Eastern Freeway
Formerly
Length	18 km
General direction	West-East
From	Hoddle Street, Collingwood, Melbourne
Major suburbs	Bulleen, Doncaster, Box Hill North
To	Springvale Road, Donvale, Melbourne
Established	1970s
Major Junctions	Chandler Highway Burke Road Limited Access Bulleen Road / Thompsons Road Doncaster Road Elgar Road Limited Access Tram Road Limited Access Middleborough Road Blackburn Road Limited Access

The Eastern Freeway is one of Melbourne's major freeways, connecting Alexandra Parade and Hoddle St in the inner suburbs, with Springvale Road in Melbourne's east. It is mostly three or four lanes in each direction, including an inbound "transit lane" reserved for vehicles with two or more occupants during peak hour. Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_83. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... km redirects here. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_29. ... Hoddle Highway is an urban highway in Melbourne linking CityLink and the Eastern Freeway. ... Collingwood is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Bulleen is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Doncaster (postcode: 3108) is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the local municipality of the City of Manningham. ... Box Hill North is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_40. ... Donvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_21. ... Chandler Highway is an exceptionally short road in the inner eastern suburbs of Melbourne. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_17. ... Burke Road is a major north-south throughfare in Melbourne, Australia. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_42. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_52. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_42. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_36. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_47. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_23. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_13. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ...

History

Originally designated F-19 during its construction in the early 1970s, it was supposed to be linked to the then-new Tullamarine Freeway. Protests from inner Melbourne suburbs residents led it be terminated at Hoddle St. Stage 1 opened in 1977 and finshed at Bulleen Road. Stage 2 around 1983 to Doncaster Road, and stage 3 in 1997 to Springvale Road, Nunawading. Its eventual designation was . It is designed to take traffic off Maroondah Highway. In 2008 it will connect with the new EastLink arterial, a toll road which will go to Ringwood and join the Monash and Frankston Freeways. Heading through the Sound Tube on the Tullamarine Freeway Tullamarine Freeway is a Melbourne freeway linking the citys international airport to the CBD. History Tullamarine Freeway is one of the oldest freeways in Melbourne. ... Hoddle Highway is an urban highway in Melbourne linking CityLink and the Eastern Freeway. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Maroondah Highway is a highway in the east of Melbourne. ...

The Eastern Freeway was designed with the idea of constructing a heavy-rail track down its median to Bulleen Road, and engineering provisions for this had been made, examples include the lack of support pylons for bridges crossing the freeway and the generous space afforded by the median strip. Land was reserved to build the railway line to East Doncaster, but the plan fell out of favour in the 1980s and the land was sold. In recent years, amidst growing congestion problems in Melbourne, the idea has been revived and public pressure has been mounting for the project to be restarted. ^[1]

Extension Plans

There has been widespread interest in building a tunnel linking Hoddle St to CityLink and the Western Ring road. The Eastern Freeway does not connect to any freeways in the city and traffic from the Eastern is released along Alexandra Pde or at Hoddle St. Particularly of concern, there will be a major traffic bottleneck at the Western end of the Eastern Freeway once the Eastlink opens, as well as when the (future plans of opening the) Healesville and Metropolitan Ring Road extension to The Eastern Freeway occurs. The idea has been mooted since the Kennett Government raised the idea; however, the Kennett Government lost the 1999 election to Steve Bracks' Labor Party, and the Labor Government showed little sign of interest building the link. On 1st March 2007, the Labor Government announced a study linking the major feeways which will be headed by former British Airways Chief and International Transport Expert Sir Rod Eddington. CityLink is a tolled freeway system in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Speed enforcement

The entire freeway has an 100 km/h speed limit. Victoria Police regularly patrol the full length of the freeway, strictly enforcing its speed limit. They mainly park in the centre median. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Interchanges

List of interchanges

Hoddle St, viewed from the East.

At its entrance at Hoddle St, exiting traffic causes congestion in the inner suburbs. It is currently designated , and forms the border between a number of suburbs. Interchanges are Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2848x2136, 2842 KB) The Eastern Freeway in Melbourne, taken from the Hurstbridge train line, looking towards Hoddle St. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2848x2136, 2842 KB) The Eastern Freeway in Melbourne, taken from the Hurstbridge train line, looking towards Hoddle St. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_83. ...

• Springvale Road , Donvale / Nunawading (Start of freeway)
• Blackburn Road , Doncaster East / Blackburn North: citybound onramps only
• Middleborough Road , Box Hill North / Blackburn North: bi-directional
• Tram Road / Station Street , Doncaster / Box Hill North: eastbound onramps only
• Elgar Road, Doncaster / Mont Albert North: citybound onramps only
• Doncaster Road , Doncaster: bi-directional
• Bulleen Road / Thompsons Road , Balwyn North/ Bulleen: bi-directional
• Burke Road , Kew East: citybound onramps only
• Chandler Highway , Kew: bi-directional
• Hoddle Street , Collingwood: bi-directional

The freeway then flows into Alexandra Parade (Eastern Highway) . Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_40. ... Donvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Nunawading is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_13. ... Doncaster East (postcode: 3109) is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the local municipality of the City of Manningham. ... Blackburn North is a suburb of Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_23. ... Box Hill North is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Blackburn North is a suburb of Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_47. ... Doncaster (postcode: 3108) is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the local municipality of the City of Manningham. ... Box Hill North is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Doncaster (postcode: 3108) is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the local municipality of the City of Manningham. ... Mont Albert North is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_36. ... Doncaster (postcode: 3108) is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the local municipality of the City of Manningham. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_52. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_42. ... Balwyn North is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Bulleen is a suburb of Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_17. ... Kew East is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Chandler Highway is an exceptionally short road in the inner eastern suburbs of Melbourne. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_21. ... Kew is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Hoddle Street is a busy arterial road in inner-eastern Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_29. ... Collingwood is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_83. ...

Freeway Plan

To have a closer look at the plan, please click the image Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2711x496, 66 KB) Plan of the Eastern Freeway that I made myself. ...

Eastern Freeway viewed facing the city at Sunset from the Belford Road Overpass, in Kew

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Sources

1. ^ http://www.notunnels.org/from-nov05/AGE-howToFixMelbournesWoes-12nov05.html

See List of Melbourne freeways Melbourne is served by a freeway network which is the earliest and the most extensive in Australia. ...