Road Photos & Information: Victoria

South Gippsland Freeway, South Gippsland Highway, Bass Highway & Phillip Island Road (M/A/B420) - Doveton to Lynbrook

Statistics:

• Length: 104 km (Doveton to Lynbrook: 7 km)
• Northern Terminus: Monash Fwy (M1) at Doveton
• Southern Terminus: The Esplanade at Cowes (on Phillip Island)
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities along route: Doveton, Hallam, Lynbook, Hampton Park, Cranbourne North, Cranbourne, Tooradin, Koo Wee Rup, Lang Lang, Jam Jerrup, Pioneer Bay, The Gurdies, Bass, Anderson, San Remo, Newhaven, Cape Woolamai and Cowes.

Route Numbering:

• Current: (South Gippsland Fwy & South Gippsland Hwy)
• Former:
  • M1 / NR1 / F81 (Monash Fwy to Princes Hwy)
  • SR65 (Princes Hwy to Sth Gippsland Hwy) 1
  • SR180 (Sth Gippsland Hwy section) 1

• Road Authority Classification: 6710 (Bass Highway), 1310 / 1580 (South Gippsland Freeway), 6580 (South Gippsland Highway) & 4971 (Phillip Island Road) 2

General Information:

The M/A/B420 route connects Melbourne to Phillip Island, which is famous for several tourist attractions including wildlife and motorcycle racing.

The route is a mix of freeway standard from Doveton to Lynbrook and dual carriageway highway from Lynbrook to Anderson and some rural single carriageway highway standard in the Phillip Island area.

History:

Prior to construction, the South Gippsland Freeway was for a time noted in street directories as the "Eumemmerring Freeway". It was a proposed name 3

• 1948: Bass Hwy declared. 4
• 1970: South Gippsland Fwy alignment begins life as a connector road from Monash Fwy (then Mulgrave Fwy) to Princes Hwy at Doevton near Dandenong.
• 1970s: Several extensions from Princes Hwy occured, including extension to Pound Road and again to the Lynbrook area. Other works included the duplication and upgrade of the old alignment of the South Gippsland Highway into the new stretch of the freeway, and a new dual-carriageway alignment of the South Gippsland Highway was constructed approximately a kilometre to the freeway's west. Pound Road was extended a few hundred metres west across a new bridge over the freeway, and Dandenong-bound ramps were constructed. The interchange where the freeway and the old and new alignments of the South Gippsland Highway met Lyndhurst Road (renamed Hastings-Dandenong Road not long afterwards) was reconsructed to allow the freeway to flow further south using an overpass above the realigned South Gippsland Highway.
• 1980s: Renaming of Mulgrave Fwy south of Eumemmerring Ck renamed South Gippsland Fwy
• 1990s: M1 replaces NR1 north of Princes Hwy interchange
• 1997: The B420 segment (Phillip Island Road) of the route was initially designated as the B480 quite early on during the MABC planning process - it's shown in the 'Linking Victoria' document. 4
• 2003: M1 north of Princes Hwy interchange, replaced by M420 with the extension of Monash Freeway
• 2006: Upgrade works on Bass Highway from Stanley Road, Grantville to north of McKenzie Road, Corinella, from two lanes to four with a median. 5
• 2007: Introduction of blue line to Phillip Island Road and Bass Highway - this blue line increases the number of lanes available to the traffic exiting the Phillip Island Race Track when major events are held. 5

Doveton to Lynbrook			Lynbrook to Doveton
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	Distance Sign: First southbound RD sign on the South Gippsland Fwy at Endeavour Hills. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			Approaching commercial Drive & McDowell Road: Advance direction signage as you approach the intersection with Commercial Drive & McDowell Road in Lynbrook, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Endeavour Hills approaching the interchange with Princes Hwy (ALT-NR1). November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			Intersection Dierctional Sign: ID sign on the corner of Commercial Drive and McDowell Road in Lynbrook. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Supplemental Advance Directional Sign: Supplemental AD sign at Endeavour Hills approaching the interchange with Princes Hwy (ALT-NR1). November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			Diagrammatic Advance Directional Sign: AD sign near Commercial Drive and McDowell Road at Lynbrook. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Princes Highway Interchange: Princes Hwy (ALT-NR1) interchange at Endeavour Hills. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			South Gippsland Fwy Interchange: AD sign at the South Gippsland Hwy (M780) and South Gippsland Fwy (M420) interchange, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Princes Highway Interchange: Princes Hwy (ALT-NR1) interchange at Endeavour Hills. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			South Gippsland Fwy Interchange: ID sign assembly at the South Gippsland Hwy (M780) and South Gippsland Fwy (M420) interchange, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	AD Sign: Southbound approaching the interchange for Pound Road (MR12) in Hallam. Image © Rob Tilley			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on South Gippsland Fwy at Hallam approaching the Princes Hwy (ALT-NR1) interchange. September 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Pound Road Interchange: Southbound through the interchange for Pound Road in Hallam. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			Princes Highway Interchange: Northbound on South Gippsland Fwy at the interchange with Princes Hwy (ALT-NR1) at Hallam, September 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on the southbound exit of the Pound Road (MR12) interchange at Hampton Park, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on the northbound exit of the Princes Hwy interchange in Hallam. September 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: Southbound advance directional sign for the South Gippsland Hwy interchange. Pound Road overpass at Hampton Park, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			Distance Sign: Northbound RD sign on the South Gippsland Fwy at the Princes Hwy (ALT-NR1) interchnge in Hallam, September 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	South Gippsland Hwy Interchange: Looking through the interchange with South Gippsland Hwy (M420 / M780) at Hampton Park. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	End Freeway Sign: Sign indicating the end of the South Gippsland Fwy at Hampton Park, November 2006. M420 continues as South Gippsland Hwy from this interchange. Image © Rob Tilley
	Intersection Directional Signs: ID sign assembly at the South Gippsland Hwy interchange in Hampton Park, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Abbotts Road in Hampton Park, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Abbotts Road Interchange: South Gippsland Hwy (M420) as it passes through the junction with Abbotts Road in Hampton Park, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign for the junction with Commercial Drive and McDowell Road in Lynbrook. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Commercial Drive & McDowell Road Intersection: South Gippsland Hwy approaching the junction with Commercial Dr and McDowell Rd in Lynbrook, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Intersection Directional Sign: Intersection directional sign on the corner of Commercial Drive and McDowell Road in Lynbrook, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Distance Sign: RD sign after the junction with Commercial Drive & McDowell Road in Lynbrook. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign approaching the signalised intersection with Lynbrook Blvd in Lynbrook, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Lynbrook Boulevard Intersection: Southbound in Lynbrook at Lynbrook Blvd, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Hallam Road Interchange: Southbound through the Hallam Road Interchange in Lynbrook, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
Click here for the continuation of M420 between Lynbrook and Lang Lang

1 Sam Laybutt
2 VicRoads
3 BJ Winzer
4 Viseth Uch
5 Victorian Government

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