Road Photos & Information: Victoria
M3 Eastern Freeway, Eastlink & Frankston Freeway (M3) - Noble Park to Seaford - Heatherton Road Construction

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M3 is a motorway standard route in Melbourne's eastern and south eastern suburbs, linking the Melbourne CBD with the Mornington Peninsula. The Eastern Freeway is untolled, however the Eastlink section of M3, from Nunawading to Seaford uses an electronic distance based tolling system.

Eastlink:

Eastlink is made up of the Eastern Freeway Extension, Ringwood Bypass and Scoresby Freeway. 1

The Eastlink section of the route features 17 interchanges and also twin tunnels at Donvale / Ringwood, under the Mullum Mullum valley - the Melba Tunnel and the Mullum Mullum Tunnel. Each tunnel is 1.6km long, contain three lanes that are 3.5m wide with a height clearance for vehicles of 4.65m. The tunnels have a gradient of up to 5.5% and are located up to 53m from surface level. 2

The route also features 3 traffic lanes in each direction for 33km from the Eastern Freeway to Thompson Road at Carrum Downs, and also has 103 structures, including 88 bridges. 3

History:

Eastbound Westbound
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Overpass Construction Works:
Earthworks for the Eastlink overpass / interchange, looking east on Heatherton Rd (MR14) at Dandenong, near Ryder St, October 2005.

Image © Viseth Uch

Construction Sign:
Eastlink construction sign, looking northwest on Princes Hwy (ALT-NR1) at Dandenong, November 2006.

Image © Viseth Uch

Overpass Construction Works:
Earthworks for the Eastlink overpass / interchange, looking east on Heatherton Rd (MR14) at Dandenong, near Ryder St, October 2005.

Image © Viseth Uch

Heatherton Road Intersection:
Looking northwest on Princes Hwy, approaching Heatherton Rd, with the Eastlink interchange in the distance, November 2006.

Image © Viseth Uch

Overpass Construction Works:
Earthworks for the Eastlink overpass / interchange, looking east on Heatherton Rd (MR14) at Dandenong, near Ryder St, October 2005.

Image © Viseth Uch

Heatherton Road Intersection:
Looking northwest on Princes Hwy, approaching Heatherton Rd, with the Eastlink interchange in the distance, November 2006.

Image © Viseth Uch


Northbound Southbound
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Eastlink Northbound:
View of Eastlink, looking north from Heatherton Road interchange at Noble Park North, February 2008.

Image © Phillip McCallum

Eastlink Southbound:
View of Eastlink with 2 pedestrian footbridges, looking south from Heatherton Road interchange at Noble Park North, February 2008.

Image © Phillip McCallum

Eastlink Northbound:
View of Eastlink with Oakwood Av overpass, looking north from Heatherton Road interchange at Noble Park North, February 2008.

Image © Phillip McCallum

Click here for construction photos at the Monash Freeway interchange
Click here for construction photos at the Dandenong Bypass interchange

1 Maroondah City Council, Developing Maroondah, EastLink
2 Eastlink, Motorway Info
3 Linking Melbourne Authority: Projects, Eastlink, Facts & Figures
4 Tim Cole
5 Minister of Transport, Media Release, Bracks Government Announces Mitcham-Frankston Freeway Project, 23 September 2002
6 The Office of the Premier, Media Release, Mitcham-Frankston Freeway Must Be Tolled: Premier, 14 April 2003

Last updated: 14-Feb-2019 21:06

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