Old Princes Highway, Victoria

Old Princes Highway

Victoria
Old Princes Highway; Victoria
	Old Princes Highway through the Beaconsfield town centre.
General information
Type	Highway
Length	52 km (32 mi)
Opened	1920
Route number(s)	A10 (2009-present); (Waurn Ponds-Corio); C109 (1998-present); (Cocoroc-Hoppers Crossing); State Route 83 (1989-present); (Brooklyn-Parkville); State Route 60 (2013-present); (Parkville-Southbank); National Alternative Route 1 (1988-present); (Southbank-Narre Warren); C101 (1997-present); (Berwick-Nar Nar Goon); C102 (1997-present); (Drouin-Nilma); C103 (1997-present); (Moe-Newborough); C104 (1997-present); (Morwell-East Morwell);
Former; route number	see Former route allocations
Tourist routes	Tourist Drive 21; (Belmont-Corio)
Major junctions
West end	Princes Highway;
East end	Geelong Ring Road; Waurn Ponds, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlements	Belmont, Geelong, Corio, Werribee, Hoppers Crossing, Laverton North, Footscray, Narre Warren, Beaconsfield, Pakenham, Drouin, Warragul, Moe, Morwell
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Victoria; ; ;

The Old Princes Highway is a 52-kilometre (32 mi) stretch of road, formerly designated as the Princes Highway, located in Victoria, Australia. The road links the Princes Highway at Traralgon in the east to the Geelong Ring Road at Waurn Ponds in the west, on the south-western perimeter of Geelong. In the time since their de-listing as the Princes Highway, many former sections have since been renamed, or have devolved to their original names.

Route[]

East[]

The Old Princes Highway route through the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne and eastern Victoria,^[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.^{[clarification needed]}

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 23 kilometres (14 mi).

The next superseded section is the C102 via Drouin and Warragul, a distance of 17 kilometres (11 mi), and is more commonly known as the Princes Way.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 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of Drouin and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of Warragul between these two towns for traffic wishing to bypass the other town.

Upon proclamation as a State Highway in 1925,^[2] the Princes Highway passed through Moe township along what is now Lloyd St and Narracan Dr (C103). From the end of Narracan Drive, the highway descended into the La Trobe Valley through the Haunted Hills, along what is now Haunted Hills Road. From Hernes Oak, the highway passed almost due west through what is now the Yallourn Open Cut Mine to join today’s Morwell Bridge Road at the Morwell River. From there, the Princes Highway used Morwell Bridge Road and what is now Princes Drive (C104) to pass through Morwell.

"The first improvements to the route came in the late 1950s when the expansion of the Yallourn open cut necessitated the relocation of the highway. The CRB took this opportunity to provide a high standard access-controlled alignment as well as a bypass of Moe. The first section of the new highway opened in 1959/60 as a single carriageway super-2 expressway between Hernes Oak and the Morwell River. Following in December 1964 was a westerly extension of the super-2 highway from Hernes Oak to Gunns Gully (Newborough) and the Moe Bypass completed the new route - opening in early 1967. The section between Gunns Gully and Hernes Oak inherited the "Haunted Hills" nickname that applied to the original highway between Newborough and Hernes Oak. Duplication of the Moe-Morwell section was commenced after the opening of the Moe Bypass and completed west to Gunns Gully in 1971 and to the western side of Moe in 1979."^[3]

C103 runs via the Moe town centre for 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) 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 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) 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 (West) 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 60 kilometres (37 mi) later the M1 bypasses Geelong as the Princes Freeway (Geelong Ring Road), with Princes Highway - as route A10 - 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. The Geelong Ring Road re-joins the original alignment of the Princes Highway at Waurn Ponds.

Former route numbers[]

The Old Princes Highway has many former route allocations including former National Route 1; its routing through Melbourne and along present sections of Princes Highway have been included for sake of completion. Where and when the former route numbers were implemented are stated below.

through Waurn Ponds:

National Route 1 (1955–1997)
A1 (1997–2013)
unallocated: (2013-present)

Waurn Ponds – Corio:

National Route 1 (1955–1997)
M1 (1997–2009)
A10 (2009-present)

Cocoroc – Hoppers Crossing:

National Route 1 (1955–1961)
unallocated: (1961–1998)
C109 (1997–present)

Brooklyn – North Melbourne:

National Route 1 (1955–1978)
Alt National Route 1 (1978–1988)
State Route 83 (1988–present)

North Melbourne – Parkville:

National Route 1 (1955–1978)
Alt National Route 1 (1978–1988)
National Route 79 (1988–2013)
State Route 60 (2013-present)

Parkville – Hallam:

National Route 1 (1955–1988)
Alt National Route 1 (1988–present)

Hallam – Narre Warren:

National Route 1 (1955–1997)
M1 (1997-2003)
Alt National Route 1 (2003–present)

Berwick – Beaconsfield:

