Bulleen Road
Bulleen Road is a 4 kilometre long road in north-eastern Melbourne, Australia serving the suburbs of Bulleen and Balwyn North, which can be seen as an alternative thoroughfare between Heidelberg and Doncaster via the Eastern Freeway.
Bulleen Road | |
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| Bulleen Road in Bulleen | |
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| Type | Road |
| Length | 3.9 km (2.4 mi)[1] |
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| North end |   Templestowe RoadBulleen, Melbourne |
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| South end |  Doncaster RoadBalwyn North, Melbourne |
Since the opening of EastLink the road has seen significantly larger volumes of traffic, particularly between the Eastern Freeway and Manningham Road due to the traffic between the Eastern Freeway and the Metropolitan Ring Road.
Route
Bulleen Road starts at the intersection with Templestowe Road and Bridge Street in Bulleen and runs south as a four-lane, single-carriageway road, nearly immediately crossing Manningham Road, eventually widening to a four-lane, dual-carriageway road a short distance south. It continues south until reaching the interchange with Thompsons Road and the Eastern Freeway, before narrowing backing to a four-lane, single-carriageway road and ending at the intersection with Doncaster Road in Balwyn North.
Marcellin College is located on the road in Bulleen.[2] The Bulleen section is also subject to flooding on extremely wet days.[3]
History
Bulleen Road was signed as Metropolitan Route 42 between Thompsons and Doncaster Roads through Balwyn North in 1965; its northern half between Templestowe and Thompsons Roads through Bulleen was signed Metropolitan Route 52 in 1989.
The passing of the Road Management Act 2004[4] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared the road as Bulleen Highway (Arterial #6320), beginning at Manningham Road at Bulleen and ending at the Eastern Freeway in Balwyn North,[5] while re-declaring the remnants between Bulleen and Balwyn North as Bulleen Road (Arterial #5363).[6] The road is still presently known (and signposted) as Bulleen Road along its entire length.
Major intersections
| LGA | Location[1][5][6] | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Manningham | Bulleen | 0.0 | 0.0 | Templestowe Road (Metro Route 52/Tourist Route 2 north) – Templestowe, Doncaster East Bridge Street (Tourist Route 2 west) – Heidelberg | Northern terminus of road; Metro Route 52 continues north along Templestowe Road |
| 0.2 | 0.12 |  Manningham Road (Metro Route 40) – Doncaster, Heidelberg | |||
| Boroondara | Balwyn North | 2.3 | 1.4 |  Eastern Freeway (M3 west, east) – Clifton Hill, Frankston, Ringwood Thompsons Road (Metro Route 42 north-east) – Templestowe, Warrandyte | Grade separated interchange, eastbound freeway entrance via Thompsons Road Southern terminus of Metro Route 52; Metro Route 42 continues south from Thompsons Road |
| 3.9 | 2.4 | Doncaster Road (Metro Route 36) – Doncaster, Kew | Southern terminus of road and Metro Route 42 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- Google (11 November 2021). "Bulleen Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- "About Marcellin College". Archived from the original on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
- "Melbourne Vic : Severe Storm". Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
- 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.
- VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. p. 970. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. p. 450. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
