Hoddle Highway

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Hoddle Highway
(Hoddle Main Road)

Hoddle Street, Punt Road, Barkly Street

Hoddle Street, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia.jpg
Hoddle Street looking south, with the Collingwood Town Hall on the left
Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne location map.svg
Red pog.svg
North end
Red pog.svg
South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length10.9 km (6.8 mi) [1]
Gazetted September 1960 (as Main Road) [2]
September 1994 (as State Highway) [3]
Route number(s)
  • Australian state route 29.svg Metro Route 29 (1965–present)
    Entire route
  • Concurrencies:
  • Australian state route 3.svg Metro Route 3 (1965–present)
    (through St Kilda Junction)
Major junctions
North endAustralian state route 29.svgHigh Street
Fitzroy North, Melbourne
 
South endAustralian state route 33.svg Marine Parade
Elwood, Melbourne
Location(s)
Major suburbs Collingwood, Abbotsford, Richmond, South Yarra, Prahran, Windsor, St Kilda
Highway system

Hoddle Highway is an urban highway in Melbourne linking CityLink and the Eastern Freeway, itself a sub-section of Hoddle Main Road. Both of 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: Hoddle Street, Punt Road and Barkly Street. [4] [5] This article will deal with the entire length of the corridor for sake of completion.

Contents

The highway is named after the surveyor Robert Hoddle, who planned central Melbourne's Hoddle Grid.[ citation needed ]

Route

Hoddle Main Road starts at the intersection with Queens Parade and High Street in Fitzroy North and heads south as Hoddle Street, crossing Eastern Freeway one kilometre later (and from where the Hoddle Highway declaration officially starts). It continues south until the intersection with Wellington Parade and Bridge Road, changing name to Punt Road. It continues south, passing near the Melbourne Cricket Ground, under Citylink in Richmond, across the Yarra River via the Hoddle Bridge through the South Yarra district to where St Kilda Road and Dandenong Road meet at St Kilda Junction (where the highway declaration ends). Hoddle Main Road continues south on the other side of St Kilda Junction as Barkly Street through the St Kilda city centre, to eventually terminate at Marine Parade in Elwood.

History

The elimination of the railway crossing at the Clifton Hill railway gates, where Heidelberg-Eltham Road (known today as Heidelberg Road) crossed the Hurstbridge and Whittlesea (now Mernda) railway lines and then Hoddle Street, was approved by the Victorian government on 19 May 1955, instructing the Country Roads Board to proceed with the construction of a road overpass. [6] The Board contracted the project to Lewis Construction Co, estimated to cost 240,000. Work commenced in February 1956, [7] with the southern portion open to traffic in April 1957, and the remaining sections, including the ramps leading to and from Hoddle Street, opening several weeks later in May 1957. [8]

The passing of the Country Roads Act of 1958 [9] (itself an evolution from the original Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924 [10] ) provided for the declaration of State Highways and Main Roads, roads partially financed by the State government through the Country Roads Board. Hoddle Main Road was declared a Main Road on 7 September 1960, from Queens Parade in Fitzroy North, along Hoddle Street through Richmond, along Punt Road through South Yarra, and along Barkly Street to Elwood. [2] [11]

Hoddle Main Road (including all its constituent roads) was signed as Metropolitan Route 29 between Fitzroy North and Elwood in 1965.[ citation needed ]

The passing of the Transport Act of 1983 [12] updated the definition of State Highways. Hoddle Highway was declared a State Highway by VicRoads in September 1994 [3] within Hoddle Main Road, from Victoria Street in Richmond to the St Kilda Junction in St Kilda, later extended north to the interchange with Eastern Freeway in January 1995; [13] all roads were known (and signposted) as their constituent parts.

The passing of the Road Management Act 2004 [14] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared the road as Hoddle Highway (Arterial #6080), beginning at the interchange of Hoddle Street with Eastern Freeway at Clifton Hill and ending at St Kilda Road (Nepean Highway) in St Kilda, [4] while re-declaring the remnants between Clifton Hill and Elwood as Hoddle Main Road (Arterial #5880); [5] as before, all roads are still known (and signposted) as their constituent parts.

1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan

The Hoddle Street – Punt Road – Barkly Street corridor was designated in the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan as the F2 Freeway. Part of the F2 Freeway would have connected St Kilda Junction to the Metropolitan Ring Road at the Hume Freeway (Craigieburn Bypass), via the Hoddle Highway and Merri Creek.[ citation needed ]

Hoddle Street Massacre

In 1987, Hoddle Street was the site of a deadly shooting spree known as the Hoddle Street massacre. The perpetrator, 19-year-old army recruit Julian Knight, killed seven people and injured 19 others during his rampage. He is currently serving seven consecutive terms of life imprisonment. [15]

