Glen Huntly Road
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Glen Huntly Road | |
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| Shopping strip in Glen Huntly Road, Elsternwick | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 7.9 km (4.9 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |  Marine ParadeElwood, Melbourne |
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| East end | Truganini Road Carnegie, Melbourne |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | Elsternwick, Caulfield, Glen Huntly |
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Grange RoadGlen Huntly Road is a main road in Melbourne, Victoria. It starts at Beach Road, Elwood, runs east–west through Elsternwick, Caulfield, Glen Huntly and ends in Carnegie.
Glen Huntly Road was named after the emigrant ship Glen Huntley from Greenock, Scotland, which landed in Hobsons Bay in Melbourne on 17 April 1840. Many of its passengers had died from fever and were buried in the St Kilda Cemetery.[1][2]
Glen Huntly Road crosses two railway lines; the Sandringham line at Elsternwick station and the Frankston line at Glenhuntly station. Originally both were crossed by level crossing, however the former was eliminated in a grade separation project in October 1960, with the railway lines lowered below the road and a new station built.[3][4][5]
Until recently[when?] the road was spelt "Glenhuntly Road" until it was officially changed[who?] to the present spelling.[citation needed]
Elsternwick shopping centre can be found on Glen Huntly Road. It is a strip shopping centre that offers restaurants, fashion outlets and other shops. Tram route 67 traverses Glen Huntly Road from the Nepean Highway to Carnegie.[6] Glenhuntly tram depot is located on Glen Huntly Road.
See also[]
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References[]
- ^ They came on the Glen Huntley as Self-funded and as Bounty Immigrants in 1840 - from geocities archive
- ^ "Melbourne Place Names". The Argus. Melbourne. 28 July 1945. p. 24 Supplement: The Argus Week-End Magazine. Retrieved 4 February 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Two Suburban Overbridge Tasks Completed Last Month Railway Transportation November 1960
- ^ Grade Separation Scheme Railway Gazette 11 November 1960 page 560
- ^ Report of the Victorian Railways Commissioners for the Year Ended 30 June 1959 Parliament of Victoria page 23
- ^ Route 67 Yarra Trams
Coordinates: 37°53′02″S 144°59′50″E / 37.8838°S 144.9973°E
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