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Hume Freeway

The Hume Freeway is the longest freeway in Victoria. It is 303 kilometres long. It starts at the Metropolitan Ring Road at Thomastown Melbourne and ends at the Hume Highway in Albury-Wodonga at the border. It replaces the Hume Highway in most of Victoria. It has 4 lanes all the way through to Albury-Wodonga. It has a lot of major junctions such as the Goulburn Valley Freeway, Goulburn Valley Highway, Murray Valley Highway and Northern Highway. The Hume Freeway has a lot of traffic during the afternoon. The major towns it passes through are Seymour, Benalla, Wangaratta, Wodonga and Albury.

Princes Freeway

The Princes Freeway is the second longest freeway after the Hume Freeway. It is 159 kilometres long. It Continues on from the Princes Highway at Tralagon and ends at the Princes Highway at Geelong. It replaces the Princes Highway between Melbourne and Geelong. It has 4 lanes between Tralagon and Narre Warren, from there it is the Monash Freeway to Toorak Road where it continues as Citylink to the Burnley Tunnel before turning into the Westgate Freeway, at the Western Ring Road it turns back into the normal Princes Freeway, where it has 8 lanes. Its major junctions are Western Ring Road, Princes Highway, Berwick-Cranbourne Road and Strzelecki Highway. It is the second busiest freeway in Victoria after the Monash Freeway. The major towns it passes through are Tralagon, Morwell, Moe, Warragul, Pakenham, Berwick and Geelong.

Western Freeway

The Western Freeway is the third longest freeway in Victoria after the Hume Freeway and the Princes Freeway. It is 125 kilometres long. It starts at the Western Ring Road at Derrimut and turns into the Western Highway near Ballarat. It replaces the Western Highway between Ballarat and Melbourne. It has 6 lanes between Melbourne and Ballarat but turns into one lane after passing the Sunraysia Highway. Its major junctions are the Midland Highway, Sunraysia Highway, Melton Highway and Ballarat Road. The major towns it passes through are Derrimut, Melton, Bacchus Marsh and Ballarat.

Calder Freeway

The Calder Freeway is 113 kilometres long. It starts at the Tullamarine Freeway and turns into the Calder Highway near Castlemaine. It replaces the Calder Highway between Castlemaine and Melbourne. It has 6 lanes between Melbourne and Gisborne. It continues as 4 lanes onwards. Its major junctions are the the Western Ring Road, Midland Highway and the Pyrenees Highway. It is a very busy road in between Melbourne and Woodend. The major towns the freeway goes through are Sunbury, Gisborne, Macedon, Woodend, Kyneton and Castlemaine.

Goulburn Valley Freeway

The Goullburn Valley Freeway is 42 kilometres long. It starts at the Hume Freeway at Seymour and turns into the Goulburn Valley Highway near Nagambie. It replaces the Goulburn Valley Highway between Seymour and Nagambie. It has 6 lanes all the way to Nagambie. Its major junctions are Goulburn Valley Highway and Avenel-Nagambie Road. The major towns it passes through is Seymour. In all of Victoria the Goulburn Valley Freeway is the least busiest Freeway in Victoria.

Eastlink is a Tollway which continues from the Eastern Freeway at Nunawading and goes for 39 kilometres to Frankston Freeway at Carrum Downs. It cost millions of dollars to build. It has 4 lanes between Frankston Freeway and Greens Road, from there it continues as 6 lanes. Eastlink links Frankston to Ringwood. Eastlink's major junctions are the Monash Freeway, Princes Highway, Maroondah Highway, Burwood Highway, Springvale Road and Thompsons Road. The major towns Eastlink passes through are Carrum Downs, Bangholme, Dandenong South, Springvale, Rowville and Ringwood.

Monash Freeway

The Monash Freeway is 34 kilometres long. It continues on from the Princes Freeway at Narre Warren and turns into Citylink at Toorak. The Monash Freeway replaces the Princes Freeway between Melbourne and Narre Warren. During the afternoon the Monash Freeway is the busiest Freeway in Victoria. It has 8 lanes for all the Monash Freeway's length. The Monash Freeways major junctions are South Gippsland Freeway, Eastlink, Springvale Road, Burke Road and Warragul Road. The major towns it passes through are Narre Warren, Hallam, Dandenong, Mulgrave and Toorak.

Western Ring Road

The Western Ring Road is a major part of the M80 Ring Road. It is 29 kilometres long. It starts where the Westgate Freeway turns into the Princes Freeway at Laverton North and turns into the Metropolitan Ring Road at Fawkner Melbourne. It is very busy during the afternoon. Its major intersections are Western Freeway, Calder Freeway, Tullamarine Freeway and the Hume Highway. The major towns it passes through are Laverton North, Albion, Keilor Park and Fawkner

Mornington Peninsula Freeway

The Mornington Peninsula Freeway is 27 kilometres long. It starts at Springvale Road at Chelsea and ends at Boneo Road at Mount Martha. Like the Princes Freeway The Mornington Peninsula Freeway is replaced. When it gets to Eastlink it turns into the Frankston Freeway at Carrum Downs. The Frankston Freeway turns into the Moorooduc Highway at Cranbourne-Frankston Road at Frankston. The Moorooduc Highway turns back into the Mornington Peninsula Freeway at Moorooduc. The Mornington Peninsula Freeway stays a 4 lane road for all its length. The major junctions are Eastlink, Peninsula Link, Nepean Highway, Thompsons Road and Jetty Road. The major towns are Chelsea, Carrum Downs, Seaford, Moorooduc, Safety Beach, Dromana and Mount Martha.

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