Old Princes Highway (Victoria)
Old Princes Highway | |
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Formerly   | |
| General information | |
| Type | Error: |type= not defined (help) |
| Length | 52 km (32 mi) |
| Opened | 1920 |
| Route number(s) | Berwick-Nar Nar Goon via Pakenham:     |
| Location(s) | |
| via | Beaconsfield, Pakenham, Drouin, Warragul, Moe, Morwell |
East
The Old Princes Highway route through the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne and eastern Victoria, Australia[1], along former alignments with which originally Highway 1 had traversed through now runs as bypasses of towns, including Pakenham, Warragul and Moe via the Princes Freeway.
It starts at the junction of Monash Freeway and the Princes Freeway in Berwick as C101 and continues via the town centres of Berwick, Beaconsfield, Officer and Pakenham. The highway rejoins at Nar Nar Goon as an interchange with the Princes Freeway after 23km.
The next superseded section is the C102 via Drouin and Warragul, a distance of 17km, and is more commonly known as the Princes Way. The route runs directly through both of these town centres, starting with Drouin to the south and Warragul to the north of the freeway, where an interchange is provided 3km east of Drouin and 5km west of Warragul between these two towns for traffic wishing to bypass the other town.
C103 runs via the Moe town centre for 5km before heading north towards Glengarry via an interchange with the freeway at Newborough and C104 (otherwise known as Princes Drive), currently the last of the superseded Highway 1 route traverses for 7km through the Morwell town centre before rejoining the Highway 1 section of the Princes Highway in the western outskirts of Traralgon.
It is anticipated that with the future completion of the Traralgon bypass that a new section of the highway will become superseded from the original Highway 1.
West
The Princes Highway (East) runs from Footscray in the Western suburbs of Melbourne all the way to the South Australian border. Towns along this route have been bypassed by the M1 Princes Freeway and consist of the C109 Princes Highway that runs through Hoppers Crossing into Werribee, and the C109 Geelong Road to Lollypop Creek. Some 60km later the M1 bypasses Geelong as the Princes Freeway (Geelong Ring Road), with the A10 Princes Highway running through Geelong proper. Within Geelong itself, a 1989 re-alignment of the Princes Highway (as La Trobe Terrace) provides a dual carriageway, 4 lane limited access road to replace the route along Moorabool Street in South Geelong and High Street in Belmont. Upon the completion of the final section (4B-C) of the Geelong Ring Road, another section of the Princes Highway will be superseded in Waurn Ponds.
See also
References
- ^ Princes Highway East, Main Roads Victoria. Retrieved on November 8, 2009.
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