Healesville Freeway is a proposed[1] freeway in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. It was initially proposed in 1969, to run between Riversdale Road in Box Hill South, intersecting Springvale Road and then to Maroondah Highway in Coldstream.

Healesville Freeway

General information
TypeFreeway  (Proposed)
Length18 km (11 mi)
Major junctions
West end EastLink
Forest Hill, Melbourne
 
East endMooroolbark Road
Lilydale, Melbourne
Location(s)
Major suburbs / townsVermont, Wantirna, Bayswater North, Kilsyth, Mooroolbark, Lilydale
Highway system

In 2011, VicRoads deemed the freeway reservation between Springvale Road in Forest Hill and Boronia Road in Vermont to no longer be necessary for road building purposes, and this section was reviewed for future non-road uses.[2]

In 2018, the section between Springvale Road and Boronia Road was gradually released back to the Crown to become parkland, including bicycle and pedestrian paths.[3]

The land reserved for the Healesville freeway between Boronia Road/Eastlink towards Maroondah Highway in Mooroolbark was further considered to be incorporated – in part – into the Corridor D option[4] of the North East Link (freeway) Project in 2017–2018.

Smaller sections of the original freeway route reservation, at both ends of the route, have subsequently been released for other uses since 1979. The remainder of the land remains reserved for use by VicRoads.

Planned route

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LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
MaroondahWantirna00.0  EastLink (M3) – Ringwood, FrankstonPart of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future
0.80.50  Wantirna Road (Metro Route 9) – Ringwood, WantirnaOutbound entry and inbound exit only. Part of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future
Bayswater2.91.8Stud Road – Wantirna SouthConnection to (then-proposed, now-cancelled) extension to Stud Road past Mountain Highway. Part of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future
Bayswater North4.42.7  Canterbury Road (Metro Route 32) – Vermont, MontrosePart of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future
74.3  Dorset Road (Metro Route 5) – Boronia, CroydonPart of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future
Yarra RangesMooroolbarkKilsyth border11.27.0Cambridge Road – Mooroolbark, MontrosePart of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future
Mooroolbark13.88.6Mooroolbark Road – Lilydale
Hull Road – Mooroolbark, Mount Evelyn
Eastern terminus of route. Part of the currently-active reservation and open for future use by VicRoads, potential for construction in future
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Unopened

Cancelled route

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LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
StonningtonGlen Iris0.00.0  Monash Freeway (M1)Western terminus of route. Start of the planned F9 East Route, cancelled in 1973
BoroondaraMalvern EastChadstone Border0.90.56Glen Iris RoadOutbound entry and inbound exit only. Part of the original planned corridor, cancelled in 1973
BoroondaraMonash BorderGlen IrisBurwood Border3.32.1  Warrigal Road (Metro Route 15) – Oakleigh, BurwoodPart of the original planned corridor, cancelled in 1973
WhitehorseBurwood5.23.2  Burwood Highway (Metro Route 26) – Burwood, Ferntree GullyPart of the original planned corridor, cancelled in 1973
Box Hill South7.34.5  Riversdale Road (Metro Route 20) – CamberwellPart of the first revision of the F9 East Corridor, cancelled in 1984
7.74.8  Middleborough Road (Metro Route 23) – Doncaster, Mount WaverleyInbound entry and outbound exit only. Part of the first revision of the corridor, cancelled in 1984
Blackburn South8.65.3F7 Warrigal Freeway (Freeway Route F7) – Diamond Creek, ClarindaPart of the original corridor, cancelled in 1973
9.55.9  Blackburn Road (Metro Route 13) – Clayton, BlackburnOutbound entry and inbound exit only. Part of the first revision of the corridor, cancelled in 1984
Forest Hill10.96.8  Springvale Road (Metro Route 40) – Nunawading, Glen WaverleyPart of the final revision of the F9 East corridor, cancelled early-to-mid 1990s
Vermont148.7  Boronia Road (Metro Route 36) – Vermont, BoroniaOutbound exit only, cancelled 1984
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Closed/former

Starting at the intersection of EastLink with a full freeway junction, it will then head north east, finally joining Mooroolbark Road and terminating at Maroondah Highway at the border of Mooroolbark and Lilydale, linking up with the proposed Lilydale Bypass.

The freeway was originally designated in the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan as part of the F9 Freeway corridor, extending past Springvale Road, joining Riversdale Road and winding through Glen Iris to join the M1 Monash Freeway at Burke Road.

See also

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  Australian Roads portal

References

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  1. ^ Healesville Freeway route : summary report of planning investigations, September 1979 / Country Roads Board, Victoria. National Library of Australia. ISBN 0724132120.
  2. ^ "Healesville Freeway Reservation Renewal Project". Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Healesville Freeway Reserve". Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. ^ Corridor D – North East Link Project[permanent dead link]