Dingley Freeway
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| Dingley Freeway | |
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| The Westall Road section of the Dingley Freeway is marked as State Route 49. All other sections are currently not marked with a route number. | |
| Length | 19 km |
| General direction | West-East |
| From |  Warrigal Road, Moorabbin, Melbourne |
| Major suburbs | Dingley Village, Keysborough, Dandenong |
| To |  South Gippsland Freeway, Dandenong South, Melbourne |
| Allocation | Dingley Freeway |
| Major Junctions | Present Warrigal Road Westall Road Springvale RoadPerry Road  EastLink Dandenong - Frankston RoadSouth Gippsland Highway Future  Mornington Peninsula Freeway Cheltenham Road South Gippsland Freeway |
The Dingley Freeway is a partially completed semi-freeway standard road which runs east to west through the southern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.
Although the road was designed to be a freeway for the full length of the planned 19 kilometre route, it has been constructed in several parts over the years.
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[edit] Intended Course
[edit] Original Route
Starting at the intersection of Warrigal Road and South Road in Moorabbin, the route travels east, crossing Old Dandenong Road, Clarinda Road, Kingston Road and Boundary Road before intersecting with the proposed northern extension of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway. Then an interchange with Westall Road as the route starts to travel in a south easterly direction. The route then crosses Springvale Road, Cheltenham Road, Chapel Road, Stanley Road, Perry Road and Chandler Road before approaching a diamond interchange with the EastLink tollway. The route then continues east crossing Hammond Road, Dandenong - Frankston Road and the South Gippsland Highway before finishing with a fully grade separated T interchange with the South Gippsland Freeway in Dandenong South.
[edit] Original Exits and Intersections
| Dingley Freeway | |||
| Westbound exits | Distance from Warrigal Road (km) |
Distance from South Gippsland Freeway (km) |
Eastbound exits |
| End Dingley Freeway continues as South Road  to Melbourne |
19 | 0 | Start Dingley Freeway from South Road |
| Moorabbin Warrigal Road  |
Moorabbin Warrigal Road |
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| Heatherton Elder Street South |
17 | -- | no exit |
| Dingley Village Mornington Peninsula Freeway  |
15 | 4 | Dingley Village Mornington Peninsula Freeway |
| Dingley Village Westall Road  |
13 | 6 | Dingley Village Westall Road |
| Keysborough Springvale Road  |
10 | 9 | Keysborough Springvale Road |
| Keysborough Cheltenham Road  |
9 | -- | no exit |
| Keysborough Perry Road |
7 | 14 | Keysborough Perry Road |
| Keysborough EastLink  |
6 | 13 | Keysborough EastLink |
| Dandenong South Dandenong Valley Highway  |
4 | 15 | Dandenong South Dandenong Valley Highway |
| CRANBOURNE RAIL LINE | 3 | 16 | CRANBOURNE RAIL LINE |
| Start Dingley Freeway continues from South Gippsland Freeway  |
0 | 19 | End Dingley Freeway continues as South Gippsland Freeway to Cranbourne |
[edit] Completed sections
[edit] South Road Extension
The South Road Extension runs along the Dingley Freeway route from Warrigal Road in Moorabbin to Old Dandenong Road in Oakleigh South.
The one kilometre extension commenced construction in September 2006 and was completed by the end of 2007, at a cost of $9.3 million dollars for the South Road extension alone, but cost $24.5 million dollars when combined with the associated projects.
The works involved constructing a two lane road to bypass a stretch of Old Dandenong Road which travelled through a residential area to Warrigal Road. A bicycle path was also constructed along the length of the extension. The extension also involved improvements to Old Dandenong Road and surrounding intersections as well as permanently blocking access to Old Dandenong Road north of the extension. The extension has a speed limit of 70km/h.
[edit] Westall Road Extension
- See also: Westall Road
The Westall Road Extension runs along the Dingley Freeway route from Westall Road to Springvale Road in Springvale South. It commenced construction in 1994 and was finished in 1995. The extension is also known as the Springvale Bypass.
The works involved creating a 2.8km divided four lane semi-freeway standard road to bypass the busy and congested centre of Springvale. The extension involves constructing part of the Dingley Freeway to the future site of an interchange with Westall Road before travelling along a temporary alignment to join up with the extended Westall Road south of Heatherton Road. A speed limit of 100km/h applies between Spring Road and Rowan Road, while a 80km/h limit applies elsewhere. A bicycle path was completed along the entire length of the road.
Associated works included northern extension of Westall Road from Rayhur Street Springvale to Princes Highway in Clayton. Westall Road from Heatherton Road to Centre Road consisted of a two lane undivided road while the road from Centre Road to the Princes Highway was constructed as a six lane divided road. In order to enable Westall Road to truly serve as a high capacity alternative route to Springvale Road, the level crossing with the Cranbourne / Pakenham railway line was grade separated in conjunction with duplication works to upgrade Westall Road to a six lane divided road between Heatherton Road and Centre Road. These works were completed by April 2001.[1]
[edit] Dandenong Bypass
The Dandenong Bypass runs along the Dingley Freeway route from Perry Road in Keysborough to the South Gippsland Highway in Dandenong South. The bypass commenced construction in late 2005 and opened on December 9, 2007.[2]
The 4.8km bypass was constructed as part of the EastLink project, with the $65 million dollar works involving the creation of a four lane divided road with traffic light controlled access at roads which run north-south along the constructed route. The works also involved the construction of an overpass at the Cranbourne railway line as well as a diamond interchange with EastLink. The entire bypass has a 80 km/h speed limit.
[edit] References
- ^ VicRoads - Road Safety Management Page 5
- ^ EastLink tollway to open six months early Herald Sun December 10, 2007. Retrieved on December 12, 2007.
