| Moorooduc Highway | |
| Length | 19 km (12 mi) |
| Direction | North-South |
| From | Frankston Freeway, Frankston, Melbourne |
| via | Frankston South, Baxter, Moorooduc |
| To | Mornington Peninsula Freeway, Mount Martha, Victoria |
| Allocation | Davey-Hastings Road - Frankston-Flinders Road: (duplex with ) |
| Major junctions | Cranbourne-Frankston Road Frankston-Flinders Road for full list see major intersections |
The Moorooduc Highway is a 19 km highway which runs from Frankston to Mount Martha. It is a dual carriageway with two or three lanes each way and, together with the Mornington Peninsula Freeway, is a main arterial road from Melbourne to the Mornington Peninsula.
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It originally started at the intersection with Frankston-Flinders Road in Frankston South and joined the Nepean Highway in Moorooduc South. In the 1970s it was duplicated to just south of Sages Road and during the 1980s the rest of the road was duplicated, this was to serve as an alternative to building the Frankston Bypass. During the 1990s the Mornington Peninsula Freeway was linked to the (renamed) Moorooduc Highway.
The Moorooduc Highway acts as a non-freeway link between the northern and southern sections of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway and begins at the southern end of the Frankston Freeway (which links to the northern section of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway). It passes along the east side of the Frankston commercial centre, and is a three lane dual carriageway with grade intersections and traffic lights to Frankston Flinders Road. There, the road narrows and loses a lane each way. The road passes the town of Mornington which is just off the highway. The highway ends at the northern end of the second section of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway. It is a notoriously dangerous stretch of road that has claimed many lives due to speed and uncontrolled intersections. Roundabouts have recently been installed at the Bentons Road, Eramosa Road and Bungower Road intersections. The Sages Road intersection is now controlled by traffic lights after numerous fatal and serious accidents at this high speed T-Intersection. Heading southbound the highway speed limit reaches 100 km/h from Sumner Road in Baxter.
In the future the highway may be made obsolete by the construction of the Mornington Peninsula freeway which will bypass the arguably congested roundabout intersections near Mornington as well as the intersections of Frankston. See Peninsula Link for details.
| Moorooduc Highway | |||
| Northbound | Distance to Melbourne (km) |
Distance to Portsea (km) |
Southbound |
| End Moorooduc Highway continues as Frankston Freeway to Melbourne |
-- | -- | Start Moorooduc Highway from Frankston Freeway |
| Frankston, Cranbourne Cranbourne-Frankston Road Traffic to Cranbourne must turn left to Frankston then U-turn at Clarendon Street[1] |
Cranbourne, Frankston Cranbourne-Frankston Road |
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| STONY POINT RAIL LINE |
-- | -- | STONY POINT RAIL LINE |
| Frankston Davey-Hastings Road |
-- | -- | Frankston Davey-Hastings Road |
| Golf Links Road | -- | -- | Golf Links Road |
| Robinsons Road | -- | -- | Robinsons Road |
| Baxter Frankston-Flinders Road |
-- | -- | Baxter, Hastings Frankston-Flinders Road |
| Baxter, Tooradin Sages Road |
-- | -- | Baxter, Tooradin Sages Road |
| Somerville, Pearcedale Eramosa Road West |
-- | -- | Somerville Eramosa Road West |
| Mount Eliza Wooralla Drive |
-- | -- | Mount Eliza Wooralla Drive |
| Bungower Road | -- | -- | Bungower Road |
| Mornington, Tyabb Mornington-Tyabb Road |
-- | -- | Tyabb, Mornington Mornington-Tyabb Road |
| Moorooduc Bentons Road |
-- | -- | Moorooduc Bentons Road |
| Mount Martha Craigie Road |
-- | -- | Mount Martha Craigie Road |
| Balnarring, Somers Old Moorooduc Road |
-- | -- | Balnarring, Somers Old Moorooduc Road |
| Start Moorooduc Highway from Mornington Peninsula Freeway |
End Moorooduc Highway continues as Mornington Peninsula Freeway to Flinders / Portsea |
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