Plenty Road

Plenty Road

Victoria
Plenty Road is located in Melbourne
North end
North end
South end
South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeRoad
Length30.4 km (19 mi)[1]
GazettedMarch 1914[2]
Route number(s)
  • Metro Route 27 (1965–present)
    (Preston–Bundoora)
  • A51 (2021–present)
    (Bundoora–Mernda)
  • C727 (1998–present)
    (Mernda–Whittlesea)
Former
route number
  • Metro Route 27 (1965–2021)
    (Bundoora–South Morang)
  • Metro Route 27 (1989–1998)
    (South Morang–Whittlesea)
  • C727 (1998–2021)
    (South Morang–Mernda)
Major junctions
North end Macmeikan Street
Whittlesea, Victoria
 
South end High Street
Preston, Melbourne
Location(s)
Major suburbsMernda, South Morang, Mill Park, Bundoora, Reservoir
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Plenty Road is a major urban arterial road through the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from the inner suburb of Preston to the township of Whittlesea,[3][4] just outside the north-eastern suburban fringe of Melbourne.

The road is notorious amongst Melburnians as one of the most congested and dangerous roads in Melbourne, with the section in Bundoora near the M80 Ring Road carrying upwards of 60,000 vehicles per day.[5] The AAMI Crash Index of 2020 listed it as the worst road in Australia.[6] Numerous upgrades have occurred on the road over the years to improve the road, with the most recent upgrades between 2019 and 2021 upgrading a significant portion of the road and reducing a number of bottlenecks.[7]

  1. ^ "Plenty Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 1 April 1914. p. 1544. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference vicreg-wr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference vicreg-mwr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Traffic Volumes for Freeways and Arterial Roads".
  6. ^ "AAMI Crash Index identifies Australia's worst roads: Melbourne tops the list".
  7. ^ "Plenty Road Upgrade".