Western Port Highway

Western Port Highway Victoria
General information
Type	Highway
Length	27 km (17 mi)
Route number(s)	M780 Lynbrook - Langwarrin A780 Langwarrin - Hastings
Former route number	State Route 65 (1989-1998) Entire Route^[1]
Major junctions
North end	South Gippsland Freeway Lynbrook, Melbourne
	South Gippsland Highway Thompsons Road Cranbourne-Frankston Road Baxter-Tooradin Road for full list see major intersections
South end	Frankston-Flinders Road Hastings, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlements	Dandenong South, Lyndhurst, Skye, Cranbourne West, Cranbourne South, Langwarrin, Langwarrin South, Pearcedale, Somerville, Tyabb
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Victoria

Western Port Highway (formerly Dandenong-Hastings Road) is a highway in Victoria, Australia, linking the south-eastern fringe of suburban Melbourne to the western coast of Western Port Bay, after which the highway is named, at the Port of Hastings nearly 30 km to the south. It runs from the end of the South Gippsland Freeway at Lynbrook firstly as a dual carriageway and later as an undivided road to Frankston-Flinders Road at Hastings.

History

The Western Port Highway was originally a single carriageway road called Lyndhurst Road in the 1960s, it has been progressively upgraded to a divided highway between the South Gippsland Freeway and Cranbourne-Frankston Road during the 1990s, as dramatically-increasing freight traffic volumes to and from Hastings necessitated major upgrades.

VicRoads is currently planning an upgrade to freeway standard between South Gippsland Freeway and about 1.2km south of Cranbourne-Frankston Road with full grade-separated interchanges at Glasscocks Road, Thompson Rd, Hall Road and Cranbourne-Frankston Road.^[2]

Route

The highway begins at Lyndhurst interchange, where the South Gippsland Highway and the alignment of the South Gippsland Freeway meet, outside Lynbrook; Western Port Highway is linked directly to the southern end of the South Gippsland Freeway by an overpass over the South Gippsland Highway. From the interchange, Western Port Highway runs south as a two-lane (each way), dual carriageway, overpassing the Cranbourne railway line, passing through a set of traffic lights at Moreton Bay Boulevard, and passing through roundabouts at Glasscocks Road, and Thompsons Road; between here and Lyndhurst interchange the highway is designated route M780. The highway runs onwards further south through roundabout intersections with Hall Road, Ballarto Road and Cranbourne-Frankston Road. The road continues south to North Road, as a dual carriageway but designated as route A780, before reverting to a dual-lane single carriageway road to Hastings. It continues further south with a roundabout at Baxter-Tooradin Road and finally ending at an intersection with Frankston-Flinders Road, 2 km north of Hastings.

For most of the route the speed limit is 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph), with shorter sections of 90 kilometres per hour (56 mph) and 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph).

