Distance sign on Bell Street (MR40) in Coburg. Image © Rob Tilley.

Metropolitan Routes originally began life as state routes in the 1965 1, with the name Metropolitan Routes gained wider use when Vicroads introduced alphanumeric numbering in country and regional areas of Victoria.

Below are the various roads that this site has photos of. The routes are sorted by their route number.

Route Number: Description: Preview:
Route Number Metropolitan Route 3 (Melbourne CBD to Mornington):
 St Kilda Road and Nepean Highway 1
Route NumberMetropolitan Route 4 (Frankston to Cranbourne):
Davey Street, Baxter Street, Cranbourne Road, Cranbourne-Frankston Road and Sladen Street 		Preview
Route Number Metropolitan Route 9 (Wattle Glen To Frankston):
Kangaroo Ground-Wattle Glen Road, Kangaroo Ground-St Andrews Road, Eltham-Yarra Glen Road, Kangaroo Ground-Warrandyte Road, Ringwood-Warrandyte Road, Warrandyte Road, Maroondah Highway, Wantirna Road, Boronia Road, Stud Road, Princes Highway, Dandenong-Frankston Road, Dandenong Road East and Fletcher Road		 Preview
Route Number Metropolitan Route 11 (Chelsea Heights To Rosebud):
Mornington Peninsula Freeway, Moorooduc Highway and Frankston Freeway		 Preview
Route Number Metropolitan Route 13 (Doncaster East To Clayton):
 Andersons Creek Road, Blackburn Road, Surrey Road and Chapel Street		 Preview
Route Number Metropolitan Route 30 (Port Melbourne to Camberwell):
 Bay Street, Crockford Street, City Road, Montague Street, Wurundjeri Way, Flinders Street, Wellington Parade, Bridge Road, Burwood Road and Camberwell Road
Route Number Metropolitan Route 32 (Laverton North to Montrose):
 Boundary Road, Fairbairn Road, Somerville Road, Market Road, Footscray-Sunshine Road, Sunshine Road, Docklands Highway, Dudley Street, Peel Street, Victoria Street, Victoria Parade, Barkers Road, Burke Road and Canterbury Road
Route NumberMetropolitan Route 34 (Lilydale to Carlton):
Swanston Street, Elgin Street, Johnston Street, Studley Park Road, Cotham Road, High Street, Whitehorse Road and Maroondah Highway		Preview
Route NumberMetropolitan Route 40 (Strathmore to Edithvale):
Fitzgerald Road, Boundary Road, Mount Derrimut Road, Station Road, Taylors Road, Green Gully Road, Calder Freeway, Tullamarine Freeway, Bell Street, Banksia Street, Manningham Road, Williamsons Road, Doncaster Road, Mitcham Road, Springvale Road and Edithvale Road 		Preview
Route Number Metropolitan Route 43 (Melbourne Airport to Port Melbourne):
 Tullamarine Fwy and CityLink West
Route Number Metropolitan Route 83 (Brooklyn to Collingwood):
 Princes Highway West, Elliot Avenue, Macarthur Road, Cemetery Road West, College Crescent, Cemetery Road East, Princes Street and Eastern Highway 1

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