- Moorooduc Highway
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Moorooduc Highway Length 19 km (12 mi) Direction North-South From Frankston Freeway, Frankston, Melbourne
via Frankston South, Baxter, Moorooduc To Mornington Peninsula Freeway,
Mount Martha, VictoriaAllocation Davey-Hastings Road - Frankston-Flinders Road: (duplex with )
Major junctions Cranbourne-Frankston Road
Frankston-Flinders Road
for full list see major intersections
The Moorooduc Highway is a 19 km highway which runs from Frankston to Mount Martha. It is a dual carriageway with two or three lanes each way and, together with the Mornington Peninsula Freeway, is a main arterial road from Melbourne to the Mornington Peninsula.
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History
It originally started at the intersection with Frankston-Flinders Road in Frankston South and joined the Nepean Highway in Moorooduc South. In the 1970s it was duplicated to just south of Sages Road and during the 1980s the rest of the road was duplicated, this was to serve as an alternative to building the Frankston Bypass. During the 1990s the Mornington Peninsula Freeway was linked to the (renamed) Moorooduc Highway.
Route
The Moorooduc Highway acts as a non-freeway link between the northern and southern sections of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway and begins at the southern end of the Frankston Freeway (which links to the northern section of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway). It passes along the east side of the Frankston commercial centre, and is a three lane dual carriageway with grade intersections and traffic lights to Frankston Flinders Road. There, the road narrows and loses a lane each way. The road passes the town of Mornington which is just off the highway. The highway ends at the northern end of the second section of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway. It is a notoriously dangerous stretch of road that has claimed many lives due to speed and uncontrolled intersections. Roundabouts have recently been installed at the Bentons Road, Eramosa Road and Bungower Road intersections. The Sages Road intersection is now controlled by traffic lights after numerous fatal and serious accidents at this high speed T-Intersection. Heading southbound the highway speed limit reaches 100 km/h from Sumner Road in Baxter.
Frankston Bypass
In the future the highway may be made obsolete by the construction of the Mornington Peninsula freeway which will bypass the arguably congested roundabout intersections near Mornington as well as the intersections of Frankston. See Peninsula Link for details.
Major intersections
Moorooduc Highway Northbound Distance to
Melbourne
(km)Distance to
Portsea
(km)Southbound End Moorooduc Highway
continues as Frankston Freeway
to Melbourne-- -- Start Moorooduc Highway
from Frankston FreewayFrankston, Cranbourne
Cranbourne-Frankston Road
Traffic to Cranbourne must turn left to Frankston
then U-turn at Clarendon Street[1]Cranbourne, Frankston
Cranbourne-Frankston RoadSTONY POINT RAIL LINE
-- -- STONY POINT RAIL LINE
Frankston
Davey-Hastings Road-- -- Frankston
Davey-Hastings RoadGolf Links Road -- -- Golf Links Road Robinsons Road -- -- Robinsons Road Baxter
Frankston-Flinders Road-- -- Baxter, Hastings
Frankston-Flinders RoadBaxter, Tooradin
Sages Road-- -- Baxter, Tooradin
Sages RoadSomerville, Pearcedale
Eramosa Road West-- -- Somerville
Eramosa Road WestMount Eliza
Wooralla Drive-- -- Mount Eliza
Wooralla DriveBungower Road -- -- Bungower Road Mornington, Tyabb
Mornington-Tyabb Road _-- -- Tyabb, Mornington
Mornington-Tyabb Road _Moorooduc
Bentons Road-- -- Moorooduc
Bentons RoadMount Martha
Craigie Road-- -- Mount Martha
Craigie RoadBalnarring, Somers
Old Moorooduc Road _-- -- Balnarring, Somers
Old Moorooduc Road _Start Moorooduc Highway
from Mornington Peninsula FreewayEnd Moorooduc Highway
continues as Mornington Peninsula Freeway
to Flinders / PortseaSee also
- List of Melbourne highways
References
- ^ New P-turn at Moorooduc Highway / Cranbourne-Frankston Road, Frankston VicRoads. Retrieved on 30 August 2009.
Categories:- Highways and freeways in Melbourne
- Australia road stubs
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