State (Lower Dandenong/Cheltenham) Highway

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.

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

Route

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Lower Dandenong Road (and the beginning of the highway) starts at the interchange with Nepean Highway, Mentone, and heads east as a four-lane single-carriageway road until it meets Boundary Road in Braeside, where it widens into a four-lane, dual-carriageway road and continues east, widening again into a six-lane, dual-carriageway highway past the full diamond interchange with Mornington Peninsula Freeway, continuing east until it reaches the intersection with Springvale Road. As Cheltenham Road it continues east through Keysborough past the half diamond interchange with EastLink, until it meets Hammond Road in Dandenong, where it narrows back into a four-lane, single-carriageway road, crosses under the Pakenham and Cranbourne railway lines, intersects with and changes name to Foster Street, before it (and the end of the highway) ends at the intersection with Princes Highway in central Dandenong.

History

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The passing of the Country Roads Act of 1912[5] through the Parliament of Victoria provided for the establishment of the Country Roads Board (later VicRoads) and their ability to declare Main Roads, taking responsibility for the management, construction and care of the state's major roads from local municipalities. Cheltenham Road was declared a Main Road on 1 December 1913, from Dandenong through Keysborough to Dingley Village.[2]

The passing of the Country Roads Act of 1958[6] (itself an evolution from the original Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924[7]) provided for the declaration of State Highways, roads two-thirds financed by the State government through the Country Roads Board. Lower Dandenong Road was declared a Main Road on 9 May 1983, from the intersection with Nepean Highway in Mentone to meet Cheltenham Road in Keysborough.[8]

The passing of the Transport Act of 1983[9] updated the definition of State Highways. State Highway (Lower Dandenong Road, Cheltenham Road) was declared a State Highway by VicRoads in December 1990,[3] from Nepean Highway in Mentone to Lonsdale Street in Dandenong, subsuming the original declarations of Lower Dandenong Road, and Cheltenham Road between Keysborough and Dandenong, as Main Roads; the route was known (and signposted) as its constituent parts.

The route (as its constituent roads) was allocated Metropolitan Route 10 between Mentone and Dandenong in 1965,[10] continuing west beyond Nepean Highway along entire length of Balcombe Road to Black Rock.[10]

The passing of the Road Management Act 2004[11] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared the road as State (Lower Dandenong/Cheltenham) Highway (Arterial #6050), from Nepean Highway in Mentone to Lonsdale Street in Dandenong,[4] however the road is still presently known (and signposted) as its constituent parts.

Major Intersections

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LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
KingstonMentoneParkdale boundary0.00.0   Nepean Highway (Metro Routes 3/10 west, Metro Route 3 southeast) – Frankston, CityWestern terminus of highway
Western end of Lower Dandenong Road
Metro Route 10 continues west along Nepean Highway to Balcombe Road
Moorabbin AirportBraesideDingley VillageMordialloc quadripoint3.11.9  Boundary Road (Metro Route 23) – Doncaster, Clayton, Aspendale
BraesideDingley Village boundary3.92.4  Mornington Peninsula Freeway (M11) – Dingley Village, Frankston, RosebudDiamond interchange
Northbound exit via Woodlands Drive
6.03.7Centre Dandenong Road – Dingley Village, Cheltenham
KingstonGreater Dandenong boundaryKeysboroughBraesideDingley Village tripoint6.33.9  Springvale Road (Metro Route 40) – Donvale, Springvale, EdithvaleEastern end of Lower Dandenong Road
Western end of Cheltenham Road
Greater DandenongKeysborough10.56.5  EastLink (M3) – RingwoodHalf diamond interchange, northbound entrance and southbound exit only
Dandenong12.47.7Pakenham and Cranbourne railway lines
12.57.8Thomas Street – Dandenong
Foster Street (west) – Noble Park
Eastern end of Cheltenham Road
Western end of Foster Street
12.67.8   Lonsdale Street (Alt National Route 1 north, Alt National Route 1/Metro Route 9 south) – Caulfield, Oakleigh, Berwick, City
  Foster Street (Metro Route 9 east) – Rowville, Wantirna SouthEastern terminus of highway and Metro Route 10
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ "State (Lower Dandenong/Cheltenham) Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 14 January 1914. p. 91. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 19 December 1990. pp. 3783, 3785. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. pp. 940–2. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  5. ^ An Act relating to Country Roads State of Victoria, 23 December 1912
  6. ^ An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Country Roads State of Victoria, 30 September 1958
  7. ^ State of Victoria, An Act to make further provision with respect to Highways and Country Roads Motor Cars and Traction Engines and for other purposes 30 December 1924
  8. ^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 30 June 1983. p. 1984. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  9. ^ [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/ta1983153.pdf An Act to Re-enact with Amendments the Law relating to Transport including the Law with respect to Railways, Roads and Tramways... State of Victoria, 23 June 1983
  10. ^ a b Melway Greater Melbourne Street Directory (Map). Ausway. pp. 87–90.. Retrieved 19 April 2014 from Street-directory.com.au
  11. ^ State Government of Victoria. "Road Management Act 2004" (PDF). Government of Victoria. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

See also

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  Australian Roads portal List of Melbourne highways