| Type: | road |
| Road Name: | CharlesStreet, Perth |
| State: | wa |
| Route: | State Route 60 |
| Direction A: | South |
| End A: | |
| Exits: | |
| Direction B: | North |
Charles Street is a major road in the inner northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. It runs from Newcastle Street and extends up to London Street, providing a connection between Mitchell Freeway and Wanneroo Road. It is the southern section of part of State Route 60, which continues north along Wanneroo Road.[1]
The street was named after Captain Charles Fitzgerald, Governor of WA, 1848–55.[2] The section of Charles Street from Carr Street to Walcott Street was originally an extension of Wanneroo Road.[3] Its name appears for the first time on maps of the Land Department in 1853.[4]
In October 2022, Main Roads began a planning study to upgrade Charles Street with grade-separated "duck and dive" interchanges (effectively single-point diamond or roundabout interchanges in which the intersection is at-grade and the free-flowing road is below ground) at its busy Vincent Street, Scarborough Beach Road, and Walcott Street intersections.[5] However, after community opposition to the required demolition of about 100 properties, the study was abandoned in November 2022.[6]