Princes Freeway The
Princes Freeway is the second longest freeway after the
Hume Freeway. It is 159 kilometres long. It continues on from the
Princes Highway at
Traralgon and ends at the Princes Highway at
Geelong. It replaces the Princes Highway between Melbourne and Geelong. It has 4-6 lanes between Traralgon and
Narre Warren, from there it is the
Monash Freeway to
Toorak Road where it continues as
CityLink to the Burnley Tunnel before turning into the
Westgate Freeway, at the
Western Ring Road it turns back into the normal Princes Freeway, where it has eight lanes. Its major junctions are Western Ring Road,
Princes Highway, Berwick-Cranbourne Road and
Strzelecki Highway. It is the second busiest freeway in Victoria after the
Monash Freeway. The major towns it passes through are Tralagon,
Morwell,
Moe,
Warragul,
Pakenham,
Berwick and
Geelong. At the Victoria/New South Wales border the freeway becomes the Princes Highway and continues up the New South Wales coast. The South Australia/Victoria border has the Princes Highway crossing the border, going through
Warrnambool back up to Melbourne.
Monash Freeway The
Monash Freeway is 34 kilometres long. It continues on from the
Princes Freeway at
Narre Warren and turns into
CityLink at
Toorak. The Monash Freeway replaces the Princes Freeway between
Melbourne and
Narre Warren. It has 10 lanes for all the Monash Freeway's length. The Monash Freeways major junctions are
South Gippsland Freeway,
EastLink,
Springvale Road,
Burke Road and
Warrigal Road. The major suburbs it passes through are
Berwick,
Narre Warren,
Hallam,
Dandenong,
Mulgrave,
Chadstone and
Toorak.
CityLink The underground
CityLink directly connects the ends of the West Gate and Monash Freeways into one continuous through-way. This link comprises the twin Burnley and Domain Tunnels which pass under the
Royal Botanic Gardens and the
Yarra River, each tunnel channelling traffic in different directions.
West Gate Freeway The
West Gate Freeway is a 14 kilometre Freeway which starts at the
Burnley Tunnel at
Southbank and turns into the
Princes Freeway near
Laverton North. The Westgate Freeway replaces the Princes Freeway between
Laverton and Melbourne. The
West Gate Bridge is on the Westgate Freeway. The Westgate Freeway has eight lanes for its entire length. Its major junctions are the
CityLink,
Western Ring Road, Geelong Road,
Docklands Highway, Montague Street and
St Kilda Road. The major suburbs are
Melbourne central business district and
Laverton North.
Geelong Ring Road The
Geelong Ring Road is a freeway that bypasses
Geelong.Starting at the
Princes Freeway at
Corio and ends at the
Princes Highway at
Waurn Ponds. it is 25 kilometres long. The Geelong Ring Road has four lanes for its entire length. Its major intersections are
Midland Highway,
Hamilton Highway, Bacchus Marsh Road and Cox Road. The Geelong Ring Road was built in sections, the first section being complete in 2008. == Freeways denoted as M2 ==