State (Bell/Springvale) Highway

State (Bell/Springvale) Highway

Victoria
State (Bell/Springvale) Highway; Victoria
General information
Type	Road
Length	57 km (35 mi)
Route number(s)	State Route 40; (Entire Route); Tourist Route 2; (Heidelberg - Bulleen); State Route 47; (Templestowe Lower - Doncaster); State Route 36; (Doncaster - Donvale); B40 B40 (future route number); (Strathmore - Donvale); A40 (future route number); (Donvale - Edithvale);
Former; route number	State Route 11; Along Springvale Road
Major junctions
West end	Tullamarine Freeway, Strathmore, Melbourne
	Sydney Road; Rosanna Road; Eastern Freeway / EastLink; Whitehorse Road; Burwood Highway; Monash Freeway; Princes Highway; Westall Road; Mornington Peninsula Freeway; for full list see major intersections;
South end	Nepean Highway, Edithvale, Melbourne
Location(s)
Major suburbs	Coburg, Heidelberg, Doncaster, Nunawading, Glen Waverley, Springvale

The State (Bell/Springvale) Highway,^[1] also known as Route 40 or the Bell / Springvale State Highway, is the longest self-contained urban highway in Melbourne, Australia, linking Tullamarine Freeway and the Nepean Highway. It is classed as an arterial road,^[1] and allocated State Route 40. Various street names are used along the highway – Banksia Street, Bell-Banksia Link, Bell Street, Manningham Road, and Springvale Road.^[1]

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the Doncaster Road section carried around 50,000 vehicles per hour at peak, but this number dropped in 1997 after the extension of the Eastern Freeway.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2010, rail tracks in Nunawading were lowered below ground as part grade separation project. A similar project was undertaken in Springvale in May 2014.^[2] As of January 2021, there are now two railway grade separations along the route, in Edithvale and Preston. Both will be removed as part of Level Crossing Removal Project by 2022.^[3]

The road itself varies in capacity over its length between three-laned dual carriageways and two-way single carriageways. Many junctions such as the Nepean Highway, Princes Highway, Monash Freeway, Eastern Freeway, Hume Highway and Tullamarine Freeway contribute to large traffic volumes along Route 40.^{[citation needed]}

Alternate names[]

There are a variety of street names along the route, many of which are familiar to motorists and used on radio traffic updates, including:

Bell Street (from Strathmore to Heidelberg)
Banksia Street (within Heidelberg)
Manningham Road (from Bulleen to Doncaster)
Williamsons Road (within central Doncaster)
Doncaster Road (from Doncaster to Donvale)
Mitcham Road (within Donvale)
Springvale Road (from Donvale to Chelsea Heights)
Edithvale Road (formerly Springvale Road) (from Chelsea Heights to Edithvale)

The original 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan showed the F4 Freeway following the Tullamarine Freeway, Bell and Banksia Streets, to Williamsons Road then joining the F7 Freeway heading south along the Middleborough Road and the Blackburn Road corridor to the F2 Freeway (Dingley Freeway section) between Clayton and Westall Roads (rather than Springvale Road).

Major intersections and suburbs[]

