Draft:Springvale Road
Springvale Road | |
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  North end South end | |
| Coordinates | |
| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 30.3 km (19 mi)[1] |
| Route number(s) |  Metro Route 52 North of Mitcham Road, Donvale/Doncaster East
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| Major junctions | |
| North end | Reynolds Road Donvale/Doncaster East |
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| South end |   Wells RoadChelsea Heights/Aspendale Gardens |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | Nunawading, Glen Waverley, Mulgrave, Springvale, Keysborough |
Springvale Road is an arterial road in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. The road begins at Reynolds Road as a T-junction which forms the border between Donvale and Doncaster East. The road travels in a straight southerly direction before ending as the border of Chelsea Heights/Aspendale Gardens, just after the Mornington Peninsula Freeway interchange, and turning into Edithvale Road.
The route carries heavy traffic as a 6-lane dual carriageway. Springvale Junction, the junction of Springvale Road, the Princes Highway, Police Road and Centre Road, is one of the most congested and dangerous in Melbourne, with various proposals such as grade seperating the Princes Highway, blocking off certain routes, or reducing speed limits, having been considered.[2][3]
History[edit]
The road is on a line 12 miles magnetic east of the Batman's Hill datum, originally used by Robert Hoddle to survey and subdivide Melbourne. It was named after the Springvale Hotel, built in 1858.[4]
In 1937, the Country Roads Board began improvements to the road, applying a sand surface, but much of this portion had to be reconstructed in 1952. In 1986 the process of duplicating the road was complete, having progressed in stages since 1970.[4]
The road, along with Bell Street was declared a State Highway in 1983[5][6], and named the Bell Street/Springvale Road State Highway in 1987.[7]
Level crossings[edit]
Springvale Road formerly had two level crossings, one at Springvale station on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, and one at Nunawading station on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines. Both stations were rebuilt to remove the level crossings, with Nunawading complete in 2010[8] and Springvale complete in 2014.[9]
Register of Public Roads[edit]
Under the VicRoads Register of Public Roads, Springvale Road is part of the State (Bell/Springvale) Highway, placing the road under VicRoads' overall management and development. The State (Bell/Springvale) Highway is split into two sections, with the Metro Route 40 roads connecting them not technically part of the Highway. The north-western section contains the entirety of Bell Street and Banksia Street, and Manningham Road up to the intersection with Bulleen Road, and the south-eastern section which contains Springvale Road from the Eastlink/Eastern Freeway interchange to the Mornington Peninsula Freeway interchange. The name "State (Bell/Springvale) Highway" is unknown to drivers or the wider community, is not signed, and is only a technical designation.[10]
Major intersections[edit]
| LGA | Location[1] | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manningham | Donvale–Doncaster East border | 0 | 0.0 | Reynolds Road (west) – Templestowe, Bulleen Reynolds Road (east) – Park Orchards | |
| Donvale | 3.5 | 2.2 |   Mitcham Road (northwest) – Doncaster Mitcham Road (southeast) – Mitcham | ||
| Manningham–Whitehorse border | Donvale–Nunawading border | 4.4 | 2.7 |  Eastern Freeway (M3 west) – City EastLink (M3 east) – Frankston | Northern terminus of south-eastern section of State (Bell/Springvale) Highway |
| Whitehorse | Nunawading | 6.0 | 3.7 |  Whitehorse Road (Metro Route 34) – Kew, Box Hill, Ringwood, Lilydale | |
| 6.2 | 3.9 | Nunawading station - Belgrave and Lilydale railway lines | |||
