Beach Road (numerous constituent roads) | |
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| Albert Park foreshore, near Beaconsfield Parade | |
  Northwest end Southeast end | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 26.9 km (17 mi)[1] |
| Gazetted | May 1935[2] |
| Route number(s) |  Metro Route 33 (1965–present) |
| Former route number |  Metro Route 26 (1965–1989)(Port Melbourne–Albert Park) |
| Major junctions | |
| Northwest end |  Bay StreetPort Melbourne |
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| Southeast end |  Nepean HighwayMordialloc, Melbourne |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | St Kilda, Sandringham, Black Rock, Beaumaris |
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Beach Road is a coastal suburban road in Melbourne, Australia that runs along the northeastern shore of Port Phillip Bay, from Bay Street in Port Melbourne to its southern point in Mordialloc. This name covers many consecutive streets and is not widely known to most drivers except for the southernmost section, as the entire allocation is still best known as by the names of its constituent parts: Beach Street, Beaconsfield Parade, Jacka Boulevard, Marine Parade, Ormond Esplanade, St Kilda Street, Esplanade and Beach Road proper.[3] This article will deal with the entire length of the corridor for sake of completion.
Beach Road is extremely popular with cyclists. While the Bayside Trail follows the road closely, cyclists with racing bicycles usually use the road itself. According to Bicycle Victoria, over 7,000 riders were recorded using the road on one Saturday in September 2008 [1]. Numerous cycling clubs and less formal groups use the road for training sessions for road racing and triathlon. Cycling advocacy groups are presently campaigning for the removal of on-street parking on weekend mornings.[4] Beach Road has also been the subject of a local council and community campaign to limit truck traffic.[5][6]
- ^ "Beach Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ "Country Roads Board Victoria. Twenty-Second Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1935". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 31 October 1935. p. 25.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
vicregwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "South: Route 33 - Beach Road cycling Route 33: The world's premier cycle training route". Bicycle Network. Bicycle Network. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ Nicholas Payne (20 July 2015). "Bayside Transport Action Group lobbying to get trucks off Beach Rd". Bayside Leader. News Corp. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ Nicholas Payne; Jon Andrews; Jordy Atkinson (2 July 2016). "Councils combine to demand trucks off Beach Rd on Saturday mornings". Bayside Leader. News Corp. Retrieved 31 July 2016.