Bell/Springvale Highway
Westbound	Distance from Tullamarine Freeway (km)	Eastbound
End Bell Street continues as Tullamarine Freeway to Bendigo	0.0	Start Bell Street from Tullamarine Freeway
UPFIELD RAIL LINE	2.9	UPFIELD RAIL LINE
Coburg	3.1	Coburg
Brunswick, Parkville Sydney Road	3.1	Campbellfield, Craigieburn Sydney Road
Melbourne Nicholson Street	4.2	Melbourne Nicholson Street
Melbourne, Reservoir, Epping St Georges Road	5.9	Reservoir, Epping, Melbourne St Georges Road
MERNDA RAIL LINE	6.1	MERNDA RAIL LINE
Clifton Hill, Preston	6.4	Preston, Clifton Hill
Clifton Hill, Bundoora Plenty Road	6.7	Bundoora, Whittlesea, Clifton Hill Plenty Road
Fairfield, Reservoir Albert Street	8.1	Reservoir, Fairfield Albert Street
Ivanhoe, Bundoora Waterdale Road	10.3	Bundoora, Ivanhoe Waterdale Road
continues as Bell Street	11.1	Heidelberg Burgundy Street Rosanna, Ivanhoe Upper Heidelberg Road
continues as Bell Street	11.1	continues as Banksia Street
HURSTBRIDGE RAIL LINE	11.7	HURSTBRIDGE RAIL LINE
continues as	12.6	Greensborough Lower Heidelberg Road
Heidelberg, Greensborough, To Ring Road Lower Heidelberg Road		Greensborough, Camberwell; Melbourne via Freeway Lower Heidelberg Road
Melbourne via Freeway; Ivanhoe Lower Heidelberg Road		duplexes with
YARRA RIVER	13.3	YARRA RIVER
continues as Banksia Street	13.6	Templestowe, Warrandyte Bridge Street
continues as Banksia Street	13.6	continues as Manningham Road
Melbourne via Freeway; Bulleen, Templestowe Bulleen Road	14.0	Ringwood, Frankston via Freeway; Templestowe, Bulleen Bulleen Road
Melbourne via Freeway; Bulleen, Templestowe Thompsons Road	15.8	Templestowe, Bulleen, Thompsons Road
Melbourne via Freeway, Templestowe High Street	17.1	Templestowe, To Freeway High Street
continues as Manningham Road	18.2	Templestowe, Eltham Williamsons Road
Templestowe, Eltham Williamsons Road	18.2	continues as Williamsons Road
continues as Williamsons Road	19.0	Doncaster
continues as Williamsons Road	19.0	End Williamsons Road
Traffic Lights (clockwise from Williamsons Road) Doncaster Road to Donvale and Mitcham Tram Road to Box Hill and Ringwood via Freeway Doncaster Road to Kew and Melbourne via Freeway
Westbound	Distance from Williamsons Road (km)	Eastbound
Doncaster	0.0	continues as Doncaster Road
Melbourne via Freeway; Mount Waverley Wetherby Road Victoria Street	1.7	Victoria Street Mount Waverley, Clayton; To Freeway Wetherby Road
Blackburn, Warrandyte Blackburn Road	3.3	Warrandyte, Blackburn Blackburn Road
continues as Doncaster Road	4.3	continues as Mitcham Road
continues as Mitcham Road	5.1	Donvale
Traffic Lights (clockwise from Mitcham Road) Springvale Road to Templestowe and Warrandyte Mitcham Road to Mitcham and Boronia Springvale Road to Nunawading and Glen Waverley
Northbound	Distance from Freeway (km)	Southbound
Donvale	0.8	continues as Springvale Road
Ringwood, Dandenong, Frankston EastLink	0.0	Ringwood, Dandenong, Frankston EastLink
Melbourne Eastern Freeway	0.0	Melbourne Eastern Freeway
Box Hill, Ringwood Whitehorse Road	1.6	Ringwood, Box Hill Whitehorse Road
LILYDALE RAIL LINE	1.7	LILYDALE RAIL LINE
Forest Hill, Vermont; To Canterbury Road	3.4	To ; Vermont, Forest Hill Canterbury Road
Burwood, Ferntree Gully, Belgrave; To Burwood Highway	5.7	To ; Belgrave, Burwood Burwood Highway
Highbury Road	6.5	Highbury Road
Ashburton, Wantirna South; To High Street Road	7.9	To ; Wantirna South, Boronia, Ashburton High Street Road
	8.6	Glen Waverley
Northbound	Distance from Freeway (km)	Southbound
Glen Waverley	3.1
Chadstone, Wheelers Hill Waverley Road	2.2	Wheelers Hill, Chadstone Waverley Road
Melbourne via Freeway ; Oakleigh, Ferntree Gully; To Ferntree Gully Road	0.5	To ; Ferntree Gully, Oakleigh; Melbourne via Freeway Ferntree Gully Road
	0.0	Dandenong, Warragul; Frankston via EastLink Monash Freeway
Northbound	Distance from Freeway (km)	Southbound
Dandenong, Warragul Monash Freeway	13.4
Oakleigh, Rowville; To / Wellington Road	12.2	To / ; Rowville, Oakleigh Wellington Road
Oakleigh, Melbourne Princes Highway	10.6	SPRINGVALE JUNCTION
Clayton, Bentleigh Centre Road To Dandenong Police Road		To Police Road; Dandenong, Oakleigh Princes Highway
SPRINGVALE JUNCTION		Clayton, Bentleigh Centre Road
GIPPSLAND RAIL LINE	8.8	GIPPSLAND RAIL LINE
Moorabbin, Noble Park Heatherton Road	7.3	Noble Park, Moorabbin Heatherton Road
Dandenong; To EastLink Dandenong Bypass	5.0	Dandenong; Frankston via EastLink Dandenong Bypass
Moorabbin, Blackburn, Melbourne via Westall Road	5.0	Moorabbin, Blackburn Westall Road
Keysborough, Dandenong; Ringwood via EastLink Cheltenham Road	4.1	Dandenong; Frankston via EastLink Cheltenham Road
Dingley Village, Mentone; To Melbourne Lower Dandenong Road	4.1	Mentone Lower Dandenong Road
Narre Warren; Ringwood, Melbourne via EastLink Hutton Road	1.8	Narre Warren Hutton Road
Mordialloc Governor Road	1.8	Mordialloc Governor Road
Frankston, Portsea Mornington Peninsula Freeway	0.0	Frankston, Portsea Mornington Peninsula Freeway
continues as Springvale Road	0.3	Chelsea, Patterson Lakes Wells Road To Melbourne; Mordialloc, Clayton Wells Road
Mordialloc, Clayton Wells Road Patterson Lakes Wells Road	0.3	continues as Edithvale Road
FRANKSTON RAIL LINE	2.6	FRANKSTON RAIL LINE
Start Edithvale Road	2.6	End Edithvale Road
Traffic Lights (clockwise from Edithvale Road) Nepean Highway to Frankston and Mornington Nepean Highway to Mordialloc and Melbourne

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A)". Government of Victoria. pp. 962–964. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014.
^ Springvale Level Crossing Removal Project Archived 7 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine. "VicRoads". www.vicroads.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 24 May 2014
^ Springvale Road Rail Separation Project. VicRoads. www.vicroads.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2009

[register-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A)". Government of Victoria. pp. 962–964. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014.

[2] Springvale Level Crossing Removal Project Archived 7 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine. "VicRoads". www.vicroads.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 24 May 2014

[3] Springvale Road Rail Separation Project. VicRoads. www.vicroads.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2009

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State (Bell/Springvale) Highway

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Alternate names[]

Major intersections and suburbs[]

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