Beach Road is a major east–west road in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, connecting Perth's inner northern beachside suburbs and inland state housing areas with shopping and public transport facilities at Warwick and the Malaga industrial area.
[3] It included modern-day Sandstone Place in Marmion and Treen Street in Balga, running purely east-west, and formed the boundary between the Wanneroo and Perth Road Districts (now the Cities of Joondalup and Wanneroo, and the City of Stirling).
The Hamersley Development Scheme had been approved on both sides of the road between Marmion Avenue and Wanneroo Road, while the State Housing Commission had commenced the Mirrabooka Satellite City development, which consisted mainly of housing construction in the Balga and Girrawheen areas.
[5][6] In 1974, the Warwick Grove Shopping Centre was built at the intersection of Erindale Road.
The construction of the Reid Highway in stages from 1988 to 2001 about 1–2 km (0.62–1.24 mi) further south for Beach Road's entire length provided an alternative for east-west traffic.