The road begins at a large roundabout with Joondalup Drive and used to end at the old coastal village of Burns Beach.

Burns Beach Road provides direct access to Currambine railway station, located east of Connolly Drive.

In the late 1990s, a large roundabout was also constructed to replace a stop-controlled intersection at Connolly Drive, in response to the growing suburban communities in Kinross and Currambine, and the heavier traffic.

In the early 2000s, major work was done to improve the quality of the road west of Marmion Avenue, due to the growing residential area in Iluka.

In 2009, the Mitchell Freeway was extended to terminate at Burns Beach Road either side of the railway bridge north of Currambine Station.