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Burwood Highway

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Type
  
Highway

Length
  
31 km

Route number(s)
  
State Route 26 (Kooyong - Upper Ferntree Gully) C412 (Upper Ferntree Gully - Belgrave)

Former route number
  
State Route 26 (Upper Ferntree Gully - Belgrave)

West end
  
Toorak Road, Kooyong, Melbourne

East end
  
Belgrave - Gembrook Road, Belgrave, Melbourne

Major cities
  
Burwood, Ferntree Gully, Wantirna South

Via
  
Burwood, Burwood East, Wantirna South, Ferntree Gully, Upwey, Belgrave

Major settlements
  
Burwood Highway, Burwood East, Wantirna South, Ferntree Gully, Upwey, Belgrave

Burwood Highway is a major transportation link with Melbourne's eastern suburbs. It begins in the suburb of Kooyong, Melbourne at the junction of the Monash Freeway as Toorak Road between Monash Freeway and Warrigal Road, and finishes in Belgrave, Victoria in the Dandenong Ranges. The highway is considered a major link for people who live in the Dandenong Ranges, as it is the only major feeder roadway in the general area other than Canterbury Road, Ferntree Gully Road, EastLink and Wellington Road.

Contents

Map of Burwood Rd, Victoria, Australia

Route

Burwood Highway is a primary route between Melbourne and the eastern suburbs, and the area around Belgrave. It begins at its junction with Monash Freeway (or CityLink if travelling north) as a four lane single carriageway, which is often clogged with heavy traffic, as well as trams travelling along the roadway for some of the route. However, this part of the route is usually signed as Toorak Road. After Warrigal Road, the highway widens to become a six lane dual carriageway, the median with trams tracks, carrying the Route 75 service to Vermont South. A few kilometres before Belgrave, the highway narrows again to a single carriageway, its route, number changing from State Route 26 to C412 until its end in Belgrave. C412 continues as Belgrave-Gembrook Road although the end of the highway heading straight forwards continues as Monbulk Road heading towards Lilydale.

Municipalities along the highway

  • City of Stonnington (Toorak- Kooyong)
  • City of Boroondara (Hawthorn East- Burwood)
  • City of Whitehorse (Burwood- Vermont South)
  • City of Knox (Wantirna South- Mountain Gate)
  • Shire of Yarra Ranges (some of upper Ferntree Gully- Belgrave)
  • Suburbs along the highway

  • Kooyong (City of Stonnington) (7 km from Melbourne)
  • Burwood (City of Whitehorse) (12 km from Melbourne)
  • Burwood East (City of Whitehorse) (17 km from Melbourne)
  • Vermont South (City of Whitehorse) (20 km from Melbourne)
  • Wantirna South (City of Knox) (24 km from Melbourne)
  • Knoxfield (City of Knox) (26 km from Melbourne)
  • Mountain Gate (City of Knox) (27 km from Melbourne)
  • Ferntree Gully (City of Knox) (29 km from Melbourne)
  • Upper Ferntree Gully (Shire of Yarra Ranges and City of Knox) (31 km from Melbourne)
  • Upwey (Shire of Yarra Ranges) (33 km from Melbourne)
  • Tecoma (Shire of Yarra Ranges) (34 km from Melbourne)
  • Belgrave (Shire of Yarra Ranges) (35 km from Melbourne)
  • Main Destinations along continued Belgrave- Gembrook Road.

  • Emerald (Shire of Cardinia) (46 km from Melbourne) (11 km from Belgrave)
  • Cockatoo (Shire of Cardinia) (52 km from Melbourne) (17 km from Belgrave)
  • Gembrook (Shire of Cardina) (60 km from Melbourne) (25 km from Belgrave)
  • References

    Burwood Highway Wikipedia