Melton Highway


Melton Highway links Melbourne's outer north-western suburbs of Melton and Taylors Lakes ; it has a Victorian route designation of C754.

Route

The Melton Highway connects the Western Freeway and Calder Freeway and provides the most direct route between Ballarat and Melbourne's northern airports and suburbs, bypassing busy western suburbs. The increase in traffic has seen the road upgraded with many overtaking lanes, and increasing residential levels at the eastern end has seen duplication of the carriageway and reconstruction of the railway crossing just north of Sydenham station.
The road commences at the Melton exit from the Calder Freeway and travels through suburban developments, until reaching paddock land for the last stretch into Melton. The road passes Watergardens railway station, Watergardens Town Centre and a number of housing estates. The road generally has a speed limit of 70 km/h around built up areas. After the last housing developments this gradually rises to 80, 90 and then 100 km/h through farm/paddock land and goes back to 80 km/h at Melton, with it turning from a four-lane road to a two-lane road with overtaking spots.
In September 2018, the new 6-lane bridge over Sunbury/Bendigo railway line replaced nearby level crossing, providing new bike lane and footpath on each side, and new paths underneath. The railway carries more than 200 trains each weekday and the road carries 38,000 vehicles per day.

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