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"M" roads
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These roads are duplicated (dual carriageway) roadways with at least two lanes in each direction. The majority of these roadways are built to freeway standard.
In rural areas, they provide high standard links between Melbourne, other capital cities and major regional centres. Within Melbourne, they are urban freeways or tollways.
"M" roads in Victoria:
- M1 - Monash Freeway (including CityLink)
- M1 - Princes Highway/Freeway
- M1 - West Gate Freeway
- M2 - Tullamarine Freeway (including CityLink)
- M3 - Eastern Freeway
- M3 - EastLink
- M8 - Western Highway/Freeway
- M31 - Hume Freeway
- M39 - Goulburn Valley Freeway
- M79 - Calder Freeway
- M80 - Metropolitan Ring Road
- M80 - Western Ring Road
- M420 - Bass Highway
- M420 - South Gippsland Highway/Freeway
- M780 - Western Port Highway
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West Gate Freeway, Altona North
Western Ring Road, Laverton North
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"A" roads
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These roads are generally single carriageway roadways. The majority of them have sealed shoulders and overtaking lanes in some sections.
They have a similar function to "M" standard roads, but generally carry less traffic. They provide high standard links between Melbourne, other capital cities and between regional centres.
"A" roads in Victoria:
- A1 - Princes Highway
- A8 - Western Highway
- A10 - Princes Highway (through Geelong)
- A20 - Sturt Highway
- A39 - Goulburn Valley Highway
- A79 - Calder Highway
- A200 - Henty Highway
- A300 - Midland Highway
- A420 - Bass Highway
- A440 - South Gippsland Highway
- A780 - Western Port Highway
- A790 - Calder Alternative Highway
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Western Highway near Stawell
Princes Highway near Lake Tyers
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"B" roads
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These roads are generally single carriageway roadways. They are sealed and are of a good standard.
They function as primary links between regions not served by "A" roads. They also include the highly significant tourist routes of the Great Ocean Road, Murray Valley Highway and the Great Alpine Road.
"B" roads in Victoria:
- B12 - Mallee Highway
- B23 - Monaro Highway
- B75 - Northern Highway
- B100 - Great Ocean Road
- B100 - Surf Coast Highway
- B110 - Bellarine Highway
- B110 - Nepean Highway
- B110 - Point Nepean Road
- B120 - Hopkins Highway
- B140 - Hamilton Highway
- B160 - Glenelg Highway
- B180 - Maroona - Glenthompson Road
- B180 - Pyrenees Highway
- B200 - Henty Highway
- B210 - Stawell - Warracknabeal Road
- B220 - Sunraysia Highway
- B240 - Wimmera Highway
- B260 - Loddon Valley Highway
- B280 - McIvor Highway
- B300 - Maroondah Highway
- B300 - Melba Highway
- B300 - Midland Highway
- B320 - Maroondah Highway
- B340 - Goulburn Valley Highway
- B360 - Maroondah Highway
- B380 - Warburton Highway
- B400 - Murray Valley Highway
- B420 - Phillip Island Highway
- B460 - Bass Highway
- B460 - Strzelecki Highway
- B500 - Great Alpine Road
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Murray Valley Highway near Corryong
Great Ocean Road, Skenes Creek
Wimmera Highway near Natimuk
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"C" roads
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These roads are generally single carriageway roadways. Almost all of them are sealed and their standard is determined by usage and terrain.
They function as important links between population centres and also provide access links to the primary road network.
Some "C" roads are former highway routes with freeway bypasses having relieved them of much of their original through traffic. A few of these former highway routes are high quality dual carriageway roads, such as the Princes Highway (C101) through Berwick and Pakenham.
There are hundreds of "C" roads throughout Victoria.
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Murray River Road near Granya
Ararat - St Arnaud Road, Navarre
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Melbourne metropolitan routes
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These roads are located within Melbourne's metropolitan area and generally define major transport routes to the city and through the suburbs.
These routes may vary in standard from single carriageway roads to multi-lane arterials and highways.
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Springvale Road, Chelsea Heights
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Toll roads
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Toll roads in Melbourne have blue signage with gold coloured lettering. This is in contrast to the green signage with white lettering used on roads that do not require the payment of tolls for their use.
