It provides an important and unbroken east-west link between Kwinana Freeway and Stock Road providing access to residential developments in Beeliar, Yangebup and Lake Coogee in the west to commercial and industrial development in Cockburn Central, Jandakot and Success in the east.

[5] Construction of the new two-lane alignment occurred in 1991 and was timed to finish in line with the freeway extension, upon which it was renamed Beeliar Drive.

The section west of the freeway was renamed North Lake Road and realigned to terminate at Beeliar Drive.

Staged duplication of Beeliar Drive commenced in the early 2000s, with the section from Kwinana Freeway to Spearwood Avenue completed by 2006.

[9] Due to ongoing development of Cockburn Central and Success the section of Beeliar Drive between Kwinana Freeway and Wentworth Parade was upgraded to six lanes in 2014 with significant changes made to the old North Lake Road intersection, now renamed Midgegooroo Avenue.

This will remove another one of the state's black spots, the Beeliar Drive / Midgegooroo Avenue intersection, reduce congestion on the Kwinana Freeway interchange, and improve access to Cockburn Central railway station.