walebing]], the road travels west to [[Moora, Western Australia|Moora]] and then north to [[Watheroo]].<ref name="MRWA WN" /> The road continues north to [[Gunyidi, Western Australia|Gunyidi]], and then travels north-west to [[Mingenew]] via [[Coorow]], [[Carnamah]] and [[Three Springs, Western Australia|Three Springs]]. Beyond Mingenew, it heads west to [[Dongara]], terminating at Brand Highway.<ref name="MRWA MW" />

The section from Moora northwards is part of [[List of road routes in Western Australia#116|State Route&nbsp;116]], which continues south to [[Bindoon]] via [[Bindoon Moora Road]].<ref name="DistBook2012">{{cite book|title=Distance book|year=2012|publisher=Main Roads Western Australia|isbn=978-0-7309-7657-8|pages=4–5|url=http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/UsingRoads/TouringWAMaps/Pages/DistanceBook.aspx|edition=12|access-date=24 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024075225/http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/UsingRoads/TouringWAMaps/Pages/DistanceBook.aspx|archive-date=24 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The section from Walebing to [[Watheroo National Park]] is part of [[Midlands Tourist Way]] (Tourist Drive&nbsp;360).<ref>{{cite web|title=Tourist Drives of Western Australia |url=http://www.tourism.wa.gov.au/Publications%20Library/Tourist%20Drives%20of%20WA.pdf |publisher=Main Roads Western Australia |access-date=3 November 2013 |author=Main Roads Western Australia |author2=Western Australian Tourism Commission |author3=Royal Automobile Club |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404120927/http://www.tourism.wa.gov.au/Publications%20Library/Tourist%20Drives%20of%20WA.pdf |archive-date=4 April 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{rp|15}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Australian Roads}}
* [[Highways in Australia]]
* [[List of highways in Western Australia]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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*{{Wikivoyage-inline}}
* [http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au Main Roads Western Australia]

{{Road infrastructure in Western Australia}}
{{WA road routes
|route=National Route 1
|shield={{AUshield|R|1}}
|roads={{WA road routes/R|R1_full}}
}}

[[Category:Highways in rural Western Australia]]
[[Category:Mid West (Western Australia)]]
[[Category:Highway 1 (Australia)]]