List of highways in Melbourne
Encyclopedia
This is a list of highways in Melbourne
, Australia
. Some of these highways are bona-fide, connecting Melbourne to other towns and settlements, some of which have been later swallowed by Melbourne growth. However others are former streets designated as highways (particularly in VicRoads
documentation) to highlight their importance as links between highways and freeways.
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...
. Some of these highways are bona-fide, connecting Melbourne to other towns and settlements, some of which have been later swallowed by Melbourne growth. However others are former streets designated as highways (particularly in VicRoads
VicRoads
VicRoads or the Roads Corporation of Victoria is a statutory corporation which is the state road and traffic authority in the state of Victoria, Australia. It is responsible for maintenance and construction of the state arterial road network, as well as driver licensing and vehicle registration. ...
documentation) to highlight their importance as links between highways and freeways.
Current highways
Burwood HighwayBurwood HighwayBurwood Highway is a major transportation link with Melbourne's eastern suburbs. It begins in the suburb of Kooyong, Melbourne at the junction of the Monash Freeway as Toorak Road between Monash Freeway and Warrigal Road, and finishes in Belgrave, Victoria in the Dandenong Ranges...
(Toorak Road, Monbulk Road)
Chandler HighwayChandler HighwayChandler Highway is a short road in the inner eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It runs from Heidelberg Road in Alphington, across the Yarra River, using a narrow two-lane bridge over the Yarra River, then continues across the Eastern Freeway, then terminates at an intersection with Princess Street and...
Dandenong Valley HighwayDandenong Valley HighwayThe Dandenong Valley Highway stretches almost 30 kilometres from Wantirna South in Melbourne's eastern suburbs to Frankston in the south. For its entire length, its main name is not actually Dandenong Valley Highway, and very few locals use it...
(Stud Road, Dandenong-Frankston Road)-
Docklands HighwayDocklands HighwayDocklands Highway is a highway with a mix of many arterial roads in inner western Melbourne, Australia.- Otherwise Known As :There are a variety of street names which exceed the Docklands Highway status which includes:...
(Francis Street, Whitehall Street, Footscray Road) 
Eastern HighwayEastern HighwayEastern Highway is a 4 kilometre highway with a mix of many arterial roads in inner northern Melbourne, Australia.- Otherwise Known As :There are a variety of street names which exceed the Eastern Highway status which includes:...
(Alexandra Parade)- Greensborough HighwayGreensborough HighwayGreensborough Highway is a highway in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, and is an important route for north-east Melbourne.- Route :...
Maroondah Highway (Whitehorse Road)Maroondah HighwayMaroondah Highway , is a major east-west thoroughfare in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne and a highway servicing the lower alpine region Victoria, Australia.-History:...- Melba HighwayMelba HighwayThe Melba Highway connects the outer eastern suburb of Coldstream, near Lilydale, and the town of Yea, in Victoria's Central Highlands on the Goulburn Valley Highway.-Route:...
Melton HighwayMelton HighwayMelton Highway links Melbourne's outer north-western suburbs of Melton and Taylors Lakes ; it has a Victorian route designation of .-Route:...
Moorooduc HighwayMoorooduc HighwayThe Moorooduc Highway is a 19 km highway which runs from Frankston to Mount Martha. It is a dual carriageway with two or three lanes each way and, together with the Mornington Peninsula Freeway, is a main arterial road from Melbourne to the Mornington Peninsula.- History :It originally started...
(McMahons Road)
Mountain HighwayMountain HighwayMountain Highway is a 18 km highway in Eastern Melbourne. Mountain Highway starts from Burwood Highway and runs through The Basin, then uphill to Sassafras. For most of its length it is dual carriageway, with 2 or 3 lanes in each Direction. From Burwood Highway to Forest Road in the suburb of The...
Nepean HighwayNepean HighwayNepean Highway runs south from the centre of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia to Portsea, along the eastern shore of Port Phillip. It is the primary road route to central Melbourne from Melbourne's southern suburbs.- History :...
(St Kilda Road, Brighton Road, Point Nepean Road)-
Plenty Valley HighwayPlenty Valley HighwayPlenty Valley Highway is a highway with a mix of two arterial roads in northern Melbourne, Australia.- Otherwise Known As :There are two street names which exceed the Plenty Valley Highway status which includes:...
(Albert Street, Plenty Road) - Princes HighwayPrinces HighwayThe Princes Highway extends from Sydney to Port Augusta via the coast through the states of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, a distance of 1941 km or 1898 km via the former alignments of the highway ....
Princes Highway WestPrinces HighwayThe Princes Highway extends from Sydney to Port Augusta via the coast through the states of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, a distance of 1941 km or 1898 km via the former alignments of the highway ....
(Geelong Road, Ballarat Road, Smithfield Road, Racecourse Road)
Princes Highway EastPrinces HighwayThe Princes Highway extends from Sydney to Port Augusta via the coast through the states of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, a distance of 1941 km or 1898 km via the former alignments of the highway ....
(Dandenong Road)
South Gippsland HighwaySouth Gippsland HighwayThe South Gippsland Highway is a partially divided highway in Victoria, Australia which connects the city of Melbourne with the South Gippsland region of Victoria, ending in the town of Sale...- Sydney Road (Hume Highway)Sydney Road, MelbourneSydney Road is a major urban arterial in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.-Geography:...