National Route 1 (1955–1983)
unallocated: (1983–1997)
C101 (1997-present)

Beaconsfield – Nar Nar Goon:

National Route 1 (1955–1997)
M1 (1997-2007)
C101 (2007-present)

Drouin – Nilma:

National Route 1 (1955–1981)
unallocated: (1981–1997)
C102 (1997-present)

Moe – Newborough:

National Route 1 (1955–1969)
unallocated: (1969–1997)
C103 (1997-present)

Morwell – East Morwell:

National Route 1 (1955–1992)
unallocated: (1992–1997)
C104 (1997-present)

Major intersections[]

Nar Nar Goon-Berwick[]

LGA	Location	Destinations
Cardinia	Nar Nar Goon	Princes Freeway (M1) – Warragul
	Nar Nar Goon	Nar Nar Goon Connection Road – Nar Nar Goon Princes Freeway (M1) – Melbourne
	Pakenham	Racecourse Road – Koo Wee Rup
	Pakenham	Pakenham Road (C411) – Healesville
	Officer	Cardinia Road (C417) – Cardinia
	Beaconsfield	Princes Link Highway (A17) – to O'Shea Road (B668) – Narre Warren South
	Beaconsfield	Beaconsfield-Emerald Road (C406) – Emerald
Casey	Berwick	Lyall Road (State Route 61 north) – Harkaway Clyde Road (C407 south) – Clyde
		Princes Freeway (M1) – Warragul Monash Freeway (M1) – Melbourne
		Princes Highway (Alt National Route 1) – Dandenong

Berwick-Southbank[]

LGA	Location	Destinations	Notes
Casey	Narre Warren–Berwick boundary	Princes Highway (C101) – Berwick
	Narre Warren–Berwick boundary	Princes Freeway (M1) – Warragul Monash Freeway (M1) – City	Diamond interchange
	Narre Warren	Narre Warren North Road (C404 north) – Narre Warren North Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road (C404 south) – Cranbourne
	Hallam	Hallam South Road (south) – Hallam Belgrave-Hallam Road (B675 north) – Endeavour Hills
Casey-Greater Dandenong boundary	Dandenong South–Hallam–Eumemmerring tripoint	South Gippsland Freeway (M420) – City, Hastings	Diamond interchange
Greater Dandenong	Dandenong–Dandenong South boundary	South Gippsland Highway – Cranbourne, Phillip Island
	Dandenong	Frankston-Dandenong Road (State Route 9) – Frankston	Concurrency with State Route 9
		Foster Street (State Route 9) – Rowville Foster Street (State Route 10) – Mentone	Concurrency with State Route 9
		Heatherton Link Road – to Heatherton Road (State Route 14) – Noble Park, Endeavour Hills
	Dandenong North–Dandenong–Noble Park–Noble Park North quadripoint	EastLink (M3) – Ringwood, Frankston	Diamond interchange
Monash-Greater Dandenong boundary	Mulgrave–Springvale boundary	Police Road (State Route 16 east) – Mulgrave Centre Road (State Route 16 west) – Clayton	Springvale Junction
	Mulgrave–Springvale boundary	Springvale Road (State Route 40) – Springvale, Glen Waverley	Springvale Junction
	Clayton–Springvale boundary	Westall Road (State Route 49) – Edithvale
Monash	Clayton	Blackburn Road (State Route 13) – Blackburn
	Clayton	Wellington Road (State Route 18 east) – Rowville North Road (State Route 18 west) – Oakleigh
	Clayton–Oakleigh East boundary	Clayton Road (State Route 23) – Clayton, Burwood
	Oakleigh–Oakleigh East–Huntingdale tripoint	Huntingdale Road (State Route 47) – Huntingdale
	Oakleigh–Oakleigh East boundary	Ferntree Gully Road (State Route 22) – Ferntree Gully	Concurrency with State Route 22
Monash-Stonnington boundary	Oakleigh–Malvern East–Hughesdale tripoint	Warrigal Road (State Route 15)
Glen Eira-Stonnington boundary	Carnegie–Malvern East–Murrumbeena tripoint	Murrumbeena Road (State Route 22 south) Belgrave Road
	Caulfield East–Malvern East–Carnegie tripoint	Grange Road	Concurrency with State Route 17
	Caulfield East–Malvern East boundary	Burke Road (State Route 17 north) Sir John Monash Drive – Caulfield East	Concurrency with State Route 17
	Caulfield North–Malvern boundary	Glenferrie Road (State Route 19) – Hawthorn	Concurrency with State Route 19
	Caulfield North–Malvern boundary	Hawthorn Road (State Route 19) – Caulfield	Concurrency with State Route 19
Port Phillip-Stonnington boundary	St Kilda East–Prahran–Windsor tripoint	Hotham Street (State Route 25 south) Williams Road (State Route 25 north)
	St Kilda–Windsor boundary	Chapel Street
	St Kilda–Windsor boundary	St Kilda Road (State Route 3) Punt Road (State Route 29)
Port Phillip	Melbourne CBD–Albert Park boundary	Lorne Street (State Route 24)
	Melbourne CBD	Toorak Road (State Route 26) – Toorak
	Melbourne CBD–South Melbourne boundary	Albert Road (State Route 26)
Port Phillip-Melbourne boundary	Southbank	West Gate Freeway (M1) – Geelong CityLink (M1) – Dandenong
Port Phillip-Melbourne boundary	Southbank	Kings Way (State Route 60) – City

