Yarra Bank Highway Power Street, City Road, Alexandra Avenue, Olympic Boulevard | |
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Coordinates | |
General information | |
Type | Highway |
Length | 2.1 km (1.3 mi)[1] |
Route number(s) | Metro Route 20 (1989–present) (Southbank–Melbourne) |
Former route number |
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Tourist routes | Tourist Drive 2 (1989–present) (Southbank–Melbourne) |
Major junctions | |
West end | West Gate Freeway Southbank, Melbourne |
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East end | Olympic Boulevard Melbourne |
Highway system | |
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Yarra Bank Highway is a short urban highway in central Melbourne, Australia. It runs parallel to the Yarra River and provides an important alternate route to CityLink's Domain and Burnley Tunnels, used by trucks carrying hazardous loads prohibited from the tunnels, and provides another route when the tunnels are closed for maintenance. Prior to the construction of CityLink, the highway provided the main link between the Monash Freeway and the West Gate Freeway. It is known along its route as Power Street, City Road, Alexandra Avenue and Olympic Boulevard.