EastLink (Melbourne)

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EastLink is a tollway (meaning people have to pay to drive on it) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was opened on June 28, 2008.[1] It links the Frankston Freeway to the Eastern Freeway, and includes two tunnels, the Mullum Mullum tunnel and the Melba tunnel.

The interchange with the Monash Freeway, the largest in Victoria,[2] is known as the Tom Wills interchange.[3][4] This was announced on February 27, 2008. This particular interchange was chosen because it was within a short distance from Waverely Park, and the home of the Hawthorn Football Club.

Tolls are paid by either a bill sent in the mail, buying a pass from a shop or creating an account and using an electronic Breeze tag or another tollways type of electronic tag in the car to keep track of tolls. The cost of the tolls is charged against the owner's account.

The EastLink tollway at Canterbury Road
The EastLink tollway at Maroondah highway bridge
The entry to the Mullum Mullum tunnel

Exits and intersections[change | change source]

EastLink
Northbound exits Distance from
Eastern Freeway
(km)
Distance from
Frankston Freeway
(km)
Southbound exits
End EastLink
continues as Eastern Freeway
to Melbourne
0 45 Start EastLink
from Eastern Freeway

Greensborough

Grimshaw St

Donvale
Springvale Road
Donvale
Springvale Road
MELBA TUNNEL -- -- MULLUM-MULLUM TUNNEL
Ringwood
Ringwood Bypass
5 40 Ringwood
Ringwood Bypass
Ringwood
Whitehorse Road
Ringwood
Whitehorse Road
BELGRAVE / LILYDALE
RAIL LINE
BELGRAVE / LILYDALE
RAIL LINE
Ringwood
Canterbury Road
7 38 Ringwood
Canterbury Road
Wantirna
Boronia Road
9 36 Wantirna
Boronia Road
Wantirna
Burwood Highway
11 34 Wantirna
Burwood Highway
Wantirna South
High Street Road
13 32 Wantirna South
High Street Road
Scoresby
Ferntree Gully Road
16 29 Scoresby
Ferntree Gully Road
Rowville
Wellington Road
18 27 Rowville
Wellington Road
no exit -- 25 Mulgrave
Police Road
Dandenong North
Monash Freeway (Tom Willis Interchange) [3]
21 24 Dandenong North
Monash Freeway (Tom Willis Interchange)[3]
Noble Park
Princes Highway
23 22 Noble Park
Princes Highway
GIPPSLAND RAIL LINE 25 20 GIPPSLAND RAIL LINE
no exit -- 19 Keysborough
Cheltenham Road
Keysborough
Dandenong Bypass
28 17 Keysborough
Dandenong Bypass
Keysborough
Greens Road
30 15 Keysborough
Greens Road
Carrum Downs
Thompsons Road
39 6 Carrum Downs
Thompsons Road
Greensborough

Grimshaw Street

45 0 Carrum Downs
Rutherford Road
Start EastLink
continues from Frankston Freeway
End EastLink
continues as Frankston Freeway
to Frankston

[5]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Herald Sun - Breaking News from Melbourne and Victoria - Herald Sun".
  2. . 24 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080724035543/http://www.seita.com.au/pages/rosetta-download.asp?size=0&file=070206_Minister_for_Roads_inspects_major_bridge_works_on_2.5_billion_EastLink_Project.pdf. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2017. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Victorian legislation".
  4. . 24 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080724034135/http://www.seita.com.au/pages/rosetta-download.asp?size=0&file=080227_Eastlink_interchange_honours_one_of_football_s_founders.pdf. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2017. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. "EastLink - Time Better Spent". www.eastlink.com.au.