Warburton HighwayWarburton HighwayWarburton Highway is a 35 kilometre west-east highway starting on the eastern fringes of Melbourne, Victoria at the Maroondah Highway just after Lilydale, connecting Melbourne to the Yarra Valley wine region and its towns. The entire road is within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area...-
Western HighwayWestern Highway, VictoriaThe Western Highway is part of the principal route linking the Australian cities of Melbourne and Adelaide with a length of approximately 314 kilometres. It is a part of the National Highway network and designated as National Highway A8...
(Ballarat Road) 
Westernport HighwayWesternport HighwayWesternport Highway / is a highway in Victoria, Australia, linking the south-eastern fringe of suburban Melbourne to the western coast of Western Port Bay, after which the highway is named, at the Port of Hastings nearly 30km to the south...
(Dandenong-Hastings Road)
Named but not signed
- Highways named in VicRoadsVicRoadsVicRoads or the Roads Corporation of Victoria is a statutory corporation which is the state road and traffic authority in the state of Victoria, Australia. It is responsible for maintenance and construction of the state arterial road network, as well as driver licensing and vehicle registration. ...
manuals, but not signed accordingly:
Bulleen HighwayBulleen RoadBulleen Road is a road in north-eastern Melbourne, Australia serving the suburbs of Bulleen and Balwyn North, which can be seen as an alternative thoroughfare between Heidelberg and Doncaster via the Eastern Freeway. Marcellin College is located on the road in Bulleen...
- signed as Bulleen RoadBulleen RoadBulleen Road is a road in north-eastern Melbourne, Australia serving the suburbs of Bulleen and Balwyn North, which can be seen as an alternative thoroughfare between Heidelberg and Doncaster via the Eastern Freeway. Marcellin College is located on the road in Bulleen...
Hoddle HighwayHoddle HighwayHoddle Highway is an urban highway in Melbourne linking CityLink and the Eastern Freeway, allotted metropolitan route . The name "Hoddle Highway" is almost completely unknown to most drivers - who refer instead to its constituent parts: Hoddle Street and Punt Road.It starts at the Eastern Freeway...
- signed as Hoddle Street, Punt Road, Barkly Street- Mornington Peninsula HighwayMoorooduc HighwayThe Moorooduc Highway is a 19 km highway which runs from Frankston to Mount Martha. It is a dual carriageway with two or three lanes each way and, together with the Mornington Peninsula Freeway, is a main arterial road from Melbourne to the Mornington Peninsula.- History :It originally started...
- signed as Moorooduc HighwayMoorooduc HighwayThe Moorooduc Highway is a 19 km highway which runs from Frankston to Mount Martha. It is a dual carriageway with two or three lanes each way and, together with the Mornington Peninsula Freeway, is a main arterial road from Melbourne to the Mornington Peninsula.- History :It originally started... 
State (Bell/Springvale) Highway - signed as Bell Street, Banksia Street, Manningham Road, Williamsons Road, Doncaster Road, Mitcham Road, Springvale Road, Edithvale Road
State (St Georges) Highway - signed as St Georges Road-
State (Lower Dandenong) Highway - signed as Lower Dandenong Road, Cheltenham Road, Foster Street 
Warrigal HighwayWarrigal RoadWarrigal Road is a major inner urban road in southeastern Melbourne, Australia. On weekdays, it is usually congested as it runs through many major suburbs along its route, traversing Melbourne's inner eastern and south-eastern suburbs. This includes suburbs such as Chadstone, Oakleigh, and...
- signed as Warrigal RoadWarrigal RoadWarrigal Road is a major inner urban road in southeastern Melbourne, Australia. On weekdays, it is usually congested as it runs through many major suburbs along its route, traversing Melbourne's inner eastern and south-eastern suburbs. This includes suburbs such as Chadstone, Oakleigh, and...-
Yarra Bank HighwayYarra Bank HighwayYarra Bank Highway is a short highway in central Melbourne, Australia. It runs parallel to the Yarra River and provides an alternate route to the Domain Tunnel and the Burnley Tunnel on CityLink. It is used by trucks carrying Hazardous Loads prohibited from the tunnels and provides another route...
- signed as City RoadYarra Bank HighwayYarra Bank Highway is a short highway in central Melbourne, Australia. It runs parallel to the Yarra River and provides an alternate route to the Domain Tunnel and the Burnley Tunnel on CityLink. It is used by trucks carrying Hazardous Loads prohibited from the tunnels and provides another route...
, Alexandra AvenueYarra Bank HighwayYarra Bank Highway is a short highway in central Melbourne, Australia. It runs parallel to the Yarra River and provides an alternate route to the Domain Tunnel and the Burnley Tunnel on CityLink. It is used by trucks carrying Hazardous Loads prohibited from the tunnels and provides another route...
Former highways
- Grieve Highway, renamed Grieve Parade
- Monash Highway
, name decommissioned upon opening of Monash FreewayMonash FreewayMonash Freeway is an urban freeway in Victoria, Australia linking Melbourne's CBD to its southeastern suburbs and the Gippsland region. The entire stretch of the Monash Freeway bears the designation...
. Signed as North Road and Wellington Road.