Doncaster–Mordialloc Road
Doncaster–Mordialloc Road (numerous constituent roads) | |
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Clayton Road through Clayton | |
Coordinates | |
General information | |
Type | Road |
Length | 26.9 km (17 mi)[1] |
Gazetted | September 1960[2] |
Route number(s) | ![]() (Doncaster–Braeside) |
Major junctions | |
North end | King Street Doncaster East, Melbourne |
South end | ![]() Braeside, Melbourne |
Location(s) | |
Major suburbs | Box Hill, Mount Waverley, Clayton, Dingley Village |
Doncaster–Mordialloc Road is a major arterial road through the eastern and south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. This name is not widely known to most drivers, as the entire allocation is still best known as by the names of its constituent parts: Victoria Street, Wetherby Road, Middleborough Road, Stephensons Road, Clayton Road and Boundary Road.[3] This article will deal with the entire length of the corridor for sake of completion.
Route
[edit]Doncaster–Mordialloc Road commences at the intersection of King and Victoria Streets at Doncaster East and heads south as a two-lane, single carriageway road along Victoria Street until it intersections with Doncaster Road, changing its name to Wetherby Road and continuing south as a four-lane, single carriageway road, before crossing Koonung Creek and meeting with Eastern Freeway at an interchange in Box Hill North. It changes names again to Middleborough Road and continues south through Box Hill before intersecting with Highbury Road in Mount Waverley, changing name again to Stephensons Road, and continuing south through Mount Waverley. It intersects with Ferntree Gully Road in Oakleigh East, changing names again to Clayton Road, and continues through Clayton, intersecting with Kingston and Heatherton Roads in Clayton South and changes name a final time to Boundary Road, widening to a four-lane, dual-carriageway road through Dingley, before eventually terminating at the bridge over Mordialloc Creek in Braeside, continuing southeast-wards as Wells Road.
History
[edit]The passing of the Country Roads Act of 1958[4] (itself an evolution from the original Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924[5]) provided for the declaration of State Highways and Main Roads, roads partially financed by the State government through the Country Roads Board (later VicRoads). Doncaster–Mordialloc Road was declared a Main Road on 7 September 1960, between Doncaster Road in Doncaster and Wells Road in Mordialloc,[2] but was still sign-posted as its constituent parts.
Doncaster–Mordialloc Road was signed as Metropolitan Route 23 between Doncaster Road and Wells Road in 1989.
The passing of the Road Management Act 2004[6] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared Doncaster–Mordialloc Road (Arterial #5803) from King Street in Doncaster East to Wells Road in Braeside.[3] The road is still presently known (and signposted) as its constituent parts along its entire length.
Major intersections
[edit]LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Manningham | Doncaster East–Templestowe boundary | 0.0 | 0.0 | King Street – Templestowe, Templestowe Lower | Northern terminus of Victoria Street |
Doncaster | 1.6 | 0.99 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of Metro Route 23 Name change: Victoria Street (north), Wetherby Road (south) | |
Koonung Creek | 2.7 | 1.7 | Bridge over river (name unknown) | ||
Whitehorse | Box Hill North–Blackburn North boundary | 2.9 | 1.8 | ![]() | Diamond interchange Name change: Wetherby Road (north), Middleborough Road (south) |
Box Hill–Blackburn boundary | 5.3 | 3.3 | ![]() | ||
5.5 | 3.4 | Lilydale and Belgrave railway lines | |||
Box Hill–Blackburn–Box Hill South–Blackburn South quadripoint | 6.5 | 4.0 | ![]() | ||
Burwood–Burwood East boundary | 8.9 | 5.5 | ![]() | ||
Whitehorse–Monash boundary | Burwood–Burwood East–Mount Waverley tripoint | 9.5 | 5.9 | Highbury Road – Burwood, Vermont South | Name change: Middleborough Road (north), Stephensons Road (south) |
Monash | Mount Waverley | 10.9 | 6.8 | ![]() | |
11.5 | 7.1 | Glen Waverley railway line | |||
12.6 | 7.8 | Waverley Road – Malvern East, Chadstone, Wheelers Hill | |||
Scothmans Creek | 13.4 | 8.3 | Bridge over river (name unknown) | ||
Monash | Clayton–Oakleigh East–Mount Waverley tripoint | 14.2 | 8.8 | ![]() | Name change: Stephensons Road (north), Clayton Road (south) |
Clayton–Oakleigh East boundary | 15.6 | 9.7 | ![]() | ||
15.9 | 9.9 | ![]() | |||
Clayton | 17.0 | 10.6 | Pakenham, Cranbourne and Bairnsdale railway lines | ||
Kingston–Monash boundary | Clayton–Clayton South boundary | 17.5 | 10.9 | ![]() | |
Kingston | Clarinda–Clayton South boundary | 20.8 | 12.9 | ![]() ![]() | Name change: Clayton Road (north), Boundary Road (south) |
Dingley Village–Heatherton boundary | 21.0 | 13.0 | ![]() | ||
21.8 | 13.5 | Old Dandenong Road – Heatherton, Dingley Village | |||
Dingley Village–Heatherton–Moorabbin Airport tripoint | 22.5 | 14.0 | ![]() | ||
Dingley Village–Mordialloc–Braeside–Moorabbin Airport quadripoint | 24.1 | 15.0 | ![]() | ||
Mordialloc–Braeside boundary | 25.7 | 16.0 | White Street (west) – Mordialloc Malcolm Road (east) – Braeside | ||
26.4 | 16.4 | ![]() | |||
26.9 | 16.7 | ![]() | Southern end of Boundary Road | ||
Mordialloc Creek | Bridge over river (name unknown) | ||||
Kingston | Aspendale Gardens | ![]() | Northern end of Wells Road Metro Route 23 continues southeast along Wells Road | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Gallery
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Stephensons Road, Mount Waverley
References
[edit]- ^ "Doncaster–Mordialloc Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 7 September 1960. pp. 2977–81. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ a b VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. pp. 750–2. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/cra1958182.pdf State of Victoria, An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Country Roads 30 September 1958
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.