Lord Street, Perth Explained

Type:road
Road Name:Lord Street
State:WA
Length:2.1
Direction A:North
Exits:
  • Bulwer Street
Direction B:South
End B:Victoria Square,
Through:Mount Lawley, Highgate, East Perth

Lord Street is a road in East Perth, Western Australia. It starts from Victoria Square near Royal Perth Hospital and runs north-east for to end at Walcott Street, Mount Lawley.

The street formerly extended south to the Swan River, with Victoria Avenue being the new name as of 1903 for the section south of Victoria Square.[1] Lord Street crosses Moore, Wellington and Wittenoom Streets.

Lord Street used to cross the Armadale and Midland railway lines east of Perth station, at the Lord Street level crossing.[2] Automatic boom gates were installed in 1960 with the signal box closed.[3] With the development of the Northbridge Tunnel, and railway upgrades, a bridge was built to cross the works, just east of McIver station by Concrete Constructions in 1999.[4] [5] [6]

The easternmost point of Newcastle Street is at Lord Street. Perth Oval lies on the west side of Lord Street at the intersection with Bulwer Street. The final northern part of Lord Street changes into Guildford Road just south of the Mount Lawley subway.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 6923B/78: St Georges Terrace and the dogleg to Adelaide Terrace at the intersection with Lord Street, 1862? After 1903 Lord Street here was renamed Victoria Avenue .
  2. News: Lord Street Level Crossing . . XIV . 7,021 . Western Australia . 15 March 1898 . 21 June 2018 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  3. Boom Gates for City Crossings Railway Transportation June 1960 page 29
  4. https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Court/1998/12/Contract-awarded-for-construction-of-bridge-over-Lord-Street-rail-tracks-[Audio].aspx Contract awarded for construction of bridge over Lord Street rail tracks
  5. Central Perth Level Crossing Abolished Transit Australia July 1999 page 166
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20200930114007/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Court/1999/12/Official-opening-of-the-Lord-Street-reconstruction-project.aspx Official opening of the Lord Street reconstruction project