Healesville Freeway

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Healesville Freeway

General information
Type Freeway  (Proposed)
Length18 km (11 mi)
Major junctions
West endAUS Alphanumeric Route M3 toll.svg EastLink
Forest Hill, Melbourne
 
East endMooroolbark Road
Lilydale, Melbourne
Location(s)
Major suburbs / towns Vermont, Wantirna, Bayswater North, Kilsyth, Mooroolbark, Lilydale
Highway system

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.

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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

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Maroondah Wantirna 00.0AUS Alphanumeric Route M3 toll.svg EastLink (M3)  Ringwood, Frankston Part of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future
0.80.50Australian state route 9.svg 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 2.91.8Stud 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 4.42.7Australian state route 32.svg 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
74.3Australian state route 5.svg 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 border11.27.0Cambridge Road  Mooroolbark, Montrose Part of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future
Mooroolbark 13.88.6Mooroolbark 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
  •       Unopened

Cancelled route

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Stonnington Glen Iris 0.00.0AUS Alphanumeric Route M1.svg Monash Freeway (M1)Western terminus of route. Start of the planned F9 East Route, cancelled in 1973
Boroondara Malvern East Chadstone Border0.90.56Glen Iris RoadOutbound entry and inbound exit only. Part of the original planned corridor, cancelled in 1973
Boroondara Monash Border Glen Iris Burwood Border3.32.1Australian state route 15.svg Warrigal Road (Metro Route 15)  Oakleigh, Burwood Part of the original planned corridor, cancelled in 1973
Whitehorse Burwood 5.23.2Australian state route 26.svg Burwood Highway (Metro Route 26)  Burwood, Ferntree Gully Part of the original planned corridor, cancelled in 1973
Box Hill South 7.34.5Australian state route 20.svg Riversdale Road (Metro Route 20)  Camberwell Part of the first revision of the F9 East Corridor, cancelled in 1984
7.74.8Australian state route 23.svg 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 8.65.3F7 Warrigal Freeway (Freeway Route F7)  Diamond Creek, Clarinda Part of the original corridor, cancelled in 1973
9.55.9Australian state route 13.svg 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 10.96.8Australian state route 40.svg Springvale Road (Metro Route 40)  Nunawading, Glen Waverley Part of the final revision of the F9 East corridor, cancelled early-to-mid 1990s
Vermont 148.7Australian state route 36.svg Boronia Road (Metro Route 36)  Vermont, Boronia Outbound exit only, cancelled 1984
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Closed/former

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

  1. Healesville Freeway route : summary report of planning investigations, September 1979 / Country Roads Board, Victoria. National Library of Australia. ISBN   0724132120.
  2. "Healesville Freeway Reservation Renewal Project". Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  3. "Healesville Freeway Reserve". Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. Corridor D – North East Link Project [ permanent dead link ]