EastLink Trail

The EastLink Trail is a shared-use bicycle path in Melbourne, Australia following the EastLink freeway for most of its length. It is three metres wide with a concrete surface. [cite web|url=http://www.eastlink.com.au/page.aspx?cid=106 |title=EastLink Trail |accessdate=2008-06-26 |publisher=ConnectEast ]

The path follows the tollway for most of its length, passing through or near to:
* Mullum Mullum Valley, Ringwood Bypass, Schwerkolt Cottage, and Eastland (Mullum Mullum Creek Trail)
* Simpsons Park / Heatherdale Reserve Proclamation Park
* Koomba Park (combined with Dandenong Creek Trail) and Wantirna Reserve
* Blind Creek / Llewellyn Park Complex and the Blind Creek Trail
* Nortons Park, Shepherds Bush, and Drummies Bridge Reserve
* Jells Park (including trail network) and Chesterfield Farm
* Mulgrave Reserve, Dandenong Creek, and Tirhatuatan Park
* Fotheringham Reserve Trail, Mile Creek, and Greaves Reserve

The path ends at the Dandenong Creek Trail in Dandenong South, which follows the tollway as far as Bangholme. It then heads west, taking users to the National Watersports Complex, Patterson Lakes, Carrum Foreshore, and the Port Phillip Bay Trail Network beyond. cite web|url=http://www.eastlink.com.au/page.aspx?cid=106 |title=EastLink Trail |accessdate=2008-06-26 |publisher=ConnectEast ]

Footbridges cross EastLink at a number of points along the trail, and another takes path users across the Princes Highway. cite web|url=http://www.seita.com.au/pages/about-eastlink.asp |title=About Eastlink |accessdate=2008-06-26 |publisher=Southern and Eastern Integrated Transport Authority ] A 60 metre footbridge over Burwood Highway at the Mountain Highway intersection is also currently under construction.

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