Western Port Highway

Victoria

North end

South end

Coordinates|

* 38°02′11″S 145°14′50″E﻿ / ﻿38.036288°S 145.247114°E﻿ / -38.036288; 145.247114 (North end)
* 38°16′20″S 145°11′24″E﻿ / ﻿38.272091°S 145.189956°E﻿ / -38.272091; 145.189956 (South end)

General information
Type| Highway
Length| 27.5 km (17 mi)[1]
Gazetted| May 1983 (as Main Road)[2]
March 1994 (as State Highway)[3]
Route number(s)|

* M780 (2000–present)
(Lynbrook–Skye)
* A780 (1997–present)
(Skye–Hastings)

Former
route number|

* A780 (1997–2000)
(Lynbrook–Langwarrin)
* Metro Route 65 (1989–1997)
Entire route

Major junctions
North end|  South Gippsland Freeway
Lynbrook, Melbourne

* South Gippsland Highway
* Thompsons Road
* Cranbourne-Frankston Road
* Baxter-Tooradin Road

South end|  Frankston-Flinders Road
Hastings, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlements| Dandenong South, Lyndhurst, Skye, Cranbourne West, Langwarrin, Pearcedale, Somerville, Tyabb
Highway system

* Highways in Australia
* National Highway • Freeways in Australia
* Highways in Victoria
*   *

Western Port Highway is a highway in Victoria, Australia, linking the south-eastern fringe of suburban Melbourne to the port of Hastings nearly 30km to the south[4] on the western coast of Western Port, after which the highway is named.

## Route

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Western Port Highway commences at Lyndhurst Interchange, where South Gippsland Highway and the alignment of South Gippsland Freeway meet at Lynbrook, and heads south directly from the southern end of South Gippsland Freeway over a bridge crossing South Gippsland Highway as a four-lane, dual-carriageway road, over the Cranbourne railway line, passing through a set of traffic lights at Portlink Drive and Moreton Bay Boulevard, passing through a roundabout at Glasscocks Road, and traffic lights at Thompsons Road. The highway runs onwards further south, meeting Cranbourne-Frankston Road in Cranbourne South, and continues south to North Road, before narrowing to a dual-lane single carriageway road and continuing south to meet with Baxter-Tooradin Road in Pearcedale, before eventually terminating 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).

## History

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Western Port Highway was originally a single carriageway road called Lyndhurst Road in the 1960s, renamed some time after. The passing of the Country Roads Act of 1958[5] (itself an evolution from the original Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924[6]) provided for the declaration of State Highways and Main Roads, roads partially financed by the State government through the Country Roads Board (later VicRoads). A southern extension to the existing declaration of Dandenong–Hastings Road, subsuming a section of Tyabb–Tooradin Road between Somerville and Hastings, was declared a Main Road on 9 May 1983.[2]

Dandenong-Hasting Road was progressively upgraded to a divided highway between South Gippsland Freeway and Cranbourne–Frankston Road during the 1990s, as dramatically increasing freight traffic volumes to and from Hastings necessitated major upgrades, including eliminating the level crossing with the Cranbourne railway line with an overpass in 2001.[7]

The passing of the Transport Act of 1983[8] updated the definition of State Highways. Western Port Highway was declared a State Highway in March 1994,[3] from South Gippsland Freeway at Lynbrook to Frankston-Flinders Road at Hastings.

The passing of the Road Management Act 2004[9] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared the road as Western Port Highway (Arterial #6230), beginning at South Gippsland Freeway at Lynbrook and ending at Frankston-Flinders Road in Hastings.[4]

Dandenong-Hastings Road was signed Metropolitan Route 65 in 1989. With Victoria's conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in the late 1990s this was replaced by route A780. After further upgrades, this was converted to route M780 between Lynbrook and Cranbourne South in 2000,[10] with a further extension south between Cranbourne South and Langwarrin after further duplication in 2009.[11]

VicRoads had planned to convert the highway to a six- to eight-lane freeway standard between South Gippsland Freeway and about 1.2 km south of Cranbourne-Frankston Road with full grade-separated interchanges at Glasscocks, Thompsons, Hall and Cranbourne–Frankston Roads, and a half-diamond interchange (north-facing ramps only) at Ballarto Road, with a report released in August 2014,[12] however the State Government abandoned any plans for the upgrade, which was estimated to cost $1 billion, in mid-2016.[13]

### Upgrades

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* 2001 – Duplication of 4.4 km between South Gippsland Freeway in Lynbrook and Thompsons Road in Lyndhurst, including overpass of Cranbourne railway line, completed January 2001, at a cost of $30.5 million.[7]
* 2009 – Duplication of 3.9 km between Cranbourne-Frankston Road in Cranbourne South and North Road in Langwarrin.[11]

