- Frankston Freeway
Infobox Australian Road | type=freeway
road_name = Frankston Freeway
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photo = Frankston Freeway.jpg
caption = Upgraded section of Freeeway near Eastlink
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direction = North-South
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through = Seaford
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exits ="for full list see Exits and Intersections"
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History
In the early 1960s the
Frankston Freeway was known as the Wells Road Bypass as Wells Road. The Wells Road Bypass was upgraded to freeway standard in the early 1970s and by around 1980 the rest of the freeway was constructed to Springvale Road alongside the existing Wells Road.All signs that showed Springvale Road changed it's route shield from in 1989.
Route
The Frankston Freeway was designed to accommodate Mornington Peninsula Freeway from the northern section, and it has had a missing Frankston Bypass for decades (
Vicroads having decided that traffic on the route was not heavy enough to merit a Frankston Bypass, the middle section of the freeway), and at this stage the Frankston Freeway serves as the missing link between the two Mornington Peninsula Freeways.The Frankston Freeway begins in
Carrum Downs south until Cranbourne Road, as the incomplete section of the actual Mornington Peninsula Freeway, which bypasses Frankston, swings off to the south east. The newly-completed Eastlink toll road is continuous with the Carrum Downs end of the Frankston Freeway, providing a freeway standard road north through the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne to the Eastern end of theEastern Freeway , and beyond.The freeway is generally parallel to
Nepean Highway along the route including theMornington Peninsula Freeway andMoorooduc Highway .Exits and intersections
ee also
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Freeways in Australia
*Freeways in Melbourne
*Road transport in Victoria References
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