Airport Drive (Melbourne)

Airport Drive
Victoria
General information
Type Freeway
Length 5.6 km (3.5 mi)[1]
Opened 1997-2015
Major junctions
North end Centre Road, Melbourne Airport
South end Western Ring Road (M80), Airport West
Location(s)
Major suburbs Melbourne Airport, Tullamarine
Highway system
Highways in Australia
National Highway • Freeways in Australia
Highways in Victoria

Airport Drive, is a 5.6 kilometre semi-standard freeway in Melbourne, Australia, between Centre Road at Melbourne Airport and the Western Ring Road at Airport West. This road is an important thoroughfare for the Melbourne Airport business park along South Centre Road.

Airport Drive originally opened to traffic in May 1997 and was declared a freeway under the Road Management Act of 2004.[2]

In July 2013, construction began on an extension of Airport Drive to Melrose Drive. In June 2015, the extension of Airport Drive was opened to traffic. When it was opened, the section between Mercer Drive and Centre Road was renamed from Melrose Drive to Airport Drive. A new Watson Drive links Melrose Drive to Airport Drive. Link Road has also been realigned to connect to Airport Drive. The extension now serves as the Second Major Route to and from Melbourne Airport.

Major interchanges

LGALocationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
BrimbankTullamarine00 Sharp Road (State Route 39) – Keilor Park, Gladstone Park, MicklehamTraffic light intersection
1.30.8 Western Ring Road (M80) north-eastbound to Hume FreewayDogbone interchange
1.50.9 Western Ring Road (M80) south-westbound to Princes Freeway / Westfield Drive – Airport West
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

Australian Roads portal

References

  1. 1 2 Google (15 January 2014). "Airport Drive (Melbourne)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. ↑ MRV: Airport Connection Road Main Roads Victoria. 6 October 2008. Retrieved on 21 September 2009.


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