Monash Freeway

See also: West Gate Freeway, CityLink, and Princes Freeway

Monash Freeway

Victoria
Monash Freeway viewed from the Toorak Road overpass
Monash Freeway is located in Melbourne
Northwest end
Northwest end
Southeast end
Southeast end
Coordinates
General information
TypeFreeway
Length34 km (21 mi)[1]
Opened1962–2003
Route number(s) M1 (1996–present)
Former
route number
  • Metro Route 80 (1965–1971)
    (Cremorne–Burnley)
  • Freeway Route 80 (1971–1988)
    (Cremorne–Kooyong)
  • Freeway Route 81 (1972–1988)
    (Chadstone–Eumemmering)
  • National Route 1 (1988–1996)
    (Kooyong–Doveton)
Major junctions
Northwest end CityLink
Kooyong, Melbourne
 
Southeast end Princes Freeway
Narre Warren, Melbourne
Location(s)
LGA(s)
Major suburbs / townsKooyong, Glen Iris, Chadstone, Mulgrave, Dandenong North, Doveton, Narre Warren
Highway system
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The Monash Freeway[2] is a major urban freeway in Victoria, Australia, linking Melbourne's CBD to its south-eastern suburbs and beyond to the Gippsland region. It carries up to 180,000 vehicles per day[citation needed] and is one of Australia's busiest freeways. The entire stretch of the Monash Freeway bears the designation M1.

The freeway is named in honour of General Sir John Monash, an esteemed Australian military commander for the allies during World War I.

  1. ^ "Monash Freeway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference vicreg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).