Melton Highway

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Melton Highway
Formerly
General direction	West - East
From	Western Freeway, Melton, Melbourne
via	Hillside, Sydenham
To	Calder Freeway / Sunshine Avenue, Keilor, Melbourne
Major Junctions	High Street Federation Drive (Melton - Gisborne Road) Leakes Road Plumpton Road Gourlay Road Kings Road

Melton Highway (formerly Keilor-Melton Road) links Melbourne's outer north-western suburbs of Melton and Sydenham (northern Keilor as the old name suggests); it has a Victorian route designation of ( previously). It connects the Western Freeway and Calder Freeway and provides the most direct route between Ballarat and Melbourne's airports and northern suburbs bypassing busy western suburbs. Increase in traffic has seen the road upgraded with many overtaking lanes, and increasing residential levels at the Sydenham end has seen duplication of another carriageway and reconstruction of the railway crossing just north of Sydenham (Watergardens) station.

The road commences at the Melton exit from the Calder Freeway and travels through suburban developments, until reaching paddock land for the last stretch into Melton. The road passes Watergardens train station, a Metlink train terminus, Watergardens Town Centre and a number of housing estates. The road generally has a speed limit of 70 km/h around built up areas. After the last housing developments this gradually rises to 80, 90 and then 100 km/h through farm/paddock land and goes back to 80 km/h when you get to Melton, with it turning from a four-lane road to a two-lane road with overtaking spots. The road can be a little hazardous at night due to irregular traffic.