Western Port Highway

Western Port Highway
Victoria
General information
Type Highway
Length 27 km (17 mi)
Route number(s)
Former
route number
  • State Route 65 (1989-1998)
  • Entire Route[1]
Major junctions
North end
 

for full list see major intersections

South end
Location(s)
Major settlements Dandenong South, Lyndhurst, Skye, Cranbourne West, Cranbourne South, Langwarrin, Langwarrin South, Pearcedale, Somerville, Tyabb
Highway system
Highways in Australia
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Highways in Victoria
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Western Port Highway (formerly Dandenong-Hastings Road) is a highway in Victoria, Australia, linking the south-eastern fringe of suburban Melbourne to the western coast of Western Port Bay, after which the highway is named, at the Port of Hastings nearly 30 km to the south. It runs from the end of the South Gippsland Freeway at Lynbrook firstly as a dual carriageway and later as an undivided road to Frankston-Flinders Road at Hastings.

History

The Western Port Highway was originally a single carriageway road called Lyndhurst Road in the 1960s, it has been progressively upgraded to a divided highway between the South Gippsland Freeway and Cranbourne-Frankston Road during the 1990s, as dramatically-increasing freight traffic volumes to and from Hastings necessitated major upgrades.

VicRoads is currently planning an upgrade to freeway standard between South Gippsland Freeway and about 1.2 km south of Cranbourne-Frankston Road with full grade-separated interchanges at Glasscocks Road, Thompson Rd, Hall Road and Cranbourne-Frankston Road.[2]

Route

The highway begins at Lyndhurst interchange, where the South Gippsland Highway and the alignment of the South Gippsland Freeway meet, outside Lynbrook; Western Port Highway is linked directly to the southern end of the South Gippsland Freeway by an overpass over the South Gippsland Highway. From the interchange, Western Port Highway runs south as a two-lane (each way), dual carriageway, overpassing the Cranbourne railway line, passing through a set of traffic lights at Moreton Bay Boulevard, and passing through roundabouts at Glasscocks Road, and Thompsons Road; between here and Lyndhurst interchange the highway is designated route M780. The highway runs onwards further south through roundabout intersections with Hall Road, Ballarto Road and Cranbourne-Frankston Road. The road continues south to North Road, as a dual carriageway but designated as route A780, before reverting to a dual-lane single carriageway road to Hastings. It continues further south with a roundabout at Baxter-Tooradin Road and finally ending at an intersection with Frankston-Flinders Road, 2 km north of Hastings.

For most of the route the speed limit is 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph), with shorter sections of 90 kilometres per hour (56 mph) and 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph).

Major intersections

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Greater Dandenong–Casey boundaryDandenong South–Lyndhurst–Lynbrook tripoint0.00.0 South Gippsland Freeway (M420) / South Gippsland Highway (M420 south-east)Northern terminus at interchange
Lyndhurst–Lynbrook boundary0.80.50Northey RoadSouthbound access only
0.90.56Monash DriveNorthbound acces only
Lyndhurst2.21.4Moreton Bay BoulevardTraffic light intersection
3.01.9Glasscocks RoadRoundabout
Greater Dandenong–Casey–Frankston tripointLyndhurst–Skye–Cranbourne West tripoint4.72.9 Thompsons Road (State Route 6) – Carrum, CranbourneRoundabout
Casey–Frankston boundarySkye–Cranbourne West boundary8.05.0Hall Road – Carrum Downs, CranbourneRoundabout
Skye–Cranbourne West–Cranbourne South tripoint9.66.0Ballarto Road – Skye, SeafordRoundabout
Skye–Langwarrin boundary11.06.8 Cranbourne–Frankston Road (State Route 4) – Cranbourne, FrankstonRoundabout; Route transition: southern M780 terminus, northern A780 terminus
12.17.5Browns Road – Cranbourne South, Junction VillageRoundabout
Skye–Langwarrin–Pearcedale tripoint15.09.3North Road – Langwarrin, Devon MeadowsRoundabout
Langwarrin–Langwarrin South–Pearcedale tripoint16.810.4Robinsons Road – Frankston South, Pearcedale
Casey–Frankston–Mornington Peninsula tripointLangwarrin South–Pearcedale boundary18.511.5 Baxter–Tooradin Road (C781) – Baxter, Pearcedale, TooradinRoundabout
Mornington PeninsulaSomerville21.213.2Eramosa Road East – Somerville
22.914.2Bungower Road – MorningtonRoundabout
Somerville–Tyabb boundary24.515.2Tyabb–Tooradin Road north-east / O'Neills Road west – Tyabb, Tooradin
Tyabb27.517.1 Frankston–Flinders Road (C777) north & south / Denham Road east – Hastings, Flinders, Tyabb, FrankstonSouthern terminus at roundabout
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mornington Peninsula Routes, Main Roads Victoria. Retrieved on 25 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Western Port Highway: Lynbrook to Langwarrin". www.vicroads.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
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