Mountain Highway

Mountain Highway

Wantirna–Sassafras Road

Victoria
Mountain Highway; Wantirna–Sassafras Road; Victoria
	Looking east along Mountain Highway, just east of the Belgrave line bridge, Bayswater
	West end East end
Coordinates	37°51′35″S 145°12′25″E / 37.859847°S 145.207075°E (West end); 37°51′46″S 145°21′13″E / 37.862833°S 145.353709°E (East end);
General information
Type	Highway
Length	18 km (11 mi)
Route number(s)	Metro Route 28 (1965–present)
Major junctions
West end	Burwood Highway; Wantirna, Melbourne
	Boronia Road; Bayswater Road; Scoresby Road; Dorset Road; Forest Road;
East end	Mount Dandenong Tourist Road; Sassafras, Melbourne
Location(s)
LGA(s)	City of Knox; Shire of Yarra Ranges;
Major settlements	Wantirna, Bayswater, The Basin
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Victoria; ; ;

Mountain Highway (also known as Wantirna–Sassafras Road^[2]) is an 18 km west–east highway located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, linking the outer fringes of the city to the Dandenong Ranges.

Route edit

Mountain Highway starts at the intersection with Burwood Highway in western Wantirna, heading north-east as a four-lane, dual-carriageway highway under Eastlink until reaching Wantirna Road in Wantirna, where it widens to a six-lane, dual-carriageway highway, and continues east through Bayswater, over the Belgrave railway line until the intersection with Scoresby and Bayswater Roads, where it narrows back to a four-lane, dual-carriageway highway, continuing east until Dorset Road, where it narrows further to a dual-lane, single-carriageway road. It continues south-east through Boronia to The Basin, then uphill through the Dandenong Ranges National Park (between Forest Road and Mount Dandenong Tourist Road) where sections are steep and windy, with an approximate 1 in 20 (5%) grade, especially popular with motorcyclists and cyclists, and is busiest on the weekends. The climb is winding, and the road narrow, so care must be taken when travelling the road. The road ends at the intersection with Mount Dandenong Tourist Road in Sassafras, Victoria.

Speed limits range from 80 km/h from Burwood Highway through to Bayswater, with the limit dropping to 60 km/h between Bayswater town centre and Sassafras. The previous 70 km/h speed limit was removed in 2014 as part of the VicRoads initiative to eliminate 70 km/h and 90 km/h zones, and the drop in speed limit is presumed to be attributable to the presence of cyclists and lack of road shoulder or bicycle lane. In The Basin, a 60 km/h limit applies through the residential area east of Forest Road and a 50 km/h limit applies within the centre of the town. The approach to Mount Dandenong Tourist Road in Sassafras is also 60 km/h.

History edit

Mountain Highway was signed as Metropolitan Route 28 between Wantirna and Sassafras in 1965.

The passing of the Road Management Act 2004^[3] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2004, VicRoads declared Wantirna–Sassafras Road (Arterial #5783) from Burwood Highway in Wantirna to Mount Dandenong Tourist Road in Sassafras.^[2] The road is still presently known (and signposted) as Mountain Highway along its entire length.

Major Intersections edit

LGA	Location^[1]	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Knox	Wantirna–Wantirna South boundary	0	0.0	Burwood Highway (Metro Route 26) – Burwood, Ferntree Gully	Western terminus of highway & Metro Route 28
	Wantirna	2.2	1.4	Wantirna Road – Ringwood	Only left turn from Mountain Highway eastbound to Wantirna Road northbound
	Wantirna	2.4	1.5	Boronia Road (Metro Routes 9/36) – Boronia, Vermont, Ringwood	No left turn from Mountain Highway eastbound to Boronia Road westbound No right turn from Boronia Road eastbound to Mountain Highway westbound
	Wantirna–Bayswater boundary	4.2	2.6	Stud Road – Wantirna South, Rowville, Dandenong
	Bayswater	6.3	3.9	Scorseby Road (Metro Route 7 south) – Knoxfield Bayswater Road (Metro Route 7 north) – Croydon
	Bayswater–Boronia boundary	6.3	3.9	Dorset Road (Metro Route 5) – Croydon North, Boronia, Ferntree Gully
	The Basin	11	6.8	Forest Road (Metro Route 36 southwest) – Boronia, Wantirna Basin–Olinda Road (east) – Olinda
Yarra Ranges	Sassafras	18	11	Mount Dandenong Tourist Road (C415) – Boronia, Wantirna	Eastern terminus of highway & Metro Route 28
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Incomplete access Route transition

Gallery edit

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c Google (5 November 2021). "Mountain Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. p. 746. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
^ 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.

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[gmaps-1] Google (5 November 2021). "Mountain Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[vicreg-2] VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. p. 746. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

[roadact-3] 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.

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