Thompson Road, Melbourne
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Thompson Road McLeod Road, Thompsons Road Victoria | |
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Coordinates | |
General information | |
Type | Road |
Length | 18.9 km (12 mi)[1] |
Route number(s) | Metro Route 6 (1989–present) |
Major junctions | |
West end | Carrum Promenade Carrum, Melbourne |
East end | Thompsons Road Clyde North, Melbourne |
Location(s) | |
Major suburbs | Patterson Lakes, Lyndhurst, Cranbourne North |
Thompson Road (and its western section as McLeod Road, and its eastern section as Thompsons Road)
Route
The road starts as McLeod Road from its intersection with Nepean Highway at
History
McLeod Road originally terminated at Wells Road 500m south to Thompson Road's current alignment over the Mornington Peninsula Freeway; Thompson Road also terminated at Wells Road 100m north of the current bridge. Both roads were connected along their current alignment due to the construction of its interchange with the freeway (and consequent subsuming of Wells Road into it) when it opened in 1980.
Thompson Road was signed as Metropolitan Route 6 between Carrum and Clyde North in 1989.
The passing of the Road Management Act 2004[3] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared Thompson Road (Arterial #5164) from Nepean Highway in Carrum to Berwick–Cranbourne Road in Clyde North;[2] this declaration formally includes today's McLeod Road and Thompsons Road, but signposts along these sections have kept their original names.
Duplication Projects
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Thompsons Road duplication, Carrum Downs
This is a $31 million state government-funded project to widen Thompsons Road in Carrum Downs. Works involve widening to provide two lanes in each direction from east of Mornington Peninsula Freeway to EastLink, and three lanes in each direction between EastLink and Dandenong-Frankston Road. Construction started in mid-2008.[4] The works are 4 km long.[5]
Thompsons Road duplication, Cranbourne
This is a $22 million state government-funded project to widen Thompsons Road in Cranbourne. Works involve widening the road to three lanes in each direction between Lesdon Avenue and Rosebank Drive and two lanes in each direction between Rosebank Drive and Narre Warren–Cranbourne Road. The works are 1.7 km long.[6]
Thompsons Road duplication, Carrum Downs to Cranbourne
Thompsons Road duplication, Cranbourne East
Major intersections
LGA | Location[1][2] | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Kingston | Carrum | 0.0 | 0.0 | Carrum Promenade – Carrum Beach | Western terminus of McLeod Road and Metro Route 6; road continues as Carrum Promenade |
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0.2 | 0.12 | Frankston railway line | |||
Kingston–Greater Dandenong boundary | Patterson Lakes–Bangholme boundary | 2.6 | 1.6 | Mornington Peninsula Freeway (M11) – Frankston, Portsea, Moorabbin | Diamond interchange |
City | Diamond interchange | ||||
Carrum Downs–Lyndhurst–Bangholme tripoint | 6.6 | 4.1 | Frankston–Dandenong Road (Metro Route 9) – Frankston, Dandenong | ||
City | |||||
Cranbourne railway line | |||||
Phillip Island | |||||
Cranbourne–Cranbourne North–Cranbourne East tripoint | 15.6 | 9.7 | Narre Warren–Cranbourne Road (C404) – Narre Warren, Cranbourne | ||
Clyde North–Cranbourne North boundary | 19.0 | 11.8 | Berwick–Cranbourne Road (C407) – Clyde, Berwick | ||
Officer South | Cardinia Road (C417) – Cardinia, Officer | Part of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future | |||
Pakenham | South Gippsland Freeway (M420) – Phillip Island, City | Part of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future | |||
Koo Wee Rup Road (C422) – Koo Wee Rup, Pakenham | Part of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ a b c Google (24 August 2021). "Thompson Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ a b c VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. pp. 279–81. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ VicRoads, "Media Release - Premier turns sod for $30 million Thompson Rd project : VicRoads". Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
- ^ VicRoads, "Thompson Road duplication, Carrum Downs : VicRoads". Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
- ^ VicRoads, http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/RoadsAndProjects/RoadProjects/SouthEasternSuburbs/ThompsonRoadDuplicationCranbourne.htm Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine