Burwood Highway

Burwood Highway

Toorak Road

Victoria
Burwood Highway; Toorak Road; Victoria
	Burwood Highway through Burwood East
	West end East end
Coordinates	37°50′41″S 145°02′23″E / 37.844730°S 145.039623°E (West end); 37°54′30″S 145°21′18″E / 37.908355°S 145.355083°E (East end);
General information
Type	Highway
Length	29.7 km (18 mi)
Gazetted	October 1913 (as Main Road); 1959/60 (as State Highway)
Route number(s)	Metro Route 26 (1965–present); (Hawthorn–Upper Ferntree Gully); C412 (1998–present); (Upper Ferntree Gully–Belgrave); Concurrencies:; Metro Route 22 (1965–present); (Ferntree Gully–Upper Ferntree Gully); Metro Route 5 (1989–present); (through Ferntree Gully);
Former; route number	Metro Route 26 (1965–1998); (Upper Ferntree Gully–Belgrave)
Major junctions
West end	Toorak Road; Hawthorn, Melbourne
	CityLink; Monash Freeway; Warrigal Road; Middleborough Road; Springvale Road; Mountain Highway; EastLink; Mount Dandenong Tourist Road;
East end	Monbulk Road; Belgrave–Gembrook Road; Belgrave, Melbourne
Location(s)
Major settlements	Burwood, Wantirna South, Ferntree Gully, Upwey
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Victoria; ; ;
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Burwood Highway (and its western section as Toorak Road) is a major transportation link with Melbourne's eastern fringe at the foot of the Dandenong Ranges, linking the suburbs of Hawthorn and Belgrave.^[4] The highway is considered a major link for people who live in the Dandenong Ranges and acts as one of the major feeder roadway in the area along with Canterbury Road, Ferntree Gully Road, EastLink and Wellington Road.

^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 5 November 1913. p. 4812. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "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. pp. 7–8.
^ "Burwood Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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[vicgovgaz13-1] "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 5 November 1913. p. 4812. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[CRB47AR-2] "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. pp. 7–8.

[gmaps-3] "Burwood Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

[vicreg-4] Cite error: The named reference vicreg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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Burwood Highway Toorak Road Victoria

Burwood Highway through Burwood East
West end East end
Coordinates	37°50′41″S 145°02′23″E / 37.844730°S 145.039623°E / -37.844730; 145.039623 (West end) 37°54′30″S 145°21′18″E / 37.908355°S 145.355083°E / -37.908355; 145.355083 (East end)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	29.7 km (18 mi)^[3]
Gazetted	October 1913 (as Main Road)^[1] 1959/60 (as State Highway)^[2]
Route number(s)	Metro Route 26 (1965–present) (Hawthorn–Upper Ferntree Gully) C412 (1998–present) (Upper Ferntree Gully–Belgrave) Concurrencies: Metro Route 22 (1965–present) (Ferntree Gully–Upper Ferntree Gully) Metro Route 5 (1989–present) (through Ferntree Gully)
Former route number	Metro Route 26 (1965–1998) (Upper Ferntree Gully–Belgrave)
Major junctions
West end	Toorak Road Hawthorn, Melbourne
	CityLink Monash Freeway Warrigal Road Middleborough Road Springvale Road Mountain Highway EastLink Mount Dandenong Tourist Road
East end	Monbulk Road Belgrave–Gembrook Road Belgrave, Melbourne
Location(s)
Major settlements	Burwood, Wantirna South, Ferntree Gully, Upwey
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Victoria
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