Hoddle Highway

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Hoddle Highway is an urban "highway" in Melbourne linking CityLink and the Eastern Freeway, allotted metropolitan route ("blue-shielded") 29. It starts at the Eastern Freeway entrance in Fitzroy and heads directly southwards until reaching Citylink in Richmond, near the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and continues across the Yarra River and down to the Nepean and Princes Highways, at St Kilda Junction. This "highway" is frequently clogged with traffic, particularly during peak hour and during sport events, as it passes through busy inner Melbourne suburbs and the city's main sport and event precinct. This "highway" is also known as Hoddle Street north of Bridge Road, named after Robert Hoddle, architect of Melbourne's Hoddle Grid, and Punt Road south of Bridge Road, named after the punt used to cross the Yarra River before a bridge was built.

See also: List of Melbourne highways