Major Intersections

Western Port Highway
Northbound	Distance to Melbourne (km)	Distance to Hastings (km)	Southbound
End Western Port Highway continues as South Gippsland Freeway to Melbourne	42	32	Start Western Port Highway from South Gippsland Freeway
Dandenong, Hampton Park South Gippsland Highway	42	32
Monash Drive	42.8	31.2	Northey Road
Monash Drive	42.8	31.2	UNITED SERVICE CENTRE
Moreton Bay Boulevard	44.2	29.8	SHELL SERVICE CENTRE
Moreton Bay Boulevard	44.2	29.8	Moreton Bay Boulevard
Glasscocks Road	44.9	29.1	Glasscocks Road
Carrum, Cranbourne Thompsons Road	46.6	27.4	Cranbourne, Carrum Thompsons Road
Carrum, Cranbourne Thompsons Road	46.6	27.4	BP SERVICE CENTRE
Carrum Downs, Cranbourne Hall Road	50	24	Cranbourne, Carrum Downs Hall Road
BP SERVICE CENTRE	50	24	APCO SERVICE CENTRE
Skye, Seaford Ballarto Road	51.5	22.5	Skye, Seaford Ballarto Road
Start	53	21	End
Frankston, Cranbourne Cranbourne-Frankston Road			Cranbourne, Frankston Cranbourne-Frankston Road
End			Start
Cranbourne South, Junction Village Browns Road	54	20	Junction Village, Cranbourne South Browns Road
Langwarrin, Devon Meadows North Road	57	17	Devon Meadows, Langwarrin North Road
Frankston South, Pearcedale Robinsons Road	59	15	Pearcedale, Frankston South Robinsons Road
Baxter, Pearcedale, Tooradin Baxter-Tooradin Road	61	13	Tooradin, Pearcedale, Baxter Baxter-Tooradin Road
Somerville Eramosa Road East	63	11	Somerville Eramosa Road East
Mornington Bungower Road	65	9	Mornington Bungower Road
Tyabb, Tooradin Tyabb-Tooradin Road	67	7	Tooradin, Tyabb Tyabb-Tooradin Road
Start Western Port Highway	70	4	End Western Port Highway
Roundabout (clockwise from highway) Denham Road Frankston-Flinders Road to Hastings and Flinders Frankston-Flinders Road to Tyabb and Frankston

References

↑ Mornington Peninsula Routes, Main Roads Victoria. Retrieved on 25 August 2013.
↑ "Western Port Highway: Lynbrook to Langwarrin". www.vicroads.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2014-08-24.

Road infrastructure in Melbourne

Tollways	CityLink (Transurban) EastLink (ConnectEast)

Freeways	Airport Drive Calder Freeway Eastern Freeway Frankston Freeway Hume Freeway Metropolitan Ring Road Monash Freeway Mornington Peninsula Freeway Peninsula Link Princes Freeway South Gippsland Freeway Tullamarine Freeway West Gate Freeway Western Freeway Western Ring Road

Highways	Ballarat Road Bell Street Bulleen Road Burwood Highway Chandler Highway Dandenong Road Dandenong Valley Highway Eastern Highway Flemington Road Geelong Road Greensborough Highway Hoddle Highway Maroondah Highway Melton Highway Moorooduc Highway Mountain Highway Nepean Highway Plenty Valley Highway Springvale Road St Kilda Road Sydney Road Warrigal Road Westall Road Western Port Highway Whitehorse Road

Bypasses	Dandenong Bypass Ringwood Bypass Westall Road (Springvale Bypass)

Bridges and tunnels	Bolte Bridge Burnley Tunnel Domain Tunnel Melba Tunnel Mullum Mullum Tunnel West Gate Bridge

Proposals	1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan East West Link Western Distributor West Gate Distributor Outer Ring Road Dingley Arterial Healesville Freeway Mornington Peninsula Freeway North East Link

Streets in Melbourne Highways in Melbourne VicRoads Transport in Melbourne

Road infrastructure in Victoria

Freeways	Calder Freeway Goulburn Valley Freeway Hume Freeway Princes Freeway (Geelong Ring Road) Western Freeway

Highways	Bass Highway Bellarine Highway Borung Highway Calder Highway Calder Alternative Highway Glenelg Highway Goulburn Valley Highway Hamilton Highway Henty Highway Hopkins Highway Kiewa Valley Highway Loddon Valley Highway Mallee Highway Maroondah Highway McIvor Highway Melba Highway Midland Highway Monaro Highway Murray Valley Highway Nepean Highway Northern Highway Omeo Highway Princes Highway Pyrenees Highway South Gippsland Highway Strzelecki Highway Sturt Highway Sunraysia Highway Surf Coast Highway Warburton Highway Western Highway Western Port Highway Wimmera Highway

Bypass routes	Old Hume Highway Old Princes Highway Princes Highway (Geelong)

Tourist routes	Great Alpine Road Great Ocean Road Murray Valley Highway Phillip Island Road

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Western Port Highway

History

Route

Major Intersections

See also

References