State (Bell/Springvale) Highway

State (Bell/Springvale) Highway

(numerous constituent roads)

Victoria
Route of the Highway
State (Bell/Springvale) Highway is located in Melbourne
Northwest end
Northwest end
Southeast end
Southeast end
Coordinates
General information
TypeRoad
Length50.2 km (31 mi)[1]
GazettedAugust 1947 (as Main Road)[2]
June 1983 (as State Highway)[3]
Route number(s)
  • Metro Route 40 (1965–present)
    Entire route
  • Concurrencies:
  • Metro Route 47 (1989–present)
    (Templestowe Lower–Doncaster)
  • Metro Route 36 (1965–present)
    (Doncaster–Donvale)
Former
route number		 Metro Route 11 (1965–1989)
(Donvale–Chelsea Heights)
Tourist routes Tourist Route 2
(Heidelberg–Bulleen)
Major junctions
Northwest end CityLink
Pascoe Vale South, Melbourne
 
Southeast end Mornington Peninsula Freeway
Chelsea Heights, Melbourne
Location(s)
Major suburbsCoburg, Heidelberg, Doncaster, Nunawading, Glen Waverley, Springvale
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State (Bell/Springvale) Highway,[4] also known as Bell Street/Springvale Road State Highway[5] (after its longest constituent parts), is the longest self-contained urban highway in Melbourne, Australia, linking CityLink and Mornington Peninsula Freeway through Melbourne's north-eastern suburbs. These names are not widely known to most drivers, as the entire allocation is still best known as by the names of its constituent parts (some of which are only contiguous with the highway for a small section): Bell Street, Banksia Street, Manningham Road, Williamsons Road, Doncaster Road, Mitcham Road and Springvale Road.[4] This article will deal with the entire length of the corridor for sake of completeness.

  1. ^ "State (Bell/Springvale) Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Country Roads Board Victoria. Thirty-Seventh Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1950". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 4 December 1950. p. 35.
  3. ^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 30 June 1983. pp. 1969–70. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. pp. 955–7. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Road Construction Authority of Victoria. Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 1987". Road Construction Authority of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 30 September 1987. p. 67.