The Nepean Highway

The Nepean Highway runs south from Melbourne city in Victoria, Australia to Portsea, along the eastern shores of Port Phillip Bay. It passess through the suburbs of St. Kilda, Brighton, Moorabbin, Cheltenham, Mordialloc, and Frankston, and the towns of Mornington, Dromana, Rosebud and Sorrento before ending at the gates to the Point Nepean park at Portsea. It has been assigned metropolitan route number 3 through the suburbs, but becomes B110 at the town of Mornington. Image File history File links The route of the Nepean Highway This image was created from scratch (using Microsoft Expedia Maps as a guide to scale) by Deejayem. ... The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th)  - Land 227,416 km²  - Water 10,213 km² (4. ... Portsea is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... There is also Local Government Area called the City of Port Phillip. ... Alternate use: Saint Kilda, island in Scotland. ... Brighton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Moorabbin is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Cheltenham is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Mordialloc is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Frankston is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Mornington is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Dromana is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Rosebud is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Sorrento is a township of Victoria, Australia, almost at the far tip of the Mornington Peninsula about 1 and a half hours south of the Capital, Melbourne. ... Portsea is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Mornington is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

The highway begins as the end of Swanston Street at the corner of Flinders Street, in the Melbourne CBD, and crosses the Princes Bridge where it changes names to become St. Kilda Road. Passing the Victorian Arts Centre and the Shrine of Remembrance before reaching St Kilda Junction. Shortly after, another name change to Brighton Road, and then again, finally being sign posted as the Nepean Highway at Elsternwick. Swanston Street, looking north from the corner of Bourke Street Swanston Street is a major thoroughfare in the centre of Melbourne, Australia. ... Flinders Street is an important street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... St. ... The Victorian Arts Centre is a complex of theatres and concert halls in the Southgate precinct of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Shrine as seen from the ceremonial avenue on the northern or city side. ... St Kilda Junction is one of the most notorious intersections in Melbourne, residing in the suburb of St Kilda, and bordering Windsor, Melbourne and St Kilda East. ... Elsternwick is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ...

From here, the speed limit increases to 80 km/h and the road widens to become an eight-lane divided carriageway. It reduces to six lanes at Moorabbin and then to the 60 km/h four-lane single carriageway after the notorious roundabouts at Mordialloc. The highway then travels virtually along the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay, to Frankston, and then up Oliver's Hill, from which there are good views across Frankston and the bay. A speed limit is the maximum speed allowed by law for vehicles on a road. ... Moorabbin is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... A roundabout, rotary, or gyratory circus is a type of road junction (or traffic calming device) at which traffic streams circularly around a central island after first yielding to the circulating traffic. ... Mordialloc is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Just after passing through Mount Martha, the highway joins with the Mornington Peninsula Freeway, before turning toward the town of Dromana. Here the highway changes name again, to become Point Nepean Road -- which was the former name of the entire highway in the early years of settlement. From here, Arthur's Seat is easily accessible, which gives spectacular views across the bay, and on a clear day, the skyscrapers of Melbourne are visible. Mount Martha is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Mornington Peninsula Freeway is a Melbourne freeway linking Springvale Rd. ... Dromana is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Arthurs Seat is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Route B110 leaves the highway at Sorrento to cross the bay to Queenscliff, via the ferry where it continues to Geelong, via Bellarine Highway, but the highway continues as a two lane road down to the seaside resort of Portsea. The end of the highway is the very non-descript painted turning circle, before the gates of the former Commonwealth quarantine and defence station of Point Nepean. Sorrento is a township of Victoria, Australia, almost at the far tip of the Mornington Peninsula about 1 and a half hours south of the Capital, Melbourne. ... Queenscliff is a small town that lies on the Bellarine Peninsula. ... Categories: Stub ... Geelong is a port city of 200,067 people (2003 census) located on Corio Bay. ... The Bellarine Highway (route B110) runs east from Geelong in Victoria along the Bellarine Peninsula to Queenscliff. ... Portsea is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Point Nepean is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

See also

• List of Australian highways
• List of Victoria (Australia) highways