CityLink

CityLink

Western Link at the Footscray Road interchange, West Melbourne, March 2019
CityLink is located in Melbourne
Northwest end
Northwest end
Southeast end
Southeast end
Coordinates
General information
TypeFreeway
LocationMelbourne
Length21 km (13 mi)
Opened1999
Maintained byTransurban
Route number(s)
  • (2018–present)
    (Western Link)
  • (1999–present)
    (Southern Link)
Former
route number
  • Metro Route 43 (1999–2018)
    (Western Link)
  • National Route 79 (1970–2013)
    (Western Link, Strathmore–Travancore)
Major junctions
Western Link
North end Tullamarine Freeway
Strathmore, Melbourne
 
South end West Gate Freeway
Port Melbourne, Melbourne
Southern Link
West end West Gate Freeway
Southbank, Melbourne
 
East end Monash Freeway
Kooyong, Melbourne
Highway system
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CityLink is a network of tollways in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, linking the Tullamarine, West Gate and Monash Freeways and incorporating Bolte Bridge, Burnley Tunnel and other works. In 1996, Transurban was awarded the contract to augment two existing freeways and construct two new toll roads – labelled the Western and Southern Links – directly linking a number of existing freeways to provide a continuous, high-capacity road route to, and around, the central business district. CityLink uses a free-flow tolling electronic toll collection system, called e-TAG. CityLink is currently maintained by Lendlease Services.