Beach Road, is a bayside suburban coastal road in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It runs along the south-eastern side of Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay, starting at its southern point in Mordialloc

Mordialloc, Victoria

Mordialloc is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Kingston...

 and ending at the intersection of New St and the Esplanade in Brighton

Brighton, Victoria

Brighton is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Bayside. At the 2006 Census, Brighton had a population of 20,651...

. Metro-route 33 continues as Esplanade heading north to St. Kilda to become Marine Parade and after passing through St. Kilda becomes Beaconsfield Parade into Port Melbourne

Port Melbourne, Victoria

Port Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km southwest of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government areas are the cities of Port Phillip and Melbourne. At the 2006 Census, Port Melbourne had a population of 13,293....

. In Port Melbourne route 33 travels along Bay St and Graham St ending at Williamstown Rd. Williamstown Rd then connects to the M1 West Gate Freeway

West Gate Freeway

West Gate Freeway is a freeway in Melbourne, Australia, linking Geelong to Melbourne CBD and beyond. It is also a link between Melbourne and the west and linking industrial and residential areas west of the Yarra River with the city and port areas. The iconic West Gate Bridge is a part of the...

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Beach Road is extremely popular with cyclists. While the Bayside Trail follows the road closely, cyclists with racing bicycle

Racing bicycle

A racing bicycle, also known as a road bike, is a bicycle designed for competitive road cycling, a sport governed by according to the rules of the Union Cycliste Internationale...

s usually use the road itself. According to Bicycle Victoria

Bicycle Victoria

Bicycle Network Victoria is a community-based not-for-profit organisation, one of the largest cycling membership organisations in the world , whose mission is to get More People Cycling More Often. The name was changed from Bicycle Victoria to Bicycle Network Victoria in July 2011...

, over 7,000 riders were recorded using the road on one Saturday in September 2008 http://www.bv.com.au/change-the-world/11248/. Numerous cycling clubs and less formal groups use the road for training sessions for road racing and triathlon. Cycling advocacy groups are presently campaigning for the removal of on-street parking on weekend mornings.