## Major intersections

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LGA| Location[1][4]| km[1]| mi| Destinations| Notes

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Greater Dandenong–Casey boundary| Dandenong South–Lyndhurst–Lynbrook tripoint| 0.0| 0.0|  South Gippsland Freeway (M420 north) – Dandenong, Chadstone, City| Northern terminus of highway and route M780
South Gippsland Highway (A21) – Dandenong, Cranbourne| Partial cloverleaf interchange
Lyndhurst–Lynbrook boundary| 0.8| 0.50| Northey Road – Lynbrook| Southbound entrance and exit only
0.9| 0.56| Monash Drive – Dandenong South| Northbound entrance and exit only
Lyndhurst| 2.1| 1.3| Portlink Drive – Dandenong South| Traffic light intersection
2.2| 1.4| Moreton Bay Boulevard – Lyndhurst| Traffic light intersection
3.0| 1.9| Glasscocks Road – Bangholme, Lyndhurst| Roundabout
Greater Dandenong–Casey–Frankston tripoint| Lyndhurst–Skye–Cranbourne West tripoint| 4.7| 2.9|  Thompsons Road (Metro Route 6) – Carrum, Cranbourne| Traffic light intersection
Casey–Frankston boundary| Skye–Cranbourne West boundary| 8.0| 5.0|  Hall Road (B664) – Carrum Downs, Cranbourne| Traffic light intersection
Skye–Cranbourne West–Cranbourne South tripoint| 9.6| 6.0| Ballarto Road – Skye, Seaford| Traffic light intersection
Skye–Langwarrin boundary| 11.0| 6.8|  Cranbourne–Frankston Road (Metro Route 4) – Cranbourne, Frankston| Traffic light intersection
12.1| 7.5| Browns Road – Cranbourne South, Junction Village| Roundabout
Skye–Langwarrin–Pearcedale tripoint| 15.0| 9.3| North Road – Langwarrin, Devon Meadows| Roundabout
Southern terminus of route M780, northern terminus of route A780
Langwarrin–Langwarrin South–Pearcedale tripoint| 16.8| 10.4| Robinsons Road – Frankston South, Pearcedale| Roundabout
Casey–Frankston–Mornington Peninsula tripoint| Langwarrin South–Pearcedale boundary| 18.5| 11.5|  Baxter–Tooradin Road (C781) – Baxter, Pearcedale, Tooradin| Roundabout
Mornington Peninsula| Somerville| 21.2| 13.2| Eramosa Road East – Somerville|
22.9| 14.2| Bungower Road – Mornington| Roundabout
Somerville–Tyabb boundary| 24.5| 15.2| Tyabb–Tooradin Road (northeast) – Tyabb
O'Neills Road (west) – Tooradin|
Tyabb| 27.5| 17.1|  Frankston–Flinders Road (C777 north, south) – Hastings, Flinders, Frankston
Denham Road (east) – Hastings| Southern terminus of highway and route A780 at roundabout
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

* Incomplete access
* Route transition

## See also

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* Australian roads portal

* Highways in Australia
* List of highways in Victoria

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Western Port Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
2. ^ a b "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 30 June 1983. p. 1984. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
3. ^ a b "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 24 March 1994. p. 749. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
4. ^ a b c VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. pp. 962–3\. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.962-3&rft.pub=Government+of+Victoria&rft.au=VicRoads&rft_id=https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/-/media/files/documents/utilities/about-vr/acts-and-regulations/register-of-public-roads
part-a-v-2015.ashx?la=en&hash;=116BE6FB86F506FF0B5BAFBEA45FCD6C&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Western+Port+Highway" class="Z3988">
5. ^ http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/cra1958182.pdf State of Victoria, An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Country Roads 30 September 1958
6. ^ State of Victoria, An Act to make further provision with respect to Highways and Country Roads Motor Cars and Traction Engines and for other purposes 30 December 1924
7. ^ a b "VicRoads Annual Report 2000-01". VicRoads. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 26 September 2001. p. 34.
8. ^ State of Victoria, An Act to Re-enact with Amendments the Law relating to Transport including the Law with respect to Railways, Roads and Tramways... 23 June 1983
9. ^ State Government of Victoria. "Road Management Act 2004" (PDF). Government of Victoria. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
10. ^ "VicRoads Annual Report 1999-2000". VicRoads. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 19 October 2000. p. 23.
11. ^ a b "VicRoads 2008-09 Annual Report". Corporate Policy and Planning VicRoads. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 19 August 2009. p. 44.
12. ^ "Western Port Highway (North) Upgrade Project: Lynbrook to Langwarrin" (PDF). VicRoads. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
13. ^ "Western Port Highway upgrade to freeway off agenda as State Government declares no interest". Herald-Sun. Melbourne. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2022.

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