Freeways in Australia

This is a list of freeways (or motorways/parkways) in Australia, sorted by states and territories and their corresponding routes. This list includes tollways / toll roads such as the CityLink freeway system in Melbourne. This list has over 70 entries. The only jurisdiction in Australia without freeways is the Northern Territory. Victoria has the largest and densest freeway network in Australia.

Australian Capital Territory

Freeway leading into Canberra

Canberra region

New South Wales

New South Wales has the second largest number and second highest density of freeways in Australia, with the majority being located in Sydney City or the metropolitan areas.

Sydney region (Urban freeways)

General Holmes Drive
Sydney Harbour Tunnel

Rural region (Rural freeways)

M31 Hume Highway near Gundagai
M1 Pacific Motorway north of the Hawkesbury River

Under construction

Queensland

Brisbane region

Gold Coast region

Sunshine Coast region

Townsville region

South Australia

In South Australia, expressway may refer to a controlled access highway with no at-grade intersections or a limited access road of slightly lower standard with at-grade intersections at some locations. Currently there are three constructed expressways within Adelaide.

Under construction

Tasmania

The Brooker Highway at Claremont

While the overall quality of Tasmania's highway network has been constructed to a high standard, its grade separated freeway network is limited. In the past, Hobart and Launceston have each had comprehensive transport studies conducted, proposing grade separated freeways running through and around them. While some of these roads have been constructed, the majority are limited access featuring at-grade intersections. Devonport and Burnie are the only major population centres with freeway standard roads linking each other. There has been repeated proposals in recent years to fully upgrade the Midland Highway to grade separated freeway standards.[1][2]
This List is limited to Tasmania's freeway-standard roads.

Hobart region

The Tasman Highway approaching the Hobart city centre

Rural region

Victoria

Victoria has the largest number and highest density of freeways in Australia, with the majority being located in Melbourne City or the metropolitan areas.

The reason behind Victoria having a high density of arterial roads, highways and freeways, is due to a low population density over a large area (like most of Australia), where towns are sparse or located a significant distance from each other; but with Victoria having towns located throughout the entire state, with large numbers of inhabitants, in both urban and rural areas (many of which are major) such as Ballarat or Bendigo.

Princes Freeway at Lara
Eastern Freeway, looking towards Melbourne city[3]
The Calder Freeway. Inbound (Melbourne-bound) carriageway, approaching Mount Macedon and its exit.
West Gate Freeway, approaching the CityLink toll section in Melbourne.
The Deer Park Bypass section of the Western Freeway, inbound approaching the Western Ring Road junction.

Melbourne region (Urban freeways)

Rural region (Rural freeways)

Note: 'East' and 'West' sections are officially part of the same freeway and route corridor.

Under construction

Western Australia

Perth region

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Plan for four-lane Midland Highway". The Examiner. December 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Abbott Doorstop in Launceston - Midland Highway upgrade". Liberal Party of Australia. February 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "PTUA - 'The Alternative to Melbourne’s Freeway Explosion'". Retrieved 2007-07-26.
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