Mornington Peninsula Freeway
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Mornington Peninsula Freeway Victoria |
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| Type | Freeway |
| Length | 27 km (17 mi) |
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for full list see exits and intersections |
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| South end |
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| Major suburbs / towns | Patterson Lakes, Seaford, Frankston, Moorooduc, Tuerong, Dromana, McCrae |
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Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Victoria |
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M11 (2013-present)
State Route 11 (1980-2013)
Freeway Route 87 (1975-1988)
Boneo Road
for full list see exits and intersections
Mornington Peninsula Freeway is a freeway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, that provides a link from outer suburban Melbourne to the Mornington Peninsula.
The Mornington Peninsula Freeway exists in two halves, connected by the Peninsula Link.
Its northern section links Springvale Road just outside Edithvale to the Moorooduc Highway in Frankston. From here, it continues in a south-easterly direction onto the newly built Peninsula Link.
The Peninsula Link runs for 25 kilometres until it meets Moorooduc Highway, at which points it links to the southern section of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway. The freeway then continues south until Boneo Road, in Rosebud. This section of the freeway passes through vineyards, stud farms and gardens along the Mornington Peninsula.
At the northern end of the northern section, Melbourne-bound traffic may turn right onto Springvale Road to access Monash Freeway or Princes Highway. Turning left offers an alternative way to the city via Nepean Highway, which in many cases is faster, due to the common traffic congestion on the Monash Freeway.
The freeway was originally designated in the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan as the F6 Freeway corridor.
On 18 March 1980 the section of freeway from Springvale Road Keysborough to Seaford opened alongside the existing Wells Road. At the time it was planned that the rest of the freeway be completed from Springvale Road onwards but a change of Government in 1982 saw a change in policy. The new policy was to duplicate Wells Rd through Aspendale Gardens and Boundary Rd through Braeside. The Southern section of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway, known as the F87 between Nepean Highway at Dromana and Jetty Road at Rosebud South was completed in 1975. The freeway between Dromana and Moorooduc South linking to Moorooduc Highway was completed in 1994.
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