Healesville Freeway is a proposed[1] freeway in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. It was initially proposed in 1969, to run between Riversdale Road in Box Hill South, intersecting Springvale Road and then to Maroondah Highway in Coldstream.
Healesville Freeway | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Freeway (Proposed) |
| Length | 18 km (11 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |  EastLinkForest Hill, Melbourne |
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| East end | Mooroolbark Road Lilydale, Melbourne |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs / towns | Vermont, Wantirna, Bayswater North, Kilsyth, Mooroolbark, Lilydale |
| Highway system | |
In 2011, VicRoads deemed the freeway reservation between Springvale Road in Forest Hill and Boronia Road in Vermont to no longer be necessary for road building purposes, and this section was reviewed for future non-road uses.[2]
In 2018, the section between Springvale Road and Boronia Road was gradually released back to the Crown to become parkland, including bicycle and pedestrian paths.[3]
The land reserved for the Healesville freeway between Boronia Road/Eastlink towards Maroondah Highway in Mooroolbark was further considered to be incorporated – in part – into the Corridor D option[4] of the North East Link (freeway) Project in 2017–2018.
Smaller sections of the original freeway route reservation, at both ends of the route, have subsequently been released for other uses since 1979. The remainder of the land remains reserved for use by VicRoads.
Planned route
edit| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maroondah | Wantirna | 0 | 0.0 | EastLink (M3) – Ringwood, Frankston | Part of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future |
| 0.8 | 0.50 |  Wantirna Road (Metro Route 9) – Ringwood, Wantirna | Outbound entry and inbound exit only. Part of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future | ||
| Bayswater | 2.9 | 1.8 | Stud Road – Wantirna South | Connection to (then-proposed, now-cancelled) extension to Stud Road past Mountain Highway. Part of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future | |
| Bayswater North | 4.4 | 2.7 |  Canterbury Road (Metro Route 32) – Vermont, Montrose | Part of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future | |
| 7 | 4.3 |  Dorset Road (Metro Route 5) – Boronia, Croydon | Part of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future | ||
| Yarra Ranges | Mooroolbark–Kilsyth border | 11.2 | 7.0 | Cambridge Road – Mooroolbark, Montrose | Part of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future |
| Mooroolbark | 13.8 | 8.6 | Mooroolbark Road – Lilydale Hull Road – Mooroolbark, Mount Evelyn | Eastern terminus of route. Part of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Cancelled route
edit| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stonnington | Glen Iris | 0.0 | 0.0 |  Monash Freeway (M1) | Western terminus of route. Start of the planned F9 East Route, cancelled in 1973 |
| Boroondara | Malvern East–Chadstone Border | 0.9 | 0.56 | Glen Iris Road | Outbound entry and inbound exit only. Part of the original planned corridor, cancelled in 1973 |
| Boroondara–Monash Border | Glen Iris–Burwood Border | 3.3 | 2.1 |  Warrigal Road (Metro Route 15) – Oakleigh, Burwood | Part of the original planned corridor, cancelled in 1973 |
| Whitehorse | Burwood | 5.2 | 3.2 |  Burwood Highway (Metro Route 26) – Burwood, Ferntree Gully | Part of the original planned corridor, cancelled in 1973 |
| Box Hill South | 7.3 | 4.5 |  Riversdale Road (Metro Route 20) – Camberwell | Part of the first revision of the F9 East Corridor, cancelled in 1984 | |
| 7.7 | 4.8 |  Middleborough Road (Metro Route 23) – Doncaster, Mount Waverley | Inbound entry and outbound exit only. Part of the first revision of the corridor, cancelled in 1984 | ||
| Blackburn South | 8.6 | 5.3 | F7 Warrigal Freeway (Freeway Route F7) – Diamond Creek, Clarinda | Part of the original corridor, cancelled in 1973 | |
| 9.5 | 5.9 |  Blackburn Road (Metro Route 13) – Clayton, Blackburn | Outbound entry and inbound exit only. Part of the first revision of the corridor, cancelled in 1984 | ||
| Forest Hill | 10.9 | 6.8 |  Springvale Road (Metro Route 40) – Nunawading, Glen Waverley | Part of the final revision of the F9 East corridor, cancelled early-to-mid 1990s | |
| Vermont | 14 | 8.7 |  Boronia Road (Metro Route 36) – Vermont, Boronia | Outbound exit only, cancelled 1984 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Starting at the intersection of EastLink with a full freeway junction, it will then head north east, finally joining Mooroolbark Road and terminating at Maroondah Highway at the border of Mooroolbark and Lilydale, linking up with the proposed Lilydale Bypass.
The freeway was originally designated in the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan as part of the F9 Freeway corridor, extending past Springvale Road, joining Riversdale Road and winding through Glen Iris to join the M1 Monash Freeway at Burke Road.
See also
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References
edit- ^ Healesville Freeway route : summary report of planning investigations, September 1979 / Country Roads Board, Victoria. National Library of Australia. ISBN 0724132120.
- ^ "Healesville Freeway Reservation Renewal Project". Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ "Healesville Freeway Reserve". Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ Corridor D – North East Link Project[permanent dead link]
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