Thompson Road, Melbourne

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Thompson Road

McLeod Road, Thompsons Road

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West end
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East end
Coordinates
General information
TypeRoad
Length22.2 km (14 mi) [1]
Gazetted July 1919 [2]
Route number(s) Australian state route 6.svg Metro Route 6 (1989–present)
(Carrum–Clyde North)
Major junctions
West endCarrum Promenade
Carrum, Melbourne
 
East endSoldiers Road
Clyde North, Melbourne
Location(s)
Major suburbs Patterson Lakes, Lyndhurst, Cranbourne North

Thompson Road (and its western section as McLeod Road, and its eastern section as Thompsons Road) [3] is a major urban arterial road in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Contents

Route

The road starts as McLeod Road from its intersection with Nepean Highway at Carrum, immediately crossing under the Frankston railway line and heading east as a two-lane, single-carriageway road through Patterson Lakes; at the intersection with MacLeod Road and Schooner Bay Drive, the name changes to Thompson Road and continues east as a four-lane, single-carriageway road to cross over Mornington Peninsula Freeway, before widening into a four-lane, dual-carriageway road, crossing EastLink to meet Frankston-Dandenong Road at Carrum Downs. The name changes for the last time to Thompsons Road and continues east through Lyndhurst and Cranbourne, crosses over Berwick–Cranbourne Road and Bells Road in Clyde North, to eventually terminate at Smiths Lane just beyond Soldiers Road in Clyde North.

History

The passing of the Country Roads Act of 1912 [4] 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; the later passing of the Developmental Roads Act of 1918 [5] allowed the Country Road Board to declare Developmental Roads, serving to develop any area of land by providing access to a railway station for primary producers. Thompson Road from Wells Road in Carrum to Dandenong-Frankston Road in Lyndhurst was declared a Developmental Road on 1 July 1919. [2]

McLeod Road originally terminated at Wells Road 500m south to Thompson Road's current alignment over the Mornington Peninsula Freeway; Thompson Road also terminated at Wells Road 100m north of the current bridge. Both roads were connected along their current alignment due to the construction of its interchange with the freeway (and consequent subsuming of Wells Road into it) when it opened in 1980.

Thompson Road was signed as Metropolitan Route 6 between Carrum and Clyde North in 1989.

The passing of the Road Management Act 2004 [6] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared Thompson Road (Arterial #5164) from Nepean Highway in Carrum to Berwick–Cranbourne Road in Clyde North; [3] , with the road undeclared east of Berwick-Cranbourne Road; this declaration formally includes today's McLeod Road and Thompsons Road, but signposts along these sections have kept their original names.

Duplication Projects

Thompsons Road duplication, Carrum Downs

This is a $31 million state government-funded project to widen Thompsons Road in Carrum Downs. Works involve widening to provide two lanes in each direction from east of Mornington Peninsula Freeway to EastLink, and three lanes in each direction between EastLink and Dandenong-Frankston Road. Construction started in mid-2008. [7] The works are 4 km long. [8]

Thompsons Road duplication, Cranbourne

This is a $22 million state government-funded project to widen Thompsons Road in Cranbourne. Works involve widening the road to three lanes in each direction between Lesdon Avenue and Rosebank Drive and two lanes in each direction between Rosebank Drive and Narre Warren–Cranbourne Road. Completed in late 2009. The works are 1.7 km long. [9]

Thompsons Road duplication, Carrum Downs to Cranbourne

Construction started in December 2016 on a $175 million state government-funded project to widen the 6.5 km section of Thompsons Road between Carrum Downs and Cranbourne. [10] Works involve construction of a new bridge over the Cranbourne railway line, and widening the road to three lanes in each direction between Frankston-Dandenong Road and McCormicks Road and between Western Port Highway and South Gippsland Highway, and two lanes in each direction between McCormicks Road and Western Port Highway. The project was completed in mid-2019, with traffic lights installed at the Frankston-Dandenong Road intersection a year later in July 2020. [11]

Thompsons Road duplication, Cranbourne East

Thompsons Road Extension

A $785 million project has been proposed to extend Thompsons Road east to Koo Wee Rup Road in Pakenham. [12]

Major intersections

LGALocation [1] [3] km [1] miDestinationsNotes
Kingston Carrum 0.00.0Carrum Promenade  Carrum BeachWestern terminus of McLeod Road and Metro Route 6
Australian state route 3.svg Nepean Highway (Metro Route 3)  Frankston, Mornington, Mordialloc, City
0.20.12 Frankston railway line
Patterson Lakes 1.71.1McLeod Road (east)  Patterson Lakes Eastern end of McLeod Road, western end of Thompson Road
KingstonGreater Dandenong boundary Patterson LakesBangholme boundary2.61.6AUS Alphanumeric Route M11.svg Mornington Peninsula Freeway (M11)  Dingley Village, Frankston, Portsea Diamond interchange
FrankstonGreater Dandenong boundary Carrum DownsBangholme boundary5.53.4AUS Alphanumeric Route M3 toll.svg EastLink (M3)  Frankston, Ringwood, City Diamond interchange
Carrum DownsLyndhurstBangholme tripoint6.64.1Australian state route 9.svg Frankston–Dandenong Road (Metro Route 9)  Frankston, Dandenong Eastern end of Thompson Road, western end of Thompsons Road
Greater DandenongCaseyFrankston tripoint LyndhurstSkyeCranbourne West tripoint10.66.6AUS Alphanumeric Route M780.svg Western Port Highway (M780)  Hastings, Dandenong, City
Casey CranbourneCranbourne NorthCranbourne West tripoint12.88.0 Cranbourne railway line
CranbourneCranbourne North boundary13.88.6AUS Alphanumeric Route A21.svgAUS Alphanumeric Route B21.svg South Gippsland Highway (A21 north/B21 south)  Dandenong, Cranbourne
CranbourneCranbourne NorthCranbourne East tripoint15.69.7AUS Alphanumeric Route C404.svgAUS Alphanumeric Route A404.svg Narre Warren–Cranbourne Road (C404 north/A404 south)  Narre Warren, Cranbourne, Phillip Island
Clyde NorthCranbourne North boundary19.011.8AUS Alphanumeric Route C407.svg Berwick–Cranbourne Road (C407)  Clyde, Berwick Eastern terminus of Thompson Road (declared) and Metro Route 6
Clyde North 21.313.2AUS Alphanumeric Route A17.svg Bells Road (A17)  Beaconsfield
22.213.8Soldiers Road   Beaconsfield Eastern end of Thompsons Road (sign-posted)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •        Route transition

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Thompson Road" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 23 July 1919. p. 1666. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads 2024" (PDF). Government of Victoria. pp. 262–3. Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  4. An Act relating to Country Roads State of Victoria, 23 December 1912
  5. An Act to make provision for Developmental Roads and to amend the Country Roads Acts State of Victoria, 4 April 1918
  6. 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.
  7. VicRoads, "Media Release - Premier turns sod for $30 million Thompson Rd project : VicRoads". Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
  8. VicRoads, "Thompson Road duplication, Carrum Downs : VicRoads". Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
  9. VicRoads, http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/RoadsAndProjects/RoadProjects/SouthEasternSuburbs/ThompsonRoadDuplicationCranbourne.htm Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  10. "Putting People First: Thompsons Road Upgrade Starts | Premier of Victoria". www.premier.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  11. Build, Victoria’s Big (27 January 2021). "Intersection at Thompsons and Frankston-Dandenong Road opens four months early". Victoria’s Big Build. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  12. "Thompsons Road Upgrade and Extension" (PDF).