[]

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
		Kings Way (Alt National Route 1) – Dandenong
		West Gate Freeway (M1) – Geelong CityLink (M1) – Dandenong
		Moray Street
		Whiteman Street
		Flinders Street (State Route 30)
		Flinders Lane
		Collins Street
		Little Collins Street
		Bourke Street
		Little Bourke Street
		Lonsdale Street
		Little Lonsdale Street
		La Trobe Street
		Dudley Street
		Hawke Street
		Victoria Street
		Queensberry Street
		Arden Street
		Flemington Road
		Abbotsford Street
		Elliott Avenue (State Route 83 east) – Parkville Flemington Road (State Route 60) – Flemington
		Racecourse Road (State Route 83 west)

[]

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
		Flemington Road (State Route 60) – City
		Elliott Avenue (State Route 83) – Parkville Flemington Road (State Route 60) – Flemington
		Boundary Road – Travancore, North Melbourne
		CityLink (M2) – Docklands, Port Melbourne
		Stubbs Street – Kensington
		Racecourse Road – Ascot Vale
		Epsom Road – Kensington, Ascot Vale
		Moore Street
		Ballarat Road
		Droop Street
		Barkly Street
		Gordon Street
		Buckley Street
		Geelong Street
		Somerville Road (State Route 50 east)
		Millers Road Francis Street
		McDonald Road
		Grieve Parade
		Little Boundary Road
		Princes Freeway (M1) – Geelong

[]

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
		Princes Freeway (M1) – Melbourne
		Old Geelong Road (C701) – Hoppers Crossing
		Hoppers Lane – Werribee South
		Derrimut Road (A95) – Truganina
		Sneydes Road – Point Cook
		B870 Tarneit Road (B870) – Tarneit
		Duncans Road (C108) – Werribee South
		Werribee Street North (C703) – Werribee
		Princes Freeway (M1) – Geelong

[]

Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Corio			Princes Freeway (M1) – Melbourne, Avalon Airport
			Forest Road South (C114) – Lara
			Broderick Road
			Plantation Road
			Purnell Road (west) Station Street (south)
Corio-Norlane boundary			Bacchus Marsh Road (C704 north) – Bacchus Marsh Cox Road (C136 west) – Bell Park, Bell Post Hill, Lovely Banks St. Georges Road (east)
Norlane			The Boulevard (west) – Norlane North Shore Road (east) – North Shore
North Geelong			Separation Street – Bell Park
North Geelong			Corio Quay Road (C115) – North Shore, Corio
Geelong CBD			Church Street (A300) – North Geelong, Ballarat
			Ryrie Street (C123 east) – East Geelong, Portarlington Aberdeen Street (B140 west) – Geelong West, Hamilton
			McKillop Street (B110) – East Geelong, Queenscliff
South Geelong			West Fyans Street (C112 west) – Newtown Fyans Street (C112 east) – South Geelong
Belmont			Barwon Heads Road (C121) – Barwon Heads
			Breakwater Road (C124) – Breakwater
			Torquay Road (north) – Belmont Surf Coast Highway (B100 south) – Torquay
Highton-Grovedale boundary			South Valley Road (C133) – Highton Pioneer Road (C133) – Grovedale
Highton-Grovedale-Waurn Ponds tripoint			Geelong Ring Road (M1 north) – Melbourne Rossack Drive (south) – Waurn Ponds
Waurn Ponds			Pigdons Road – Waurn Ponds
			Ghazeepore Road – Mount Duneed
			Waurn Ponds Drive – Waurn Ponds
			Geelong Ring Road (M1) – Colac

References[]

^ Princes Highway East, Main Roads Victoria. Retrieved on 8 November 2009.^{[self-published source]}
^ "Country Roads Board Victoria. Twelfth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1925". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 31 December 1925. p. 3.
^ [1], M1 Princes Hwy/Fwy East, Former Alignments: Moe to Morwell. Retrieved on 15 October 2012.^{[self-published source]}

[1] Princes Highway East, Main Roads Victoria. Retrieved on 8 November 2009.^{[self-published source]}

[CRB12AR-2] "Country Roads Board Victoria. Twelfth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1925". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 31 December 1925. p. 3.

[3] [1], M1 Princes Hwy/Fwy East, Former Alignments: Moe to Morwell. Retrieved on 15 October 2012.^{[self-published source]}

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