Thompsons Road, Melbourne

Thompsons Road
Victoria
General information
Type Road
Length 19 km (12 mi)
Route number(s) State Route 6
Major junctions
West end Nepean Highway, Carrum, Melbourne
 
East end Berwick - Cranbourne Road,
Clyde North, Victoria
Location(s)
Major suburbs Patterson Lakes, Lyndhurst, Cranbourne North

Thompsons Road is a major urban arterial road in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Duplication Projects

Thompsons Road duplication, Carrum Downs[1]

This is a $31 million state government-funded project to widen Thompsons Road in Carrum Downs. Works involve widening to provide two lanes in each direction from east of Mornington Peninsula Freeway to EastLink, and three lanes in each direction between EastLink and Dandenong-Frankston Road. Construction started in mid-2008.[2] The works are 4 km long.

Thompsons Road duplication, Cranbourne[3]

This is a $22 million state government-funded project to widen Thompsons Road in Cranbourne. Works involve widening the road to three lanes in each direction between Lesdon Avenue and Rosebank Drive and two lanes in each direction between Rosebank Drive and Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road. The works are 1.7 km long.

Major intersections

McLeod Road / Thompsons Road
Westbound Distance from
EastLink
(km)		 Eastbound
Traffic Lights (clockwise from McLeod Road)
Nepean Highway to Frankston and Mornington
Nepean Highway to Mordialloc and Melbourne
End McLeod Road -- Start McLeod Road
FRANKSTON RAIL LINE
Railway Crossing 		FRANKSTON RAIL LINE
Railway Crossing
Station Street -- Station Street
Chelsea Heights
Gladesville Boulevard 		-- Chelsea Heights
Gladesville Boulevard
Springvale, Melbourne
Mornington Peninsula Freeway 		-- Springvale, Melbourne
Mornington Peninsula Freeway
Frankston, Portsea
Mornington Peninsula Freeway 		-- Frankston, Portsea
Mornington Peninsula Freeway
Keysborough
Worsley Road 		-- Keysborough
Worsley Road
Frankston, Ringwood, Melbourne
EastLink 		0.0 Ringwood, Melbourne, Frankston
EastLink
Frankston, Dandenong
Dandenong-Frankston Road 		-- Dandenong, Frankston
Dandenong-Frankston Road
Carrum Downs
McCormicks Road 		-- Carrum Downs
McCormicks Road
Hastings, Melbourne
Western Port Highway 		-- Melbourne, Hastings
Western Port Highway
Cranbourne West
Evans Road 		-- Cranbourne West
Evans Road
CRANBOURNE RAIL LINE
Railway Crossing		 -- CRANBOURNE RAIL LINE
Railway Crossing
Cranbourne, Dandenong
South Gippsland Highway 		-- Cranbourne, Phillip Island, Leongatha
South Gippsland Highway
Cranbourne, Narre Warren
Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road 		-- Narre Warren, Cranbourne
Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road
Start Thompsons Road -- End Thompsons Road
Roundabout (clockwise from Thompsons Road)
Berwick-Cranbourne Road to Berwick and Emerald
Thompsons Road
Berwick-Cranbourne Road to Clyde and Longwarry

See also

Australian roads portal

References

  1. ↑ VicRoads, http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/RoadsAndProjects/RoadProjects/SouthEasternSuburbs/ThompsonRoadduplicationCarrum+Downs.htm
  2. ↑ VicRoads, http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/NewsRoom/News+Releases/Premierturnssod.htm
  3. ↑ VicRoads, http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/RoadsAndProjects/RoadProjects/SouthEasternSuburbs/ThompsonRoadDuplicationCranbourne.htm Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine


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