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Thompson Road Also known as McLeod Road and Thompsons Road | |
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Thompsons Road and Dandenong-Frankston Road, Carrum Downs | |
Coordinates | |
General information | |
Type | Road |
Length | 19 km (12 mi) [1] |
Route number(s) | State Route 6 (1989-present) |
Major junctions | |
West end | Nepean Highway Carrum, Melbourne |
East end | Berwick–Cranbourne 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) is a major urban arterial road in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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, to terminate at Berwick-Cranbourne Road in Clyde North.
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 State Route 6 between Carrum and Clyde North in 1989.
The passing of the Road Management Act 2004 [2] 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] this declaration formally includes today's McLeod Road and Thompsons Road, but signposts along these sections have kept their original names.
Thompsons Road duplication, Carrum Downs [4]
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. [5] The works are 4 km long.
Thompsons Road duplication, Cranbourne [6]
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. The works are 1.7 km long.
LGA | Location [1] [3] | km [1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Kingston | Carrum | 0.0 | 0.0 | Nepean Highway (State Route 3) – Frankston, Mornington, Mordialloc, City | Western terminus of McLeod Road and State Route 6; traffic lights |
0.2 | 0.12 | Frankston railway line | |||
0.6 | 0.37 | Station Street | Traffic lights | ||
Patterson Lakes | 2.2 | 1.4 | Gladesville Boulevard – Chelsea Heights | Roundabout | |
Kingston–Greater Dandenong boundary | Patterson Lakes–Bangholme boundary | 2.6 | 1.6 | Mornington Peninsula Freeway (M11) – Frankston, Portsea, Springvale | Diamond interchange |
Frankston–Greater Dandenong boundary | Carrum Downs–Bangholme boundary | 5.2 | 3.2 | Worsley Road – Keysborough | Traffic lights |
5.5 | 3.4 | Eastlink (M3) – Frankston, Ringwood, City | Diamond interchange | ||
Carrum Downs–Lyndhurst-Bangholme tripoint | 6.6 | 4.1 | Dandenong-Frankston Road (State Route 9) – Frankston, Dandenong | Traffic lights | |
Carrum Downs–Lyndhurst-Sandhurst tripoint | 7.3 | 4.5 | McCormicks Road – Carrum Downs | Traffic lights | |
Greater Dandenong–Casey–Frankston tripoint | Lyndhurst–Skye-Cranbourne West tripoint | 10.6 | 6.6 | Western Port Highway (M780) – Hastings, City | Traffic lights |
Casey | Lyndhurst-Cranbourne West boundary | 12.2 | 7.6 | Evans Road – Lynbrook, Cranbourne West | Traffic lights |
Cranbourne-Cranbourne North–Cranbourne West tripoint | 12.8 | 8.0 | Cranbourne railway line | ||
Cranbourne-Cranbourne North boundary | 13.8 | 8.6 | South Gippsland Highway (M420) – Dandenong, Cranbourne, Phillip Island | Traffic lights | |
Cranbourne-Cranbourne North–Cranbourne East tripoint | 15.6 | 9.7 | Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road (C404) – Narre Warren, Cranbourne | Roundabout | |
Clyde North-Cranbourne North boundary | 19.0 | 11.8 | Berwick-Cranbourne Road (C407) – Clyde, Berwick | Eastern terminus of Thompsons Road and State Route 6; roundabout | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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