Flemington Road

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Coordinates: 37°47′40″S 144°56′54″E / 37.79444°S 144.94833°E / -37.79444; 144.94833
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Flemington Road

Victoria
Aerial view of the southeastern portion of Flemington Road (running from left to right) in 2010, prior to the construction of the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre in the far southeast (bottom right). Click to enlarge.
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General information
TypeRoad
Length2.1 km (1.3 mi)[1]
Route number(s) Metro Route 60 (2013–present)
(CityLink–Harker Street)
Former
route number
  • National Route 79 (1988–2013)
    (CityLink–Harker Street)
  • Alt. National Route 1 (1978–1988)
  • National Route 1 (1955–1978)
  • National Highway 8 (1974–2009)
  • National Route 8 (1955–1974)
    (Racecourse Road–Harker Street)
Major junctions
Northwest end
Mount Alexander Road
Parkville, Melbourne
 
  • CityLink
  • Racecourse Road
  • Elliott Avenue
  • Harker Street
  • Peel Street
Southeast end
North Melbourne, Parkville

Flemington Road is a major thoroughfare in the inner suburbs of

Melbourne's CBD
.

Route

Flemington Road starts at the intersection of Boundary Road and the southbound ramp from CityLink and heads south-east as an eight-lane wide dual-carriageway, with a dedicated tram median down the centre; after passing the intersection with Racecourse Road and Elliot Avenue, the carriageways divide further to form a four-lane central carriageway with dedicated tram median, flanked by two-lane, one-way carriageways in each direction servicing properties and side-streets. The road passes the Royal Children's Hospital and then the Royal Melbourne and Royal Women's Hospitals, before ending at the large Haymarket roundabout.

History

The road was signed National Route 79 in 1955, continuing south-east from

Mount Alexander Road (and then from Tullamarine Freeway from 1972); National Routes 1 and 8 joined from Racecourse Road, all three continuing south-east until the intersection with Harker Street, where National Routes 8 and 79 terminated and National Route 1 continued south down Harker Street. National Route 8 was upgraded to National Highway 8 when the Western Highway was declared a National Highway in 1974;[2] National Route 1 was re-routed to use the West Gate Freeway when it opened in 1978 and its former allocation was replaced with Alternative National Route 1, itself later removed in 1988. National Highway 8 was removed when the Deer Park bypass
opened in 2009, and National Route 79 was replaced by Metropolitan Route 60 in 2013.

The passing of the Road Management Act 2004

Melbourne CBD.[4]

Facilities

The road provides access to several notable medicine and medical research institutions, as well as other facilities, particularly in the southeastern portion. It is a major healthcare precinct, containing many of inner Melbourne's hospitals. Some of these facilities are listed below, from north-westernmost to south-easternmost:

Transport

Flemington Road consists of four motor vehicle lanes, two in each direction, and two tram tracks, one in each direction. These tracks are within 'Zone 1' and are serviced by

Upfield railway line
.

Major intersections

Flemington Road is entirely contained within the City of Melbourne local government area.

Location[1][4]km[1]miDestinationsNotes
Mount Alexander Road – Moonee Ponds, Essendon
Northwestern terminus of road and Metro Route 60, continues northeast as Mount Alexander Road
CityLink (M2 north) – Tullamarine, Melbourne Airport
Boundary Road (south) – West Melbourne		No access to CityLink: one way southbound
No right turn from Boundary Road northbound into Flemington Road
0.30.19 Racecourse Road (Metro Route 83 west) –
Laverton North
Elliot Avenue (Metro Route 83 east) – Clifton Hill
No right turn from Flemington Road north-westbound into Elliot Avenue, south-eastbound into Racecourse Road
0.90.56Abbotsford Street –
North Melbourne
No right turn from Abbotsford Street northbound into Flemington Road
1.40.87 Harker Street (Metro Route 60 southwest) – Southbank, St Kilda, Dandenong
Gatehouse Street (northeast) – Parkville		Metro Route 60 continues southwest along Harker Street
1.81.1Wreckyn Street (southwest) –
North Melbourne
Grattan Street (east) – Carlton
2.01.2 Peel Street (Metro Route 55 south) – DocklandsSouthbound entrance via Haymarket roundabout
2.11.3
City
Southeastern terminus of road, continues southeast beyond Haymarket roundabout as Elizabeth Street

See also

Australian Roads portal

References

  1. ^ a b c Google (21 December 2021). "Flemington Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Country Roads Board Victoria. Sixty-Second Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1975". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 3 November 1975. p. 26.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. p. 157. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  5. ^ Lockhart, Caris (16 June 2020). "Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences". Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

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