- Westernport Highway
Infobox Australian Road
road_name = Westernport Highway
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caption = Formerly
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direction = North-South
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through = Lynbrook, Skye, Cranbourne West, Langwarrin, Cranbourne South, Pearcedale, Somerville, Tyabb
route = "Lyndhurst - Langwarrin:"
exits = Baxter-Tooradin Road
Eramosa Road East
Bungower Road
Tyabb - Tooradin RoadWesternport Highway . Originally named the Dandenong-Hastings Rd, a single carriageway road, it was progressively upgraded to a divided highway between Frankston-Cranbourne Rd and the South Gippsland Freeway during the 1990s as the freight traffic from the Port of Hastings became more important to Melbourne.
Route
The highway begins as a dual carriageway with two lanes running in each direction and between the
South Gippsland Freeway and Hall Road the highway actually has the route shield .Duplication Upgrade in Langwarrin
Western Port Highway duplication, Langwarrin. (source:VicRoads [http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/RoadsAndProjects/RoadProjects/SouthEasternSuburbs/WesternPortHighwayDuplicationLangwarrin.htm] )
A $36.8 million State Government funded project to extend the Western Port Highway duplication from the Cranbourne-Frankston Road to North Road at Langwarrin. Works involve widening and reconstruction providing two lanes in each direction separated by a central median.
Construction to start: late 2007
Completion: early 2009
Length of works: 4.2km.
Anticipated Future Upgrades
* Realignment between Frankston-Flinders Rd and Graydens Rd (2021);
* Full grade-separated interchange at Thompsons Rd (2021);
* Duplication between North Rd and Baxter-Tooradin Rd (2021);
* Upgrade to freeway standard between South Gippsland Freeway and Cranbourne-Frankston Rd with full grade-separated interchanges at Glasscocks Rd, Thompsons Rd, Hall Rd and Cranbourne- Frankston Rd (2031);
* Duplication between Baxter-Tooradin Rd and Frankston-Flinders Rd (2031).For more information go to the
Frankston Bypass Publications page on the Eastlink (SEITA) website [http://www.seita.com.au/pages/frankston-bypass-publications.asp]ee also
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Highways in Australia
*Highways in Victoria
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