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| through = [[Coburg, Victoria|Coburg]], [[Heidelberg, Victoria|Heidelberg]], [[Doncaster, Victoria|Doncaster]], [[Nunawading, Victoria|Nunawading]], [[Glen Waverley, Victoria|Glen Waverley]], [[Springvale, Victoria|Springvale]] |
| through = [[Coburg, Victoria|Coburg]], [[Heidelberg, Victoria|Heidelberg]], [[Doncaster, Victoria|Doncaster]], [[Nunawading, Victoria|Nunawading]], [[Glen Waverley, Victoria|Glen Waverley]], [[Springvale, Victoria|Springvale]] |
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| route = ''Heidelberg - Bulleen:'' [[Image:Australian State Route 40.svg|25px]]<br /><br />''Templestowe Lower - Doncaster:'' [[Image:Australian State Route 47.svg|50px|center]] (duplex with [[Image:Australian State Route 40.svg|25px]])<br /><br />''Doncaster - Donvale:'' [[Image:Australian State Route 36.svg|50px|center]] (duplex with [[Image:Australian State Route 40.svg|25px]]) |
| route = ''Heidelberg - Bulleen:'' [[Image:Australian State Route 40.svg|25px]]<br /><br />''Templestowe Lower - Doncaster:'' [[Image:Australian State Route 47.svg|50px|center]] (duplex with [[Image:Australian State Route 40.svg|25px]])<br /><br />''Doncaster - Donvale:'' [[Image:Australian State Route 36.svg|50px|center]] (duplex with [[Image:Australian State Route 40.svg|25px]]) |
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| exits = '''[[Image:Australian State Route 55.svg|25px]] [[Sydney Road, Melbourne|Sydney Road]]<br />[[Image:Australian State Route 44.svg|25px]] [[Greensborough Highway|Rosanna Road]]<br />[[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route M3.PNG|35px]] [[Eastern Freeway, Melbourne|Eastern Freeway]] / [[EastLink, Melbourne|EastLink]]<br />[[Image:Australian State Route 34.svg|25px]] [[Maroondah Highway|Whitehorse Road]]<br />[[Image:Australian State Route 26.svg|25px]] [[Burwood Highway]]<br />[[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route M1.svg|35px]] [[Monash Freeway]]<br />[[Image:Australian Alternate Route 1.svg|25px]] [[Princes Highway]]<br />[[Image:Australian State Route 49.svg|25px]] [[Westall Road]]<br />[[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route M11.png|35px]] [[Mornington Peninsula Freeway]]''' |
| exits = '''[[Image:Australian State Route 55.svg|25px]] [[Sydney Road, Melbourne|Sydney Road]]<br />[[Image:Australian State Route 44.svg|25px]] [[Greensborough Highway|Rosanna Road]]<br />[[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route M3.PNG|35px]] [[Eastern Freeway, Melbourne|Eastern Freeway]] / [[EastLink, Melbourne|EastLink]]<br />[[Image:Australian State Route 34.svg|25px]] [[Maroondah Highway|Whitehorse Road]]<br />[[Image:Australian State Route 26.svg|25px]] [[Burwood Highway]]<br />[[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route M1.svg|35px]] [[Monash Freeway]]<br />[[Image:Australian Alternate Route 1.svg|25px]] [[Princes Highway]]<br />[[Image:Australian State Route 49.svg|25px]] [[Westall Road]]<br />[[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route M11.png|35px]] [[Mornington Peninsula Freeway]]''' |
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| [[Greensborough, Victoria|Greensborough]], [[Camberwell, Victoria|Camberwell]]; [[Melbourne]] via [[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route M3.PNG|30px]] [[Eastern Freeway, Melbourne|Freeway]]<br />'''[[Greensborough Highway|Lower Heidelberg Road]]''' [[Image:Australian State Route 44.svg|20px]] [[Image:Australia W3-3.svg|25px]] |
| [[Greensborough, Victoria|Greensborough]], [[Camberwell, Victoria|Camberwell]]; [[Melbourne]] via [[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route M3.PNG|30px]] [[Eastern Freeway, Melbourne|Freeway]]<br />'''[[Greensborough Highway|Lower Heidelberg Road]]''' [[Image:Australian State Route 44.svg|20px]] [[Image:Australia W3-3.svg|25px]] |
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| [[Melbourne]] via [[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route M3.PNG|30px]] [[Eastern Freeway, Melbourne|Freeway]]; [[Ivanhoe, Victoria|Ivanhoe]]<br />'''Lower Heidelberg Road''' |
| [[Melbourne]] via [[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route M3.PNG|30px]] [[Eastern Freeway, Melbourne|Freeway]]; [[Ivanhoe, Victoria|Ivanhoe]]<br />'''Lower Heidelberg Road''' [[Image:Australian Tourist 2.svg|20px]] [[Image:Australian State Route 44.svg|20px]] [[Image:Australia W3-3.svg|25px]] |
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| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na" | '' |
| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na" | ''[[Image:Australian Tourist 2.svg|20px]] duplexes with [[Image:Australian State Route 40.svg|20px]]'' |
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| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na" | [[Yarra River|YARRA RIVER]] |
| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na" | [[Yarra River|YARRA RIVER]] |
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| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na" | [[Yarra River|YARRA RIVER]] |
| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na" | [[Yarra River|YARRA RIVER]] |
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| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na"; rowspan="2" | ''continues as '''Banksia Street''' |
| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na"; rowspan="2" | ''continues as '''Banksia Street''' [[Image:Australian Tourist 2.svg|20px]] [[Image:Australian State Route 40.svg|20px]]'' |
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| [[Templestowe, Victoria|Templestowe]], [[Warrandyte, Victoria|Warrandyte]]<br />'''Bridge Street''' |
| [[Templestowe, Victoria|Templestowe]], [[Warrandyte, Victoria|Warrandyte]]<br />'''Bridge Street''' [[Image:Australian Tourist 2.svg|20px]] [[Image:Australia W3-3.svg|25px]] |
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| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na" | ''continues as '''Manningham Road''' [[Image:Australian State Route 40.svg|20px]]'' |
| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na" | ''continues as '''Manningham Road''' [[Image:Australian State Route 40.svg|20px]]'' |
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Revision as of 03:45, 20 October 2013
State (Bell/Springvale) Highway | |
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Formerly  along Springvale Road | |
| General information | |
| Type | Error: |type= not defined (help) |
| Length | 57 km (35 mi) |
| Route number(s) | Heidelberg - Bulleen:   )Templestowe Lower - Doncaster:  )Doncaster - Donvale:  ) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |   Tullamarine Freeway, Strathmore, Melbourne |
 Sydney Road Rosanna Road Eastern Freeway / EastLink Whitehorse Road Burwood Highway Monash Freeway Princes Highway Westall Road Mornington Peninsula Freeway
for full list see major intersections | |
| South end |  Nepean Highway, Edithvale, Melbourne |
| Location(s) | |
| via | Coburg, Heidelberg, Doncaster, Nunawading, Glen Waverley, Springvale |
Route 40, or the Bell / Springvale State Highway is the longest urban highway in Melbourne (other than the Princes Highway) linking Tullamarine Freeway and the Nepean Highway, allotted metropolitan route .
The highway experiences considerable congestion. Throughout the 1980s and '90s, the Doncaster Road section carried around 50,000 vehicles per hour at peak, this number dropped in 1997 after the extension of the Eastern Freeway.
Several level crossings are located along the highway, in Edithvale, Springvale, Preston and Coburg. With the completion of works in January 2010 to lower the rail line in Nunawading, plus an older one in Heidelberg, there are now two railway grade separations along the route.[1]
The road itself varies in capacity over its length between three-laned dual carriageways and two-way single carriageways. Many junctions such as the Nepean Highway, Princes Highway, Monash Freeway, Eastern Freeway, Hume Highway and Tullamarine Freeway contribute to traffic volumes along Route 40.
Alternate names
There are a variety of street names along the route, many of which are familiar to motorists and used on radio traffic updates, including:
- Bell Street (from Strathmore to Heidelberg)
- Banksia Street (within Heidelberg)
- Manningham Road (from Bulleen to Doncaster)
- Williamsons Road (within central Doncaster)
- Doncaster Road (from Doncaster to Donvale)
- Mitcham Road (within Donvale)
- Springvale Road (from Donvale to Chelsea Heights)
- Edithvale Road (formerly Springvale Road) (from Chelsea Heights to Edithvale)
The original 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan showed the F4 Freeway following the Tullamarine Freeway, Bell and Banksia Streets, to Williamsons Road then joining the F7 Freeway heading south along the Middleborough Road and the Blackburn Road corridor to the F2 Freeway (Dingley Freeway section) between Clayton and Westall Roads (rather than Springvale Road).
Major intersections and suburbs
See also
References
- ^ Springvale Road Rail Separation Project. VicRoads. www.vicroads.vic.gov.au. Retrieved on 10 July 2009
