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Docklands Highway

Francis Street, Whitehall Street, Moreland Street, Napier Street, Footscray Road, Dudley Street, Wurundjeri Way

Victoria
Looking west along Wurundjeri Way towards the Charles Grimes Bridge, Docklands
Docklands Highway is located in Melbourne
West end
West end
East end
East end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length12.0 km (7.5 mi)[1]
Route number(s)
  • State Route 35 (1989–present)
    (Yarraville–Footscray)
  • State Route 50 (1989–present)
    (through Footscray)
  • State Route 32 (1965–present)
    (Footscray–West Melbourne)
  • State Route 55 (2005–present)
    (through Docklands)
  • State Route 30 (1989–present)
    (through Docklands)
Former
route number
  • State Route 2 (1978–1989)
    (through Docklands)
  • State Route 20 (1989–1999)
    (through Docklands)
  • National Highway 31 (1999–2005)
    (through Docklands)
Tourist routes Tourist Route 2 (1989–present)
(through Docklands)
Major junctions
West end Geelong Road
Brooklyn, Melbourne
 
East end Montague Street
South Melbourne, Melbourne
Location(s)
Major suburbsFootscray, West Melbourne, Docklands
Highway system

Docklands Highway is an urban highway stretching 12 kilometres from

city
. This name covers many consecutive streets and is not widely known to most drivers, as the entire allocation is still best known as by the names of its constituent parts: Francis Street, Whitehall Street, Moreland Street, Napier Street, Footscray Road, Dudley Street and Wurundjeri Way. This article will deal with the entire length of the corridor for sake of completion, as well to avoid confusion between declarations.

Route

Francis Street starts at the intersection with

Geelong Road and Millers Road in Brooklyn and heads east as a dual-lane, single-carriageway road, crossing the Newport–Sunshine railway line shortly after and widens to a four-lane, single-carriageway road, continuing east through Yarraville, before turning north along Whitehall Street through the eastern fringes of Footscray (southbound traffic uses Moreland Street for the last 500 metres), before it turns east and runs along Napier Street across the Maribyrnong River and continues east as Footscray Road as an eight-lane, dual-carriageway road through the industrial precinct of West Melbourne. It meets Docklands Drive and Harbour Esplanade on the northern borders of Docklands, turning east to run briefly along Dudley Street before turning south again to run along Wurundjeri Way, as a four-lane, dual-carriageway road, until it meets Flinders Street and turns west briefly to cross the Yarra River over the Charles Grimes Bridge as a six-lane, dual-carriageway road, until terminating at Montague Street shortly afterwards under the interchange with West Gate Freeway
.

History

Footscray Road was signed as State Route 32 between Footscray and West Melbourne in 1965; State Route 35 was re-routed from Hyde Street to Whitehall Street in 1989, while State Route 50 formed a concurrency along Whitehall Street in the same year; State Route 30 was extended west from Flinders Street along North Wharf Road and across the Charles Grimes Bridge also in 1989; this alignment was subsumed into Wurundjeri Way in 1999. National Highway 31 was re-aligned to run along Wurundjeri Way when it opened in 1999; this was replaced by State Route 55 in 2005.

The passing of the

Geelong Road in Brooklyn to Whitehall Street in eastern Yarraville, and then along Whitehall and Moreland Streets to Footscray Road in eastern Footscray. These two highways were fused into one a year later, re-declared the Docklands Highway, and extended east along Napier Street across the Maribyrnong River in June 1991.[5] It was extended again along Footscray Road, across the Yarra River over the Charles Grimes Bridge to end at the interchange of Montague Street with the West Gate Freeway in September 1994,[6] later re-aligned along Dudley Street and Wurundjeri Way
when the latter opened in 1999; all roads were known (and signposted) as their constituent parts.

The passing of the Road Management Act 2004

Geelong Road in Brooklyn to Montague Street in Southbank,[8]
and as before, all roads are still presently known (and signposted) as their constituent parts.

Major intersections

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Hobsons BayBrooklyn Geelong Road
Hobsons BayBrooklyn Millers Road
MaribyrnongYarraville Williamstown Road
MaribyrnongYarraville Hyde Street
MaribyrnongYarraville Somerville Road
MaribyrnongYarraville Whitehall Street
MaribyrnongFootscray Napier Street
MelbourneWest MelbourneMacKenzie Road/Sims Street
MelbourneWest MelbourneDock Link Road
MelbourneWest MelbourneAppleton Dock Road – West Melbourne
Melbourne
Port Melbourne
Melbourne
Harbour Esplanade (south) – Docklands
MelbourneDocklands Dudley Street
MelbourneDocklandsBourke Street
MelbourneDocklands Flinders Street
MelbourneDocklandsLorimer Street
Melbourne
Geelong, Dandenong
Port Phillip
South Melbourne
 Montague Street

See also

Australian Roads portal

  • List of Melbourne highways


References

  1. ^ Google (5 January 2022). "Docklands Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  2. ^ State of Victoria, An Act to Re-enact with Amendments the Law relating to Transport including the Law with respect to Railways, Roads and Tramways... 23 June 1983
  3. ^ State of Victoria, An Act to make further provision with respect to Highways and Country Roads Motor Cars and Traction Engines and for other purposes 30 December 1924
  4. ^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 13 June 1990. pp. 1795–7. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 12 June 1991. pp. 1532–3. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 8 September 1994. pp. 2411–2. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  7. ^ State Government of Victoria. "Road Management Act 2004" (PDF). Government of Victoria. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  8. ^ VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. pp. 952–3. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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