Victoria Street, Melbourne

Victoria Street Victoria Parade Victoria
Type	Road
Length	7 km (4.3 mi)
Opened	1900s
Route number(s)	State Route 32
West end	Munster Terrace and Anderson Street, West Melbourne
	Dryburgh Street Curzon / King Streets Peel Street Elizabeth Street Swanston Street Lygon Street Russell Street Rathdowne Street Exhibition Street La Trobe Street Nicholson Street Brunswick Street Lansdowne Street Smith Street Hoddle Street Church Street Burnley Street
East end	Barkers Road (Victoria Bridge), Kew
Major suburbs	West Melbourne, North Melbourne, Carlton, Fitzroy, East Melbourne, Collingwood, Richmond, Abbotsford

Victoria Street is one of the major thoroughfares of inner Melbourne, running east-west for over six kilometres between Munster Terrace in North Melbourne and the Yarra River. The road is known as Victoria Parade for over one-and-a-half kilometres of its length (between the prominent intersections of Spring Street and Hoddle Street), distinguishable with a wide reservation and tramway down the middle.

Victoria Street touches the north-east corner of the Hoddle Grid at the intersection of La Trobe Street and Spring Street, opposite the Carlton Gardens. After crossing the Yarra river over Victoria Bridge the street continues as Barkers Road.

The road is well known for being an arterial road for cross-city traffic and for featuring the Queen Victoria Market, Victoria Parade hospital precinct and Melbourne's Little Saigon.

Victoria Street forms a part of the borders of several inner Melbourne suburbs, including West Melbourne, North Melbourne, Melbourne, Carlton, East Melbourne, Fitzroy, Collingwood, Richmond and Abbotsford.

In addition to the Carlton Gardens, several other Melbourne landmarks are located on Victoria Street, including RMIT University, the Royal Exhibition Building, St Vincent's Hospital, Queen Victoria Market, the Eastern Hill Fire Station and the Victorian Trades Hall.

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