Burke Road

Burke Road

Victoria
Burke Road looking north from Cookson Street in Camberwell.
Burke Road is located in Melbourne
North end
North end
South end
South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeRoad
Length12.3 km (7.6 mi)[1]
GazettedMay 1983[2]
Route number(s)
  • Metro Route 17 (1965–present)
    Entire route
  • Concurrencies:
  • Metro Route 32 (1965–present)
    (through Hawthorn East)
Major junctions
North endMaltravers Road
Ivanhoe East, Melbourne
 
South endSir John Monash Drive
Caulfield East, Melbourne
Location(s)
Major suburbsKew East, Balwyn North, Camberwell, Glen Iris, Malvern East
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Burke Road is a major north–south thoroughfare in Melbourne, Australia. It runs from Ivanhoe East to Caulfield East and through the major shopping district at Camberwell.

It is aligned with the western boundary of Elgar's Special Survey,[3] and does not conform to the 1 mile (1.6 km) interval cadastral survey grid for Melbourne.

  1. ^ "Burke Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 30 June 1983. p. 1976. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ^ Lay, Maxwell (2003), Melbourne Miles: The Story of Melbourne's Roads, Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, ISBN 1-74097-019-5