State (Lower Dandenong/Cheltenham) Highway

State (Lower Dandenong/Cheltenham) Highway

Lower Dandenong Road, Cheltenham Road, Foster Street

Cheltenham Road, Dandenong
State (Lower Dandenong/Cheltenham) Highway is located in Melbourne
West end
West end
East end
East end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length12.6 km (7.8 mi)[1]
GazettedDecember 1913 (as Main Road)[2]
December 1990 (as State Highway)[3]
Route number(s) Metro Route 10 (1965–present)
Major junctions
West end Nepean Highway
Mentone, Melbourne
 
East end Foster Street
Dandenong, Melbourne
Location(s)
Major settlementsParkdale, Braeside, Dingley Village, Keysborough
Highway system
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State (Lower Dandenong/Cheltenham) Highway (after its longest constituent parts), is a major arterial road in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. 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: Lower Dandenong Road, Cheltenham Road, and Foster Street.[4] This article will deal with the entire length of the corridor for sake of completion.

  1. ^ "State (Lower Dandenong/Cheltenham) Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 14 January 1914. p. 91. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 19 December 1990. pp. 3783, 3785. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference vicreg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).