Burke Road, Melbourne

Burke Road
Length 12 km (7 mi)
Direction North-South
From Lower Heidelberg Road, Ivanhoe East, Melbourne
via Kew East, Camberwell, Glen Iris, Malvern East
To Dandenong Road, Caulfield, Melbourne
Major junctions Eastern Freeway, Citybound Only
High Street / Doncaster Road
Whitehorse / Cotham Roads
Barkers Road
Canterbury Road
Camberwell Road &
Riversdale Road

at Camberwell Junction
Toorak Road
Monash Freeway
Malvern Road
High Street
Waverley Road

Burke Road is a major north-south thoroughfare in Melbourne, Australia. It runs from Ivanhoe to Caulfield, and includes the major shopping district at Camberwell. Burke Road was originally known as Boundary, West Boundary or New Cross Road.[1]

The road is aligned with the western boundary of Elgar's Special Survey[2], and does not conform to the 1 mile (1.6 km) interval cadastral survey grid for Melbourne.

Tram route 72 runs along the road between Malvern and Cotham roads.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Unknown Author. "Burke Road and Camberwell Junction - Historic Area | National Trust of Australia (Victoria)", National Trust of Australia - Victoria, 2004-09-27. Retrieved on 2009-07-18
  2. ^ Lay, Maxwell (2003), Melbourne Miles: The Story of Melbourne's Roads, Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, ISBN 1-74097-019-5