State (Bell/Springvale) Highway

The State (Bell/Springvale) Highway,[1] also known as Route 40 or the Bell / Springvale State Highway, is the longest self-contained urban highway in Melbourne, Australia, linking Tullamarine Freeway and the Nepean Highway. It is classed as an arterial road,[1] and allocated State Route 40. Various street names are used along the highway – Banksia Street, Bell-Banksia Link, Bell Street, Manningham Road, and Springvale Road.[1]

State (Bell/Springvale) Highway

General information
TypeRoad
Length57 km (35 mi)
Route number(s)
  • State Route 40
  • (Entire Route)
  • Tourist Route 2
  • (Heidelberg - Bulleen)
  • State Route 47
  • (Templestowe Lower - Doncaster)
  • State Route 36
  • (Doncaster - Donvale)
Former
route number
State Route 11
Along Springvale Road
Major junctions
West end Tullamarine Freeway, Strathmore, Melbourne
 
South end Nepean Highway, Edithvale, Melbourne
Location(s)
Major suburbsCoburg, Heidelberg, Doncaster, Nunawading, Glen Waverley, Springvale

The highway experiences considerable congestion. Throughout the 1980s and '90s, the Doncaster Road section carried around 50,000 vehicles per hour at peak, but this number dropped in 1997 after the extension of the Eastern Freeway.

In January 2010, rail tracks in Nunawading were lowered below ground as part grade separation project. A similar project was undertaken in Springvale in May 2014.[2] As of January 2021, there are now two railway grade separations along the route, in Edithvale and Preston. Both will be removed as part of Level Crossing Removal Project by 2022.[3]

The road itself varies in capacity over its length between three-laned dual carriageways and two-way single carriageways. Many junctions such as the Nepean Highway, Princes Highway, Monash Freeway, Eastern Freeway, Hume Highway and Tullamarine Freeway contribute to large traffic volumes along Route 40.

Alternate names

There are a variety of street names along the route, many of which are familiar to motorists and used on radio traffic updates, including:

  • Bell Street (from Strathmore to Heidelberg)
  • Banksia Street (within Heidelberg)
  • Manningham Road (from Bulleen to Doncaster)
  • Williamsons Road (within central Doncaster)
  • Doncaster Road (from Doncaster to Donvale)
  • Mitcham Road (within Donvale)
  • Springvale Road (from Donvale to Chelsea Heights)
  • Edithvale Road (formerly Springvale Road) (from Chelsea Heights to Edithvale)

The original 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan showed the F4 Freeway following the Tullamarine Freeway, Bell and Banksia Streets, to Williamsons Road then joining the F7 Freeway heading south along the Middleborough Road and the Blackburn Road corridor to the F2 Freeway (Dingley Freeway section) between Clayton and Westall Roads (rather than Springvale Road).

Major intersections and suburbs

Bell/Springvale Highway
Westbound Distance from
Tullamarine Freeway
(km)
Eastbound
End Bell Street
continues as Tullamarine Freeway
to Bendigo
0.0 Start Bell Street
from Tullamarine Freeway
UPFIELD RAIL LINE 2.9 UPFIELD RAIL LINE
Coburg 3.1 Coburg
Brunswick, Parkville
Sydney Road
Campbellfield, Craigieburn
Sydney Road
Melbourne
Nicholson Street
4.2 Melbourne
Nicholson Street
Melbourne, Reservoir, Epping
St Georges Road
5.9 Reservoir, Epping, Melbourne
St Georges Road
MERNDA RAIL LINE 6.1 MERNDA RAIL LINE
Clifton Hill, Preston
High Street
6.4 Preston, Clifton Hill
High Street
Clifton Hill, Bundoora
Plenty Road
6.7 Bundoora, Whittlesea, Clifton Hill
Plenty Road
Fairfield, Reservoir
Albert Street
8.1 Reservoir, Fairfield
Albert Street
Ivanhoe, Bundoora
Waterdale Road
10.3 Bundoora, Ivanhoe
Waterdale Road
continues as Bell Street 11.1 Heidelberg
Burgundy Street
Rosanna, Ivanhoe
Upper Heidelberg Road

