Airport Drive (Melbourne)

Airport Drive is a 5.7 kilometre highway in Melbourne, Australia, linking Centre Road at Melbourne Airport with the M80 Ring Road at Airport West. This road is an important thoroughfare for the adjacent Melbourne Airport Business Park along South Centre Road, and as an alternative to the nearby Tullamarine Freeway. Airport Drive originally opened to traffic in May 1997, and was declared a freeway under the Road Management Act of 2004.[2]

Airport Drive

Victoria
North end
South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length5.7 km (3.5 mi)[1]
Opened1997–2015
Major junctions
North endCentre Road
Melbourne Airport
South end
Highway system

In July 2013, construction began on an extension of Airport Drive from Sharps Road at Tullamarine to the intersection of Melrose Drive and Mercer Drive, Melbourne Airport. The Airport Drive Extension opened to traffic in July 2015, with the existing roadway between Mercer Drive and Centre Road renamed as Airport Drive.[3] As part of the extension project, Link Road was realigned to form a new traffic light intersection at Airport Drive, with through traffic connecting to Watson Drive and Melrose Drive. The extension is classified as an arterial road, rather than as a freeway.

Intersections
LGALocationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
HumeMelbourne Airport00.0 Centre RoadTraffic light intersection: continues as Grants Road
0.60.37 T4 Transport Hub access roadNo southbound access
0.70.43 Tullamarine Freeway (M2) north-eastbound / Apac Drive south-westboundTraffic light intersection
1.30.81 Francis Briggs Drive south-westbound / Mercer Road north-eastboundRoundabout: no access to Mercer Road
2.51.6 Link Road - to Melrose Drive – TullamarineTraffic light intersection
31.9Sky RoadNo southbound access
BrimbankMelbourne Airport–Tullamarine boundary4.12.5 Sharps Road (State Route 39) – Keilor Park, Gladstone Park, MicklehamTraffic light intersection
Tullamarine5.43.4 Western Ring Road (M80) north-eastbound to Hume FreewayDogbone interchange
5.73.5 Western Ring Road (M80) south-westbound to Princes Freeway / Westfield Drive – Airport West

See also

 Australian Roads portal

References
  1. Google (4 June 2017). "Airport Drive (Melbourne)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  2. MRV: Airport Connection Road Main Roads Victoria. 6 October 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  3. Choahan, Neelima (29 June 2015). "Melbourne Airport Drive extension opened". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 4 June 2017.


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