Berrimah Road
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Berrimah Road Berrimah, Wishart and East Arm | |
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| Berrimah Road looking North from Kormilda College towards the Stuart Highway | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 8.7 km (5.4 mi) |
| Opened | 1952 |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Stuart Highway, Berrimah |
| SW end | East Arm Port, Darwin Harbour |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | Wishart, East Arm |
Berrimah Road is a major arterial road in the outer eastern suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory Australia. The road provides an important transport corridor to access the port facilities at East Arm as well as the northernmost passenger and freight terminals on the Adelaide-Darwin railway. It was significantly upgraded as part of the Tiger Brennan Drive extension works between 2009 and 2012. Berrimah Road is used by approximately 4000 vehicles per day, including a large proportion of heavy trucks and this number is expected to increase significantly with the growth of the port activities.[1] Major junctions include a diamond interchange at Tiger Brennan Drive[2] and a signalised intersection at Wishart Road. There is a public weighbridge used by trucks entering and exiting the industrial precinct at the southern end.
Berrimah Road follows the alignment of a 19th-century track that linked a quarantine station at East Arm to Fred's Pass Road, the main thoroughfare south of Darwin prior to the construction of the Stuart Highway. In 1941, during World War II a major field hospital named "Berrimah" was located on the present site of Kormilda College, at the northern end of Berrimah Road.[3] The hospital site was bombed during Japanese air raids on 19 February 1942, and was subsequently relocated inland to Adelaide River, however by this time the name Berrimah Road was in common use for the quarantine station track. The name was officially gazetted in September 1952.[4] The road has been significantly upgraded since the opening of East Arm Port in 2000.
