Burke Road is a major north–south thoroughfare in Melbourne, Australia. It runs from Ivanhoe East to Caulfield East and through the major shopping district at Camberwell.

Burke Road

Burke Road looking north from Cookson Street in Camberwell.
Burke Road is located in Melbourne
North end
North end
South end
South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeRoad
Length12.3 km (7.6 mi)[1]
GazettedMay 1983[2]
Route number(s)
  • Metro Route 17 (1965–present)
    Entire route
  • Concurrencies:
  • Metro Route 32 (1965–present)
    (through Hawthorn East)
Major junctions
North endMaltravers Road
Ivanhoe East, Melbourne
 
South endSir John Monash Drive
Caulfield East, Melbourne
Location(s)
Major suburbsKew East, Balwyn North, Camberwell, Glen Iris, Malvern East

It is aligned with the western boundary of Elgar's Special Survey,[3] and does not conform to the 1 mile (1.6 km) interval cadastral survey grid for Melbourne.

Route

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Burke Road starts at the intersection with Lower Heidelberg and Maltravers Roads, heading south as a dual-lane, single-carriageway road through Ivanhoe East until crossing over the Yarra River, where it widens to a four-lane, dual-carriageway road, crosses the Eastern Freeway, and continues south until it reaches the intersection with High Street, Kilby and Doncaster Roads, where it narrows to a four-lane single-carriageway road. It continues south through Balwyn, over the Lilydale railway line and through Camberwell Junction at Camberwell, crossing the Monash Freeway and Glen Waverley railway line at Glen Iris, eventually to terminate at Princes Highway in Caulfield East, just outside Monash University's Caulfield campus.

Tram route 72 runs along the road between Whitehorse Road in Deepdene, and Malvern Road in Glen Iris.

History

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Burke Road was originally known as Boundary, West Boundary or New Cross Road.[4]

The passing of the Country Roads Act of 1958[5] (itself an evolution from the original Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924[6]) provided for the declaration of State Highways and Main Roads, roads partially financed by the State government through the Country Roads Board (later VicRoads). A northern extension to the existing declaration of Burke Road, from Main Heidelberg-Eltham Road (Lower Heidelberg Road) at Ivanhoe East to Gardiners Creek at Glen Iris, was declared a Main Road on 9 May 1983.[2]

Burke Road was signed as Metropolitan Route 17 between Ivanhoe East and Caulfield East in 1965. Metropolitan Route 17 continues south, with a brief concurrency along Princes Highway, via Grange Road eventually to Moorabbin.

The passing of the Road Management Act 2004[7] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared the road as Burke Road (Arterial #5874), beginning at Main Heidelberg–Eltham Road (Lower Heidelberg Road) at Ivanhoe East and ending at Princes Highway in Caulfield East.[8]

Major intersections

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LGALocation[1][8]km[1]miDestinationsNotes
BanyuleIvanhoe East0.00.0Maltravers Road (north) – EaglemontNorthern terminus of road and Metro Route 17
  Lower Heidelberg Road (Metro Route 44) – Ivanhoe, Heidelberg, ElthamRoundabout
BoroondaraKew EastBalwyn North boundary1.60.99  Eastern Freeway (M3) – CityHalf Diamond interchange, westbound entrance and eastbound exit only
2.71.7Kilby Road (west) – Kew East
  High Street (Metro Route 36 southwest) – Kew
  Doncaster Road (Metro Route 36 east) – Doncaster, Donvale
KewDeepdene boundary4.62.9  Cotham Road (Metro Route 34 west) – Kew, Collingwood
  Whitehorse Road (Metro Route 34 east) – Box Hill, Ringwood
5.33.3Mont Albert Road – Mont Albert
Hawthorn East5.43.4  Barkers Road (Metro Route 32 west) – Hawthorn, RichmondConcurrency with Metro Route 32
Camberwell5.83.6Rathmines Road (west) – Hawthorn
  Canterbury Road (Metro Route 32 east) – Canterbury, Surrey Hills, Vermont, Montrose
7.04.3  Riversdale Road (Metro Route 20 west, east) – Richmond, Box Hill South
  Camberwell Road (Metro Route 30 northwest, southeast) – Hawthorn, Glen Iris
Camberwell Junction
No right turns permitted at intersection
8.65.3  Toorak Road (Metro Route 26) – Toorak, Burwood, Belgrave
StonningtonGlen Iris9.35.8  Monash Freeway (M1) – Chadstone, Dandenong, Warragul, CityDiamond interchange
9.66.0Malvern Road – Prahran, Malvern East
Malvern East10.16.3  High Street (Metro Route 24) – Prahran, Glen Waverley, Wantirna South
10.96.8Wattletree Road – Armadale, Malvern East
12.07.5Waverley Road – Malvern East
Glen EiraCaulfield East12.37.6   Dandenong Road (Alt National Route 1 west/east, Metro Route 17 east) – St Kilda, Oakleigh, DandenongMetro Route 17 continues briefly east along Dandenong Road to Grange Road
Sir John Monash Drive (south) – Caulfield, Monash UniversitySouthern terminus of road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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  Australian Roads portal

Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b c "Burke Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 30 June 1983. p. 1976. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ^ Lay, Maxwell (2003), Melbourne Miles: The Story of Melbourne's Roads, Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, ISBN 1-74097-019-5
  4. ^ National Trust of Australia - Victoria. ""Burke Road and Camberwell Junction - Historic Area"". National Trust. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  5. ^ http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/cra1958182.pdf State of Victoria, An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Country Roads 30 September 1958
  6. ^ State of Victoria, An Act to make further provision with respect to Highways and Country Roads Motor Cars and Traction Engines and for other purposes 30 December 1924
  7. ^ State Government of Victoria. "Road Management Act 2004" (PDF). Government of Victoria. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  8. ^ a b VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. p. 832. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.