page_title: Riverside Drive, Perth
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Riverside Drive, Perth / History
caption_attribution_description: English: 1950 plan for construction of a bus station on The Esplanade, Perth
context_page_description: Riverside Drive in Perth, Western Australia, is a road on the northern side of Perth Water. It was built on reclaimed land in the 1930s, and links The Causeway to the Narrows Bridge.
context_section_description: Riverside Drive which was planned in 1903, but which was not completed until the 1930s due to the need to have reclaimed land on which to build the road.
  Construction of the road in the 1930s was seen as a threat to the lightering trade on the Swan River between Perth and Fremantle.
  In the early 20th century the name of the road carried beyond its current length; proposed river-side roads were mentioned for South Perth and the northern shore of the Swan River as far as Peppermint Grove.
  Plans to widen were proposed in 1985 and in 1986.
  Significant changes in the landscaping along Riverside Drive were made in 1999.
  At times of heavy rains and the Swan River flooding, Riverside Drive has been affected seriously, in the 1930s and 1940s as well as more recently.
caption: 1950s plan for a bus station on the Esplanade which shows the then alignment of Riverside Drive. River reclamation during the construction of the Mitchell Freeway realigned Riverside Drive to run in a more southerly route.
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