James Street, Northbridge

31.948°S 115.857°E / -31.948; 115.857

James Street Western Australia
General information
Type	Road
Length	1.4 km (0.9 mi)[1]
Major junctions
West end	Graham Farmer Freeway (State Route 8)
	Fitzgerald Street William Street (State Route 53) Beaufort Street (State Route 53)
East end	Pier Street
Location(s)
LGA(s)	City of Perth
Major suburbs	Northbridge, Perth

James Street is a street which serves the Perth suburbs Perth and Northbridge. It is the main east-west road in the centre of Northbridge.

A section of the eastern end of the street has been closed and modified as the James Street Mall in the Perth Cultural Centre – with the Western Australian Museum, Alexander Library Building and older government buildings contained within the culture centre area.[2][3]

The central section between William Street and to the western end at Russell Square is a streetscape with a colourful and extensive history of crime, and notoriety.[4]

Until December 2016, the Mitchell Freeway had a southbound exit onto the street. The exit was removed and replaced with one at Roe Street to enable the construction of the Charles Street Bus Bridge.[5]

Intersections

LGA	Location[1]	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Perth	Northbridge	0	0.0	Graham Farmer Freeway (State Route 8)	Exit from freeway westbound only; traffic lights shared with James Street Bus Bridge and Northbridge Bus Depot
		0.02	0.012	James Street Bus Bridge	Traffic lights shared with Graham Farmer Freeway exit and Northbridge Bus Depot; bridge access includes one-way turnaround of westbound James Street traffic before bus-only entry
		0.14	0.087	Fitzgerald Street	Traffic light intersection
		0.35	0.22	Shenton Street
		0.4	0.25	Melbourne Street	Give way sign controlled, giving James Street priority
		0.45	0.28	Parker Street	Stop sign controlled, giving James Street priority
		0.5	0.31	Mountain Terrace	Mountain Terrace is one-way northbound
		0.6	0.37	Lake Street	Roundabout
	Northbridge-Perth boundary	1.2	0.75	William Street (State Route 53)	Traffic light intersection; stub of James Street extends east beyond intersection before beginning of James Street Mall
James Street Mall
Perth	Perth	1.2	0.75	Beaufort Street (State Route 53)	No right turn from James Street to Beaufort Street northbound
		1.3	0.81	Stirling Street	Stop sign controlled, giving Stirling Street priority
		1.4	0.87	Pier Street	Give way sign controlled: Pier Street northbound gives way
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

Notes

1. "James Street". Google Maps. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
2. Western Australia. Government Photographer (1900), Perth Boys High School, James Street, Perth, January 1951, retrieved 27 October 2017
3. See as an example of the early stages of the development of the Cultural Centre: - Western Australia. Dept. of Planning and Urban Development; Perth (W.A. : Municipality). Council; Donaldson and Warn Consultant Architects (1992), Northbridge study : final report 1991 (1st ed., repr. with addendum ed.), Dept. of Planning and Urban Development], retrieved 27 October 2017
4. "SEIZURE OF OPIUM". Geraldton Express. Vol. XXX. Western Australia. 25 March 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 27 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
5. Marmion, Bill (14 December 2016). "Charles Street Bus Bridge project major milestone". Media Statements. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.