Graham Farmer Freeway

Graham Farmer Freeway

Western Australia
Graham Farmer Freeway; Western Australia
	Eastern tunnel entry near Lord Street
General information
Type	Freeway
Length	6.4 km (4.0 mi)
Opened	2000
Route number(s)	State Route 8; (Entire Length);
Major junctions
West end	Mitchell Freeway (State Route 2); West Perth, Perth;
	Loftus Street (State Route 61); Lord Street (State Route 51); East Parade (State Route 66);
East end	Great Eastern Highway (National Highway 94 / National Route 1); Orrong Road (State Route 8); Burswood / Lathlain / Rivervale, Perth;
Location(s)
Major suburbs / towns	West Perth, Northbridge, East Perth, Highgate, Burswood
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Western Australia;

Graham Farmer Freeway is a 6.4-kilometre (4.0 mi) inner-city freeway in Perth, Western Australia. It links Rivervale and Burswood with West Perth and Leederville, providing an east-west bypass of Perth's central business district.

The freeway, in conjunction with Great Eastern Highway and Orrong Road, is also an important connection between the city centre and Perth Airport. It is allocated State Route 8, and was named in honour of the Australian rules footballer, Graham "Polly" Farmer, who played between 1953 and 1971 in both the West Australian and Victorian Football Leagues.

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