Burke Road, Melbourne
| Burke Road Victoria | |
|---|---|
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| Burke Road, looking north from Camberwell Junction | |
| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 12 km (7 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |
 Lower Heidelberg Road, Ivanhoe East, Melbourne |
| |
| South end |
  Princes Highway, Caulfield, Melbourne |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | Kew East, Camberwell, Glen Iris, Malvern East |
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.
See also
Australian Roads portal
Notes and references
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Lay, Maxwell (2003), Melbourne Miles: The Story of Melbourne's Roads, Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, ISBN 1-74097-019-5
Coordinates: 37°49′40″S 145°3′27″E / 37.82778°S 145.05750°E
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