| Forest Hill | 7.8 | 4.8 |  Canterbury Road (Metro Route 32) – Camberwell, Heathmont, Montrose | ||
| Forest Hill–Vermont South–Burwood East tripoint | 10.0 | 6.2 |  Burwood Highway (Metro Route 26) – Kooyong, Burwood, Ferntree Gully | ||
| Whitehorse–Monash border | Vermont South–Burwood East–Glen Waverley tripoint | 10.9 | 6.8 | Highbury Road – Burwood, Vermont South | |
| Monash | Glen Waverley | 12.2 | 7.6 |  High Street Road (Metro Route 24) – Prahran, Ashwood, Wantirna South | |
| 13.9 | 8.6 | Waverley Road – Malvern East, Wheelers Hill | |||
| Glen Waverley–Wheelers Hill–Mulgrave tripoint | 15.5 | 9.6 |  Ferntree Gully Road (Metro Route 22) – Ripponlea, Oakleigh, Ferntree Gully, to  Monash Freeway (M1) – Chadstone, City | ||
| Wheelers Hill–Mulgrave border | 16.1 | 10.0 | Monash Freeway (M1) – Dandenong, Pakenham | ||
| Mulgrave | 17.2 | 10.7 |  Wellington Road (Metro Route 18) – Elwood, Clayton, Rowville, Emerald | ||
| Monash–Greater Dandenong border | Mulgrave–Springvale border | 18.8 | 11.7 |  Princes Highway (Alt National Route 1) – City, Dandenong, to  Police Road eastbound | Springvale Junction |
| Greater Dandenong | Springvale | 18.8 | 11.7 | Centre Road (Metro Route 16 west) – Brighton East Police Road (Metro Route 16 east) – Mulgrave, to Princes Highway southeast bound | |
| 20.7 | 12.9 | Springvale station - Pakenham and Cranbourne railway lines | |||
| Springvale–Springvale South border | 22.1 | 13.7 |  Heatherton Road (Metro Route 14) – Heatherton, Noble Park | ||
| Greater Dandenong–Kingston border | Springvale South–Dingley Village–Keysborough tripoint | 24.5 | 15.2 |  Westall Road (Metro Route 49 west) – Clayton South Dandenong Bypass (Metro Route 49 east) – Dandenong South | |
| Dingley Village–Keysborough–Braeside tripoint | 25.4 | 15.8 |  Lower Dandenong Road (Metro Route 10 west) – Black Rock, Mentone Cheltenham Road (Metro Route 10 east) – Dandenong | ||
| Keysborough–Braeside–Waterways tripoint | 27.6 | 17.1 |  Governor Road (Metro Route 12 west) – Mordialloc Hutton Road (Metro Route 12 east) – Dandenong South, Narre Warren | ||
| Aspendale Gardens–Bangholme–Chelsea Heights tripoint | 29.4 | 18.3 |  Mornington Peninsula Freeway (M11) – Dingley Village, Frankston, Rosebud | Southern terminus of south eastern section of State (Bell/Springvale) Highway | |
| Kingston | Aspendale Gardens–Chelsea Heights border | 29.7 | 18.5 | Wells Road (Metro Route 23 north/C989 south) – Mordialloc, Chelsea Heights | Southern end of Springvale Road, road continues as Edithvale Road |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References[edit]
- ^ a b Google (23 April 2024). "Springvale Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ VicRoads (22 July 2016). "Springvale Junction Community Consultation Summary Report" (PDF).
- ^ Cowie, Tom (24 November 2015). "VicRoads searches for answers to untangle Springvale Road spaghetti junction". The Age. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ a b Lay, Maxwell (2003). Melbourne Miles: The Story of Melbourne's Roads. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. ISBN 1-74097-019-5.
- ^ "Road Construction Authority of Victoria. Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 1984". Road Construction Authority of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 21 December 1984. p. 54.
- ^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 30 June 1983. pp. 1969–70. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Road Construction Authority of Victoria. Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 1987". Road Construction Authority of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 30 September 1987. p. 67.
- ^ "Springvale Road Rail Project". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ Carey, Adam (22 April 2014). "Split-level luxury arrives at Springvale station, at $159 million". The Age.
- ^ VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. pp. 955-957 (971-973 in pdf file). Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
