Burwood Highway

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Burwood Highway


Length	31 km
General direction	West-East
From	Toorak Road, Kooyong, Melbourne
via	Burwood, Burwood East, Wantirna South, Upper Ferntree Gully
To	Belgrave - Gembrook Road, Belgrave, Victoria
Allocation	Kooyong - Upper Ferntree Gully: Upper Ferntree Gully - Belgrave: Formerly
Major Junctions	Monash Freeway Burke Road Camberwell Road Warrigal Road Station Street Middleborough Road Blackburn Road Springvale Road Mountain Highway EastLink Dandenong Valley Highway High Street Road Scoresby Road Ferntree Gully Road Dorset Road Glenfern Road Mount Dandenong Tourist Road Monbulk Road Belgrave-Hallam Road

Burwood Highway is a major transportation link with Melbourne's eastern suburbs. It begins in the suburb of Kooyong, Melbourne at the junction of the Monash Freeway as Toorak Road between Monash Freeway and Warrigal Road, and finishes in Belgrave, Victoria in the Dandenong Ranges. The highway is considered a major link for people who live in the Dandenong Ranges, as it is the only major feeder roadway in the general area other than Canterbury Road.

[edit] Route

Burwood Highway is a primary route between Melbourne and the eastern suburbs, and the area around Belgrave. It begins at its junction with Monash Freeway(or Citylink if travelling north)as a four lane single carriageway, which is often clogged as a result of trams travelling along the roadway for much of the route. However, this part of the route is usually signed as Toorak Road. After Warrigal Road, the highway widens to become a six lane dual carriageway, the median with trams tracks, carrying the Route 75 service to Vermont. A few kilometres before Belgrave, the highway narrows again to a single carriageway, its route, number changing from to until its end in Belgrave. continues as Belgrave-Gembrook Road.

[edit] Services along the Highway

The highway is known for the Route 75 tram line which runs down the median of the highway from Burwood to Vermont South. The 732 bus route also runs along the majority of the highway connecting Box Hill with Upper Ferntree Gully and provides a fast link between the Vermont South tram terminus with Knox City. The highway features many shopping centres including the first Kmart built in Australia, Vermont South Shopping Centre, Knox City Shopping Centre along with its sister outdoor area Knox O-Zone and Mountain Gate Shopping Centre.