St Georges Road

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St Georges Road
(State (St Georges) Highway)

Victoria
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St Georges Road in Fitzroy North
Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne location map.svg
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North end
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South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeRoad
Length5.9 km (3.7 mi) [1]
Route number(s)
  • Australian state route 45.svg Metro Route 45 (1989–present)
    Entire route
  • Concurrencies:
  • Australian state route 38.svg Metro Route 38 (1965–present)
    (Merri Parade to Holden Street)
Major junctions
North endAustralian state route 45.svgSpring Street
Preston, Melbourne
 
  • Murray Road
  • Australian state route 40.svg Bell Street
  • Normanby Avenue
  • Australian state route 38.svg Merri Parade
  • Australian state route 38.svg Holden Street
South endAustralian state route 45.svg Brunswick Street
Fitzroy North, Melbourne
Location(s)
Major suburbs Thornbury, Northcote

St Georges Road is a main road in the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne, which passes through the suburbs of Fitzroy North, Northcote, Thornbury and Preston.

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Route

St Georges Road starts at the intersection with Murray Road and Spring Street in Preston along a wide dual-carriageway alignment, varying between four and six lanes, heading south to cross Bell Street until meeting Murray Street in Thornbury, where a tram line branches from both Murray Street and the adjacent Preston Workshops to run in a dedicated median in the middle of the road. It continues south through Northcote until it reaches Merri Parade, where it narrows to a four-lane, single-carriageway road, sharing surface tram tracks. Running south-west, it crosses Merri Creek through Fitzroy North until it ends upon reaching Brunswick Street. Its former south-westward course is continued by a much smaller residential street named St Georges Road South, running south-west until it reaches Nicholson Street.

Northcote High School is situated on St Georges Road. Located nearby is Merri Creek Primary School. Some small shopping areas are located along the road.

History

The Country Roads Board (later VicRoads) declared St Georges Road a Main Road in June 1983, [2] from Epping Road at Reservoir along Spring Street to Murray Road in Preston, and then along St Georges Road proper to Merri Creek at Northcote; all roads were known (and signposted) as their constituent parts.

St Georges Road was signed as Metropolitan Route 45 between Preston and Fitzroy North in 1989. Metropolitan Route 38 runs concurrent along St Georges Road from Merri Parade at Northcote to Holden Street at Fitzroy North from 1965.

The passing of the Transport Act of 1983 [3] (itself an evolution from the original Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924 [4] ) provided for the declaration of State Highways, roads two-thirds financed by the State government through the Road Construction Authority (later VicRoads). The State Highway (St Georges Road) was declared a State Highway in December 1990, [5] from Bell Street at Preston and ending at Merri Parade in Northcote; the road was known (and signposted) as St Georges Road along its entire length. The section between Epping Road in Reservoir and Bell Street in Preston remained a declared Main Road, still known (and signposted) as their constituent parts.

In the early 1990s, the tram tracks from Merri Place to Miller Street were rebuilt in a dedicated reservation. [6] [7] [8]

The passing of the Road Management Act 2004 [9] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads. In 2004, VicRoads declared the road as State (St Georges) Highway (Arterial #6130), beginning at Bell Street in Preston and ending at Merri Parade in Northcote, [10] while re-declaring the road from Merri Parade over Merri Creek as St Georges Road Bridge (Arterial #5878), [11] and the remnants between Preston and Fitzroy North as St Georges Road (Arterial #5861). [12] As before, the road is still known and signposted as St Georges Road along its entire length. The section along Spring Street between Reservoir and Preston was separated and declared Spring Street (Arterial #5892). [13]

Until the mid-2009 there was a large roundabout at the intersection of St Georges Road, Merri Parade and Charles Street which has been replaced with traffic lights. In 2017 Melbourne Water renewed the pipes that run beneath the central reservation as part of the Preston Reservoir to Merri Creek Water Main Renewal Project. [14] [15] This required 80 palm trees to be removed and stored off-site before being replanted. [16]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "St Georges Road" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 30 June 1983. p. 1978. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 19 December 1990. pp. 3783, 3785. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  6. ↑ St Georges Road Northcote - Reconstruction with Tram Track Reservation Transit Australia January 1990 page 6
  7. ↑ St Georges Road Track Relocation - Stage 1 Completed Transit Australia December 1991 pages 270-273
  8. ↑ Completion of Melbourne's St Georges Road Project Transit Australia August 1992 pages 174-176
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. p. 955. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  11. ↑ VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. p. 835. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  12. ↑ VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. p. 821. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  13. ↑ VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. p. 848. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  14. ↑ Newsletter July 2017 Melbourne Water
  15. ↑ Preston Reservoir to Merri Creek water main renewal project Melbourne Water
  16. ↑ Water main crossings works complete in Melbourne’s north Utility Magazine 20 December 2017
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