Doncaster–Mordialloc Road

Doncaster–Mordialloc Road is a major arterial road through the eastern and south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. This name is not widely known to most drivers, as the entire allocation is still best known as by the names of its constituent parts: Victoria Street, Wetherby Road, Middleborough Road, Stephensons Road, Clayton Road and Boundary Road.^[3] This article will deal with the entire length of the corridor for sake of completion.

Doncaster–Mordialloc Road (numerous constituent roads) Victoria
Clayton Road through Clayton
North end South end
Coordinates	37.773064°S 145.146146°E / -37.773064; 145.146146 (North end) 38.011455°S 145.103369°E / -38.011455; 145.103369 (South end)
General information
Type	Road
Length	26.9 km (17 mi)[1]
Gazetted	September 1960[2]
Route number(s)	Metro Route 23 (1989–present) (Doncaster–Braeside)
Major junctions
North end	King Street Doncaster East, Melbourne
	Doncaster Road Eastern Freeway Whitehorse Road Canterbury Road Burwood Highway Princes Highway Dingley Bypass Lower Dandenong Road
South end	Wells Road Braeside, Melbourne
Location(s)
Major suburbs	Box Hill, Mount Waverley, Clayton, Dingley Village

Route

Doncaster–Mordialloc Road commences at the intersection of King and Victoria Streets at Doncaster East and heads south as a two-lane, single carriageway road along Victoria Street until it intersections with Doncaster Road, changing its name to Wetherby Road and continuing south as a four-lane, single carriageway road, before crossing Koonung Creek and meeting with Eastern Freeway at an interchange in Box Hill North. It changes names again to Middleborough Road and continues south through Box Hill before intersecting with Highbury Road in Mount Waverley, changing name again to Stephensons Road, and continuing south through Mount Waverley. It intersects with Ferntree Gully Road in Oakleigh East, changing names again to Clayton Road, and continues through Clayton, intersecting with Kingston and Heatherton Roads in Clayton South and changes name a final time to Boundary Road, widening to a four-lane, dual-carriageway road through Dingley, before eventually terminating at the bridge over Mordialloc Creek in Braeside, continuing southeast-wards as Wells Road.

History

The passing of the Country Roads Act of 1958^[4] (itself an evolution from the original Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924^[5]) provided for the declaration of State Highways and Main Roads, roads partially financed by the State government through the Country Roads Board (later VicRoads). Doncaster–Mordialloc Road was declared a Main Road on 7 September 1960, between Doncaster Road in Doncaster and Wells Road in Mordialloc,^[2] but was still sign-posted as its constituent parts.

Doncaster–Mordialloc Road was signed as Metropolitan Route 23 between Doncaster Road and Wells Road in 1989.

The passing of the Road Management Act 2004^[6] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared Doncaster–Mordialloc Road (Arterial #5803) from King Street in Doncaster East to Wells Road in Braeside.^[3] The road is still presently known (and signposted) as its constituent parts along its entire length.

Major intersections

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Manningham	Doncaster East–Templestowe boundary	0.0	0.0	King Street – Templestowe, Templestowe Lower	Northern terminus of Victoria Street
	Doncaster	1.6	0.99	Doncaster Road (Metro Routes 36/40) – Doncaster, Donvale	Northern terminus of Metro Route 23 Name change: Victoria Street (north), Wetherby Road (south)
Koonung Creek		2.7	1.7	Bridge over river (name unknown)
Whitehorse	Box Hill North–Blackburn North boundary	2.9	1.8	Eastern Freeway (M3) – Collingwood, Ringwood	Diamond interchange Name change: Wetherby Road (north), Middleborough Road (south)
	Box Hill–Blackburn boundary	5.3	3.3	Whitehorse Road (Metro Route 34) – Box Hill, Ringwood
		5.5	3.4	Lilydale and Belgrave railway lines
	Box Hill–Blackburn–Box Hill South–Blackburn South quadripoint	6.5	4.0	Canterbury Road (Metro Route 32) – Canterbury, Montrose
	Burwood–Burwood East boundary	8.9	5.5	Burwood Highway (Metro Route 26) – Burwood, Ferntree Gully
Whitehorse–Monash boundary	Burwood–Burwood East–Mount Waverley tripoint	9.5	5.9	Highbury Road – Burwood, Vermont South	Name change: Middleborough Road (north), Stephensons Road (south)
Monash	Mount Waverley	10.9	6.8	High Street Road (Metro Route 24) – Prahran, Glen Iris, Wantirna South
		11.5	7.1	Glen Waverley railway line
		12.6	7.8	Waverley Road – Malvern East, Chadstone, Wheelers Hill
Scothmans Creek		13.4	8.3	Bridge over river (name unknown)
Monash	Clayton–Oakleigh East–Mount Waverley tripoint	14.2	8.8	Ferntree Gully Road (Metro Route 22) – Oakleigh, Ferntree Gully	Name change: Stephensons Road (north), Clayton Road (south)
	Clayton–Oakleigh East boundary	15.6	9.7	Princes Highway (Alt National Route 1) – City, Dandenong
		15.9	9.9	North Road (Metro Route 18) – Brighton, Oakleigh, Rowville
	Clayton	17.0	10.6	Pakenham, Cranbourne and Bairnsdale railway lines
Kingston–Monash boundary	Clayton–Clayton South boundary	17.5	10.9	Centre Road (Metro Route 16) – Brighton East, Mulgrave
Kingston	Clarinda–Clayton South boundary	20.8	12.9	Heatherton Road (Metro Route 14 east) – Noble Park, Endeavour Hills Kingston Road (Metro Route 14 west) – Heatherton	Name change: Clayton Road (north), Boundary Road (south)
	Dingley Village–Heatherton boundary	21.0	13.0	Dingley Bypass (Metro Route 87) – Moorabbin, Dandenong South
		21.8	13.5	Old Dandenong Road – Heatherton, Dingley Village
	Dingley Village–Heatherton–Moorabbin Airport tripoint	22.5	14.0	Centre Dandenong Road (B980 east, unallocated west) – Cheltenham, Dingley Village
	Dingley Village–Mordialloc–Braeside–Moorabbin Airport quadripoint	24.1	15.0	Lower Dandenong Road (Metro Route 10) – Mentone, Dandenong
	Mordialloc–Braeside boundary	25.7	16.0	White Street (west) – Mordialloc Malcolm Road (east) – Braeside
		26.4	16.4	Governor Road (Metro Route 12 east) – Mordialloc, Dandenong South, Narre Warren
		26.9	16.7	Boundary Road (Metro Route 23 north) – Mordialloc, Braeside	Southern end of Boundary Road
Mordialloc Creek				Bridge over river (name unknown)
Kingston	Aspendale Gardens			Wells Road (Metro Route 23 south) – Chelsea Heights	Northern end of Wells Road Metro Route 23 continues southeast along Wells Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Route transition

Gallery

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  Stephensons Road, Mount Waverley

References

1. "Doncaster–Mordialloc Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
2. "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 7 September 1960. pp. 2977–81. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
3. VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. pp. 750–2. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
4. http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/cra1958182.pdf State of Victoria, An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Country Roads 30 September 1958
5. State of Victoria, An Act to make further provision with respect to Highways and Country Roads Motor Cars and Traction Engines and for other purposes 30 December 1924
6. State Government of Victoria. "Road Management Act 2004" (PDF). Government of Victoria. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.