Chandler Highway

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Chandler Highway


General direction	North-South
From	Heidelberg Road, Alphington, Melbourne
To	Princess Street, Kew, Melbourne
Major Junctions	Yarra Boulevard Eastern Freeway

Chandler Highway is an exceptionally short road in the inner eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It runs from Heidelberg Road in Alphington, across the Yarra River, using a narrow two-lane bridge that originally carried rail transport from Fairfield Station to East Camberwell to join the Alamein line, which itself continued to East Malvern Station, comprising an Eastern Rail Ring. It then continues across the Eastern Freeway, then terminates at an intersection with Princess Street and Earl Street. Its total length is less than 2 kilometres.

The Chandler Highway was originally planned to continue East along the corridor once occupied by the now defunct railway, where Earl Street and Valerie Street are situated. The highway was to end at High Street, Kew. Although the road is still listed as a 'proposed arterial' in recent editions of the Melway street directory, the reserve is landscaped and the affluent residents of Kew would most likely stop the development. Further, at the diamond interchange with the Eastern Freeway, there are visible pavements reserved for smooth (elevated) entry/ exit ramps to be constructed. These proposals are illustrated in the early eighties editions of Melway and again, will probably not be built.

Some or all of Chandler Highway was renamed from Fulham Road. ^[1]