Major intersections

LGALocation [1] [4] [5] km [1] miDestinationsNotes
Yarra Clifton HillFitzroy North boundary0.00.0Australian state route 29.svg High Street (Metro Route 29 northeast)  Northcote, Reservoir, Epping
Queens Parade (southwest) - Fitzroy North
Northern terminus of road, northern end of Hoddle Street
Metro Route 29 continues northeast along High Street
0.20.12Australian state route 46.svg Heidelberg Road (Metro Route 46) - Fitzroy North, Ivanhoe, Greensborough, Diamond Creek Westbound and eastbound entry to Heidelberg Road northbound only, westbound exit from Heidelberg Road southbound only
Clifton HillCollingwoodAbbotsford tripoint 1.10.68Australian state route 83.svg Alexandra Parade (Metro Route 83 west)  Carlton, Parkville
AUS Alphanumeric Route M3.svg Eastern Freeway (M3 east) - Ringwood, Dandenong, Frankston
No access to Eastern Freeway westbound from Hoddle Street southbound
Northern terminus of Hoddle Highway (declared)
CollingwoodAbbotsford boundary1.60.99Australian state route 34.svg Johnson Street  Carlton, Kew, Ringwood
YarraMelbourne boundary CollingwoodAbbotsfordEast MelbourneRichmond quadripoint 2.71.7Australian state route 32.svg Victoria Parade (Metro Route 32 west) - North Melbourne
Australian state route 32.svg Victoria Street (Metro Route 32 east)  Kew, Forest Hill, Montrose
East MelbourneRichmond boundary3.62.2Australian state route 30.svg Wellington Parade (Metro Route 30 west) – City
Australian state route 30.svg Bridge Road (Metro Route 30 east)  Camberwell
Southern end of Hoddle Street, northern end of Punt Road
East MelbourneMelbourneRichmond tripoint4.22.6Brunton Avenue  East Melbourne
MelbourneRichmond boundary4.32.7 Gippsland railway line
MelbourneRichmondCremorne tripoint4.42.7Australian state route 20.svg Olympic Boulevard (Metro Route 20 west)  Southbank
Australian state route 20.svg Swan Street (Metro Route 20 east)  Burnley, Camberwell
MelbourneCremorne boundary4.93.0AUS Alphanumeric Route M1 toll.svg CityLink (M1) - Kooyong, Chadstone, Narre Warren Westbound exit from CityLink northbound only, eastbound entry to CityLink southbound only
Yarra River 5.03.1 Hoddle Bridge
MelbourneStonnington boundary South Yarra 5.13.2Australian Tourist Drive 2.svg Alexandra Avenue (Tourist Route 2)  Southbank, Burnley
6.03.7Australian state route 26.svg Toorak Road (Metro Route 26) - Albert Park, Kooyong, Burwood East, Ferntree Gully
South YarraMelbournePrahran boundary6.84.2Western Australia MR-SM-1.svg Commercial Road  Glen Iris, The Alfred Hospital
MelbournePort PhillipStonnington tripoint MelbournePrahranWindsor boundary7.34.5Australian state route 24.svg High Street (Metro Route 24) - Albert Park, Glen Iris, Glen Waverley, Wantirna South
Port PhillipStonnington boundary St KildaWindsor boundary7.94.9Australian state route 3.svg St Kilda Road (Metro Route 3 north) – City
Australian national route ALT1.svg Queens Way (National Alt Route 1 east)  Oakleigh, Dandenong, Narre Warren
No access to St Kilda Road: one way southbound
Northern terminus of concurrency with Metro Route 3
Port Phillip St Kilda 8.05.0Australian state route 3.svg St Kilda Road (Metro Route 3 north) – City
Australian national route ALT1.svg Queens Road (National Alt Route 1 west)  Southbank
Fitzroy Street   St Kilda
Westbound entry to Queens Road northbound only
Southern terminus of Hoddle Highway (declared)
Southern end of Punt Road, northern end of Barkly Street
8.25.1Australian state route 3.svg St Kilda Road (Metro Route 3 south)  Mordialloc, Frankston, Dromana, Portsea No right turn from Barkly Street to St Kilda Road southbound
Southern terminus of concurrency with Metro Route 3
8.45.2Princes Street (west)  St Kilda
Alma Road (east) - Caulfield North
8.95.5Grey Street (west)  St Kilda
Inkerman Street (east) - Caulfield North
9.25.7Carlisle Street - |St Kilda, Balaclava, Caulfield East
Elwood 10.86.7Glen Huntly Road - Elsternwick, Glen Huntly, Carnegie
10.96.8Australian state route 33.svg Marine Parade (Metro Route 33 north) - St Kilda, Port Melbourne
Australian state route 33.svg Ormond Esplanade (Metro Route 33 southeast) - Brighton, Sandringham, Mordialloc
Southern terminus of road and Metro Route 29
Southern end of Barkly Street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hoddle Main Road" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 7 September 1960. pp. 2977–81. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 8 September 1994. pp. 2411–2. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. p. 930. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. p. 796. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  6. "Clifton Hill rail bridge gets 'go head'". The Argus. Melbourne. 19 May 1955. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  7. "Country Roads Board Victoria. Forty-Third Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1956". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 23 November 1956. p. 36.
  8. "Country Roads Board Victoria. Forty-Fourth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1957". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 21 November 1957. p. 25.
  9. http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/cra1958182.pdf State of Victoria, An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Country Roads 30 September 1958
  10. 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
  11. "Country Roads Board Victoria. Forty-Seventh Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1960". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 21 November 1960. pp. 10–12.
  12. State of Victoria, An Act to Re-enact with Amendments the Law relating to Transport including the Law with respect to Railways, Roads and Tramways... 23 June 1983
  13. "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 26 January 1995. pp. 180–1. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  14. 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.
  15. Murphy, Padraic (9 May 2013). "Hoddle St killer Julian Knight seeks aid for release bid". Herald Sun. Retrieved 9 June 2013.