Pascoe Vale Road is a major thoroughfare through the northern suburbs of Melbourne, connecting the outer northern fringe to the inner northern suburbs.

Pascoe Vale Road

Pascoe Vale Road in Moonee Ponds
Pascoe Vale Road is located in Melbourne
North end
North end
South end
South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeRoad
Length14.9 km (9.3 mi)[1]
GazettedSeptember 1960[2]
Route number(s) Metro Route 35 (1965–present)
Major junctions
North endDavid Munroe Drive
Coolaroo, Melbourne
 
South end Ascot Vale Road
Moonee Ponds, Melbourne
Location(s)
Major suburbsMeadow Heights, Dallas, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Glenroy, Oak Park, Pascoe Vale, Strathmore

Route

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Pascoe Vale Road starts at the intersection with Somerton Road in Coolaroo and runs south as a four-lane, dual-carriageway road until the underpass with Camp Road and Johnstone Street in Broadmeadows, where it narrows to a four-lane, single-carriageway road. It continues south over the Western Ring Road through Glenroy, under CityLink and over the Craigieburn railway line through Strathmore, until the intersection with Fletcher Street in Essendon, where it shares surface tram tracks. It continues south to eventually terminate at Moonee Ponds Junction, where it meets Mount Alexander Road and Ascot Vale Road in Moonee Ponds.

Tram route 59 passes along the length of Pascoe Vale Road between Fletcher Street in Essendon and Moonee Ponds Junction.

History

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Pascoe Vale Road originally ran north from Mount Alexander Road in Moonee Ponds to Camp Road at Broadmeadows. The passing of the Country Roads Act of 1958[3] (itself an evolution from the original Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924[4]) 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 Pascoe Vale Road, from Camp Road to the intersection with Somerton Road in Coolaroo, was declared a Main Road on 7 September 1960.[2][5] Construction to eliminate the railway crossing at the Broadmeadows railway gates, where Camp Road crossed the Broadmeadows railway line and then Pascoe Vale Road, with a road-over-rail overpass in Broadmeadows, was completed in January 1978.[6]

Pascoe Vale Road was signed as Metropolitan Route 35 between Broadmeadows North and Moonee Ponds in 1965, heading east along Barry Road to eventually meet Hume Highway in Campbellfield. It was extended further north in 1989 along the entire road, heading east along Somerton Road to eventually meet Hume Highway in Coolaroo. Metropolitan Route 35 continues south along Ascot Vale Road eventually to Laverton.

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 Pascoe Vale Road (Arterial #5819) from Somerton Road in Coolaroo to Ascot Vale Road in Moonee Ponds.[8]

Major intersections

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LGALocation[1][8]km[1]miDestinationsNotes
HumeCoolarooMeadow Heights boundary0.00.0David Munroe Drive (north) – Roxburgh ParkNorthern terminus of road
   Somerton Road (Metro Route 58 west, Metro Route 35/58 east) – Greenvale, Somerton, YarrambatMetro Route 35 continues east along Somerton Road
CoolarooMeadow HeightsBroadmeadows tripoint2.91.8Barry Road – Campbellfield
Broadmeadows5.13.2Dimboola Road – BroadmeadowsAccess to Johnstone Street and Camp Road not otherwise available from overpass
5.43.4  Johnstone Street (Metro Route 48 west) – Tullamarine, Westmeadows
  Camp Road (Metro Route 48 east) – Bundoora, Eltham
Southbound exit from Camp Road westbound only; no exit eastbound from Johnstone Street
HumeMerri-bek boundaryJacanaBroadmeadowsGlenroy tripoint6.44.0  Western Ring Road (M80) – Ardeer, Laverton NorthWestbound entry and eastbound exit only
Merri-bekGlenroy7.84.8Glenroy Road – Hadfield
Pascoe Vale10.46.5Stewart Street, to Gaffney Street – Coburg North
Moonee ValleyStrathmore11.06.8  CityLink (M2) – Docklands, Port MelbourneEastbound entry and westbound exit only
  Bell Street (Metro Route 40) – Coburg, HeidelbergEntry to Bell Street via CityLink ramp
11.77.3Pascoe Avenue, to Woodland Street (west) – Strathmore
StrathmoreEssendon boundary12.27.6Woodland Street (east) – Pascoe Vale South
Essendon13.18.1Moreland Road – Brunswick
13.78.5Fletcher Street (west) – Essendon
Albion Street (east) – Brunswick East
EssendonMoonee Ponds boundary13.98.6Buckley Street – Keilor East, Essendon
Moonee Ponds14.59.0Kellaway Avenue – Moonee PondsPascoe Vale Road northbound from Moonee Ponds Junction via Kellaway Avenue
14.99.3Puckle Street (west) – Moonee Ponds
Dean Street (east) – Moonee Ponds
No right turn southbound into Puckle Street, no right turn northbound into Dean Street and Pascoe Vale Road
Mount Alexander Road (northwest, southeast) – TravancoreNo left turn northbound into Ascot Vale Road, no right turn northbound into Dean Street and Pascoe Vale Road
  Ascot Vale Road (south) – FlemingtonSouthern terminus of road; Metro Route 35 continues south along Ascot Vale Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also

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  Australian Roads portal

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Pascoe Vale Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 7 September 1960. pp. 2977–81. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ "Country Roads Board Victoria. Forty-Seventh Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1960". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 21 November 1960. p. 10.
  6. ^ "Country Roads Board Victoria. Sixty-Fifth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1978". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 29 September 1978. p. 23.
  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. 783. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.