Royal Parade, Melbourne
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Royal Parade Victoria |
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| Royal Parade, looking south from northern end | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 2.4 km (1.5 mi) |
| Route number(s) |
 Metropolitan Route 55 |
| North end |
Sydney Road, Brunswick, Victoria
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Park Street Macarthur RoadGrattan Street |
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| South end | Elizabeth Street, Melbourne |
| Major suburbs | Parkville |
Royal Parade is a major urban road in Victoria, Australia, linking Melbourne City to Brunswick and the northern suburbs. It is the site of major educational and sporting facilities as well as several buildings of heritage significance.
Royal Parade runs as a continuation from the northern end of Elizabeth Street, in Melbourne City, at the intersection with the east-west Grattan Street in Carlton. It runs north-south through the centre of the suburb of Parkville and terminates at the beginning of Sydney Road in Brunswick at the intersection of Park Street. For its northern half, it forms the western boundary of Princes Park, Carlton North. Near its northern end, Royal Parade crosses an underpass previously housing the Inner Circle railway line which operated from 1888 to 1981.
The road is not to be confused with other and smaller roads called "Royal Parade" in the Melbourne suburbs of Caulfield South, Parkdale/Mordialloc, Pascoe Vale South and Reservoir as well as in the Victorian towns of Emerald, Inverloch and Riddells Creek.
Tram route 19, which runs from Bakers Road in Coburg North to Flinders Street Station in the city runs the entire length of Royal Parade on part of its route. Bus routes 505 (Moonee Ponds to Melbourne University) and 546 (Heidelberg to Melbourne University) use Royal Parade. Historically part of the Hume Highway from Melbourne to Sydney, it used to be signed as National Highway 31, but since the opening of the Craigieburn Bypass in 2005 this section was replaced with Metropolitan Route 55.
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