Collection of tolls on all of Melbourne's toll roads is done automatically, without slowing down or stopping. At each toll point, vehicles pass under a gantry which communicates with a small electronic tag that motorists have installed in their vehicles. If a vehicle doesn't have an electronic tag installed, overhead cameras can use number plate recognition technology to identify the vehicle for billing purposes.
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EastLink, Rowville
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Electronic tags issued by any toll road operator in Australia will automatically work on all of Melbourne's toll roads.
Visitors to Melbourne in vehicles without fitted electronic tags who intend to travel on a toll road should contact the appropriate road operator listed below preferably before travelling or within 3 days after travelling to arrange payment. You will be asked to provide the registration number of the vehicle you drove on the toll road.
A convenient option for visitors to Melbourne planning to make multiple trips on any of Melbourne's toll roads over an extended period of time is a Melbourne Pass. No electronic tag is required and tolls are automatically charged to your nominated credit card using number plate recognition technology when driving through toll points. The pass is valid for up to 30 days and can be extended up to an additional 30 days if required.
Melbourne has two roll road operators - Transurban who manage CityLink (parts of M1, Batman Avenue and M2) and ConnectEast who manage EastLink (part of M3).
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CityLink
Tolled sections:
- Southern Link (M1) - Monash Freeway between Power Street (Southbank) and Toorak Road (Malvern), including the Domain and Burnley Tunnels
- Western Link (M2) - Tullamarine Freeway between West Gate Freeway (Port Melbourne) and Bell Street (Strathmore)
- Batman Avenue (Melbourne) between Flinders Street and Olympic Boulevard (excluding vehicles entering car parks at Melbourne Park)
See CityLink or phone 13 26 29.
EastLink
Tolled sections:
- EastLink (M3) between Springvale Road (Nunawading) and Frankston Freeway (Seaford), including the Melba and Mullum Mullum Tunnels
See EastLink or phone 13 54 65.
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Road tunnels
Victoria has four road tunnels of significant length, all of which are located within the Melbourne metropolitan area.
When driving in one of Melbourne's tunnels, you should:
- Remove your sunglasses as they may hinder your ability to see in the darkened environment
- Turn on your vehicle's headlights so that it is more visible to other motorists
- Keep lane changes to an absolute minimum for safety
- Obey the variable speed limit signs which may display any speed up to 80 km/h
- Stay out of closed lanes which have an illuminated red cross displayed above them
- Do not stop your vehicle in the tunnel except in the case of an emergency
- Turn your radio on as any important safety or traffic announcements will be broadcast over existing station frequencies
Mobile phone coverage is available in all of Melbourne's tunnels. Relay stations have been installed, allowing Telstra, Optus and Vodafone customers to use their phones.
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Domain and Burnley Tunnels
These two tunnels are located just to the south-east of the Melbourne CBD and link the West Gate Freeway with the CityLink tolled sections of the Monash Freeway (M1).
The Domain Tunnel is 1.6 kilometres in length and carries 3 lanes of traffic citybound (west bound) under the Yarra River, Kings Domain and Southbank arts precinct.
The Burnley Tunnel is 3.4 kilometres in length and carries 3 lanes of traffic outbound (east bound) under the Southbank arts precinct, Kings Domain, Yarra River, Olympic Park and residential areas of Richmond.
Driving through either the Domain or Burnley tunnels requires the payment of a toll. Refer to the section about CityLink above.
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Domain Tunnel entrance
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Melba and Mullum Mullum Tunnels
These two parallel tunnels are both 1.6 kilometres in length and are located at the northern end of EastLink (M3).
Each tunnel consists of 3 traffic lanes which burrow up to 53 metres under Mullum Mullum Park in the suburb of Donvale.
The Melba Tunnel carries citybound (west bound) traffic, while the Mullum Mullum Tunnel carries outbound (east bound) traffic.
Driving through either the Melba Tunnel or Mullum Mullum Tunnel requires the payment of a toll. Refer to the section about EastLink above.
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Mullum Mullum Tunnel entrance
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