Tonkin Highway is an 81-kilometre-long (50 mi) north–south highway and partial freeway in Perth, Western Australia, linking Perth Airport and Kewdale with the city's north-eastern and south-eastern suburbs. As of April 2020, the northern terminus is at the interchange with Brand Highway and Great Northern Highway in Muchea, and the southern terminus is at Thomas Road in Oakford. It forms the entire length of State Route 4, and connects to several major roads. Besides Brand Highway and Great Northern Highway, it also connects to Reid Highway, Great Eastern Highway, Leach Highway, Roe Highway, and Albany Highway.
Interchange of Tonkin Highway and The Promenade/Birralee Road in 2020
View south along Tonkin Highway in Noranda in 2012.
A freeway standard section of Tonkin Highway, south of Great Eastern Highway
Approach to the current southern end at Thomas Road, Oakford
Perth Airport is an international, domestic and general aviation airport serving Perth, the capital city of Western Australia.
Terminal 1 in 2015
Perth Airport with city centre behind, image taken from the Darling Scarp looking west
An Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 refuelling at Perth Airport in 1955.
Ansett Boeing 727-100 at Perth Airport in 1971