Melton Highway

Melton Highway
Melton Highway
Australian Alphanumeric State Route C754.svg
Formerly Australian State Route 54.svg
Length 19 km (12 mi)
Direction West - East
From Australian National Route M8.svg Western Freeway,
Melton, Melbourne
via Plumpton, Hillside, Taylors Lakes
To Australian Alphanumeric State Route M79.svg Calder Freeway,
Keilor, Melbourne
Major junctions Australian Alphanumeric State Route C801.png High Street
Australian Alphanumeric State Route C705.png Federation Drive
Leakes Road
Plumpton Road
Kings Road
Australian State Route 41.svg Sunshine Avenue

Melton Highway (formerly Keilor-Melton Road) links Melbourne's outer north-western suburbs of Melton and Taylors Lakes (western Keilor as the old name suggests); it has a Victorian route designation of Australian Alphanumeric State Route C754.svg (54 previously).

Route

It connects the Western Freeway and Calder Freeway and provides the most direct route between Ballarat and Melbourne's airports and northern suburbs bypassing busy western suburbs. Increase in traffic has seen the road upgraded with many overtaking lanes, and increasing residential levels at the Sydenham end has seen duplication of another carriageway and reconstruction of the railway crossing just north of Sydenham (Watergardens) station.

The road commences at the Melton exit from the Calder Freeway and travels through suburban developments, until reaching paddock land for the last stretch into Melton. The road passes Watergardens railway station, a Metlink train terminus, Watergardens Town Centre and a number of housing estates. The road generally has a speed limit of 70 km/h around built up areas. After the last housing developments this gradually rises to 80, 90 and then 100 km/h through farm/paddock land and goes back to 80 km/h at Melton, with it turning from a four-lane road to a two-lane road with overtaking spots. The road can be a little hazardous at night due to irregular traffic.[citation needed]

See also



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