| Type: | road |
| State: | wa |
| Road Name: | North Beach Road |
| Length: | 6 |
| Est: | 1920s |
| Former: | State Route 77 (Reid Highway to Erindale Road) |
| Direction A: | Northwest |
| End A: | West Coast Drive (Tourist Drive 204), North Beach |
| Direction B: | Southeast |
| End B: | Karrinyup Road (State Route76), Gwelup |
North Beach Road is a distributor road in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, running from Gwelup to North Beach. It is mostly a two-lane divided carriageway. The central section of the road, from Reid Highway to Erindale Road, was part of State Route 77 until its revocation in 2024.[1] The route continued along Erindale Road, while North Beach Road heads south to Karrinyup Road.[2]
While the road today is minor, discontinuous and choked by roundabouts and other traffic-calming devices, it was previously one of the first major roads in the area, originally built as a plank road serving tourists and holidaymakers staying in North Beach over the summer. It extended to Wanneroo Road along what is now Karrinyup Road and North Beach Drive, but has since been assimilated into several other major road alignments, including Erindale Road and Reid Highway.
In 2000, the road was effectively bypassed by the extension of Reid Highway to Marmion Avenue, built only to the north. This made its use as a state route redundant and in March 2024 the decision was made to revoke State Route 77 [3]
Until the 1960s, it was known as Balcatta Beach Road, even though the suburb was always known as North Beach.
The entire road's length is within the City of Stirling