Heading through the "Sound Tube" on the Tullamarine Freeway

Tullamarine Freeway is a Melbourne freeway linking the city's international airport to the CBD. Download high resolution version (1280x960, 269 KB)Heading through the Sound Tube on the Tullamarine Freeway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Download high resolution version (1280x960, 269 KB)Heading through the Sound Tube on the Tullamarine Freeway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area), and 3,488,750 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (census 2001 [1]). The... A typical rural freeway (Interstate 5 in the Central Valley of California). ... A Virgin Blue Boeing 737 waits at the Domestic Terminal, Tullamarine International Terminal This is about the Australian airport. ...

History

Tullamarine Freeway is one of the oldest freeways in Melbourne. It was originally constructed in 1968-1970. From the airport, it replaces Lancefield Rd.(now Melrose Dr), Tullamarine and parts of Bulla Rd.,Essendon. A spur was constructed to link with Calder Highway, Airport West. From Essendon, a new section heading east to Pascoe Vale and then south along the Moonee Ponds Creek until Mt Alexander Rd, Flemington was constructed. This section replaces Mt Alexander Rd as the main throughfare to the city. The Melbourne suburb of Tullamarine, Victoria, Australia, is a non-descript collection of recent housing estates and light industry. ... Essendon is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Calder Freeway M79 is freeway linking Melbourne to Bendigo. ... Pascoe Vale is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Moonee Ponds Creek as a stormwater drain at Brunswick West. ... Flemington is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

The freeway was initially designated F-81 the whole stretch from Tullamarine to Flemington. The short Calder Highway link was designated Calder Freeway (F-90). Calder Freeway M79 is freeway linking Melbourne to Bendigo. ...

With its completion, citybound heavy vehicles from Hume Highway are diverted here via Pascoe Vale Rd. In the 1990s with the completion of Western Ring Road, traffic increased tremendously. It was only relieved by the completion of CityLink which widened the freeway to 8-lanes and extends it to the West Gate Freeway. The improved sections are now tolled. The Hume Highway (also known as the Hume Freeway) is one of the most important roads in Australia, linking the countrys two largest cities - Sydney and Melbourne. ... Western Ring Road is a freeway in Melbourne connecting the northern suburbs and the western suburbs to interstate freeways. ... CityLink is a tolled freeway system in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... West Gate Freeway is a freeway in Melbourne linking Geelong to Melbourne CBD and beyond. ...

Interchanges

Currently the Tullamarine Freeway is signed as Metro 43 from Airport to Essendon and continue onwards as CityLink. The interchanges are

• Sunbury Rd (C743) near the airport
• Mickleham Rd (Metro 39), Gladstone Park
• Western Ring Road (M80), Gladstone Park
• Bulla Rd (Metro 37), Essendon
• Calder Freeway (M79), Essendon
• Pascoe Vale Rd (Metro 35)/ Bell St (Metro 40), Pascoe Vale

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• Moreland Rd, Coburg
• Brunswick Rd, Brunswick
• Mt. Alexander Rd / Racecourse Rd, Flemington
• Dynon Rd, Kensington
• Docklands Highway, Docklands
• West Gate Freeway (M1), Port Melbourne

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