continues as Banksia Street
HURSTBRIDGE RAIL LINE 11.7 HURSTBRIDGE RAIL LINE
continues as 12.6 Greensborough
Lower Heidelberg Road
Heidelberg, Greensborough, To Ring Road
Lower Heidelberg Road
Greensborough, Camberwell; Melbourne via Freeway
Lower Heidelberg Road
Melbourne via Freeway; Ivanhoe
Lower Heidelberg Road
duplexes with
YARRA RIVER 13.3 YARRA RIVER
continues as Banksia Street 13.6 Templestowe, Warrandyte
Bridge Street
continues as Manningham Road
Melbourne via Freeway; Bulleen, Templestowe
Bulleen Road
14.0 Ringwood, Frankston via Freeway; Templestowe, Bulleen
Bulleen Road
Melbourne via Freeway; Bulleen, Templestowe
Thompsons Road
15.8 Templestowe, Bulleen,
Thompsons Road
Melbourne via Freeway, Templestowe
High Street
17.1 Templestowe, To Freeway
High Street
continues as Manningham Road 18.2 Templestowe, Eltham
Williamsons Road
Templestowe, Eltham
Williamsons Road
continues as Williamsons Road
continues as Williamsons Road 19.0 Doncaster
End Williamsons Road
Traffic Lights (clockwise from Williamsons Road)
Doncaster Road to Donvale and Mitcham
Tram Road to Box Hill and Ringwood via Freeway
Doncaster Road to Kew and Melbourne via Freeway
Westbound Distance from
Williamsons Road
(km)
Eastbound
Doncaster 0.0 continues as Doncaster Road
Melbourne via Freeway; Mount Waverley
Wetherby Road
Victoria Street
1.7 Victoria Street
Mount Waverley, Clayton; To Freeway
Wetherby Road
Blackburn, Warrandyte
Blackburn Road
3.3 Warrandyte, Blackburn
Blackburn Road
continues as Doncaster Road 4.3 continues as Mitcham Road
continues as Mitcham Road 5.1 Donvale
Traffic Lights (clockwise from Mitcham Road)
Springvale Road to Templestowe and Warrandyte
Mitcham Road to Mitcham and Boronia
Springvale Road to Nunawading and Glen Waverley
Northbound Distance from
Freeway
(km)
Southbound
Donvale 0.8 continues as Springvale Road
Ringwood, Dandenong, Frankston
EastLink
0.0 Ringwood, Dandenong, Frankston
EastLink
Melbourne
Eastern Freeway
Melbourne
Eastern Freeway
Box Hill, Ringwood
Whitehorse Road
1.6 Ringwood, Box Hill
Whitehorse Road
LILYDALE RAIL LINE 1.7 LILYDALE RAIL LINE
Forest Hill, Vermont; To
Canterbury Road
3.4 To ; Vermont, Forest Hill
Canterbury Road
Burwood, Ferntree Gully, Belgrave; To
Burwood Highway
5.7 To ; Belgrave, Burwood
Burwood Highway
Highbury Road 6.5 Highbury Road
Ashburton, Wantirna South; To
High Street Road
7.9 To ; Wantirna South, Boronia, Ashburton
High Street Road
8.6 Glen Waverley
Northbound Distance from
Freeway
(km)
Southbound
Glen Waverley 3.1
Chadstone, Wheelers Hill
Waverley Road
2.2 Wheelers Hill, Chadstone
Waverley Road
Melbourne via Freeway ; Oakleigh, Ferntree Gully; To
Ferntree Gully Road
0.5 To ; Ferntree Gully, Oakleigh; Melbourne via Freeway
Ferntree Gully Road
0.0 Dandenong, Warragul; Frankston via EastLink
Monash Freeway
Northbound Distance from
Freeway
(km)
Southbound
Dandenong, Warragul
Monash Freeway
13.4
Oakleigh, Rowville; To /
Wellington Road
12.2 To / ; Rowville, Oakleigh
Wellington Road
Oakleigh, Melbourne
Princes Highway
10.6 SPRINGVALE JUNCTION
Clayton, Bentleigh
Centre Road
To Dandenong
Police Road
To Police Road; Dandenong, Oakleigh
Princes Highway
SPRINGVALE JUNCTION Clayton, Bentleigh
Centre Road
GIPPSLAND RAIL LINE 8.8 GIPPSLAND RAIL LINE
Moorabbin, Noble Park
Heatherton Road
7.3 Noble Park, Moorabbin
Heatherton Road
Dandenong; To EastLink
Dandenong Bypass
5.0 Dandenong; Frankston via EastLink
Dandenong Bypass
Moorabbin, Blackburn, Melbourne via
Westall Road
Moorabbin, Blackburn
Westall Road
Keysborough, Dandenong; Ringwood via EastLink
Cheltenham Road
4.1 Dandenong; Frankston via EastLink
Cheltenham Road
Dingley Village, Mentone; To Melbourne
Lower Dandenong Road
Mentone
Lower Dandenong Road
Narre Warren; Ringwood, Melbourne via EastLink
Hutton Road
1.8 Narre Warren
Hutton Road
Mordialloc
Governor Road
Mordialloc
Governor Road
Frankston, Portsea
Mornington Peninsula Freeway
0.0 Frankston, Portsea
Mornington Peninsula Freeway
continues as Springvale Road 0.3 Chelsea, Patterson Lakes
Wells Road
To Melbourne; Mordialloc, Clayton
Wells Road
Mordialloc, Clayton
Wells Road
Patterson Lakes
Wells Road
continues as Edithvale Road
FRANKSTON RAIL LINE 2.6 FRANKSTON RAIL LINE
Start Edithvale Road End Edithvale Road
Traffic Lights (clockwise from Edithvale Road)
Nepean Highway to Frankston and Mornington
Nepean Highway to Mordialloc and Melbourne

See also

References

  1. VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A)". Government of Victoria. pp. 962–964. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014.
  2. Springvale Level Crossing Removal Project Archived 7 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine. "VicRoads". www.vicroads.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 24 May 2014
  3. Springvale Road Rail Separation Project. VicRoads. www.vicroads.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2009
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