Australian Capital Territory

Canberra region

Majura Parkway Majura Parkway is a north–south parkway located in the Majura district of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). It links the interchange with Federal Highway and Horse Park Drive at the edge of Gungahlin district to Monaro Highway in ...

Other freeways (no route number) *

Adelaide Avenue Adelaide Avenue is a limited-access road in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The road connects Government House, Canberra, Yarralumla with the Parliament House, Canberra, Parliament House area. Adelaide Avenue is a popular tourism, tour ...

* Yarra Glen * Capital Circle *

Gungahlin Drive Extension Gungahlin Drive Extension (GDE) is a freeway grade road, located in the Belconnen district of Canberra, Australia. It is 8.3 kilometres long and extended the previously existing Gungahlin Drive from the Barton Highway in the district of Gungah ...

Parkes Way Parkes Way is a major road in Canberra, Australia, which runs east-west between Kings Avenue and the Glenloch Interchange. At Glenloch Interchange it intersects with William Hovell Drive, Tuggeranong Parkway, and Caswell Drive ( Gungahlin Dri ...

Tuggeranong Parkway Tuggeranong Parkway is an major highway in Canberra, Australia. Often referred to as "The Parkway" by locals, Tuggeranong Parkway links Civic to the southern Canberra metro district of Tuggeranong, and is a bypass road to the Woden Valley- West ...

Gallery

File:Highways into Canberra (6768361501).jpg, Tuggeranong Parkway

New South Wales

New South Wales has the largest number and second highest density of motorways in Australia (behind Victoria), with the majority being located in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

City or the metropolitan areas.

Metropolitan Sydney region (urban motorways)

* Speed limit varies between 60 km/h and 110 km/h. *

Gore Hill Freeway The Gore Hill Freeway is a divided freeway located in Sydney, New South Wales that is part of the Sydney Orbital Network and the Highway 1 (Australia), Highway 1. The primary function of the freeway is to provide an alternative high-grade rout ...

Warringah Freeway The Warringah Freeway (also known as the Warringah Expressway) is a divided freeway located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The freeway forms part of the M1, the Sydney Orbital Network, and the Highway 1 network. The primary fun ...

* Sydney Harbour Tunnel (tolled for southbound traffic) *

Cahill Expressway The Cahill Expressway is an urban freeway in Sydney and was the first freeway constructed in Australia, opening to traffic in 1958. It starts from the Eastern Distributor and Cross City Tunnel in Woolloomooloo, and runs through a series of s ...

Eastern Distributor The Eastern Distributor is a motorway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Part of the M1, the motorway links the Sydney central business district with Sydney Airport. The centre-piece is a tunnel running from Woolloomooloo to Surry Hil ...

(tolled for northbound traffic) *

Southern Cross Drive :''Distinguish from the road of the same name in Cape Town, South Africa, on the eastern side of Table Mountain.'' The Southern Cross Drive is a dual carriage untolled motorway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Part of the M1 and S ...

General Holmes Drive General Holmes Drive is a major divided road located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The road forms part of the M1, the A1, the Sydney Orbital Network, and the Australian Highway 1 network. Initially built in 1919 as a two-lane road ...

, the Airport Tunnel *

Lane Cove Tunnel The Lane Cove Tunnel is an A$1.1 billion, 3.6 km twin-tunnel tollway in Sydney, Australia, which connects the M2 Motorway at North Ryde with the Gore Hill Freeway at Artarmon. It is owned by toll road operator Transurban and forms part ...

(tolled) *

M2 Hills Motorway The Hills Motorway (also known as the Hills M2 Motorway, M2 Motorway or simply M2) is a tollway in north-western Sydney, Australia, owned by toll road operator Transurban. It forms majority of Sydney's M2 route and part of the 110 km Sydn ...

* Mona Vale Rd (St Ives to Belrose, freeways grade road) * Homebush Bay Drive (Freeway grade for southbound only) *

M4 Western Motorway The M4 Motorway is a dual carriageway partially tolled motorway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia that is designated as the M4 route. The M4 designation is part of the wider A4 and M4 route designation, the M4 runs parallel/below grou ...

(tolled east of Church Street,

Parramatta Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the ban ...

) * M4 East (tolled) * Rozelle Interchange (Opening 2023) * Anzac Bridge * Western Distributor Freeway *

Bradfield Highway (Sydney) The Bradfield Highway is a highway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. At long it is one of the shortest highways in Australia. The highway was opened on 19 March 1932 and was named in honour of Dr John Bradfield. As a government-appoint ...

(toll) *

M5 South-West Motorway The M5 Motorway is a motorway located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia that is designated with the M5 route and forms part of the Sydney Orbital Network. The M5 route number comprises two connected parts, separately owned and operated: ...

(tolled East of Heathcote Road, Liverpool and on Belmore Road Exit) * M5 East Motorway (tolled) * Westlink M7 Motorway (tolled) * Westconnex M8 Motorway (tolled) *

Burnt Bridge Creek Deviation The Burnt Bridge Creek Deviation is a 1.5 km stretch of freeway grade road in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Opened on 11 February 1985, it forms part of the A8 and is the only freeway grade section of t ...

* The Northern Road (Oran Park to Bringelly, freeway grade road as part of the Northern Road Upgrades)
*

James Ruse Drive The James Ruse Drive is a urban freeway (North of Hassall Street/River Road West) and highway (south of Hassall Street) located to the east and north of Parramatta, in Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The road's southeastern termin ...

(North of Hassall Street) *Gladesville Bridge, Hunters Hill – This route was built as part of the F3 but cancelled. * M31 Hume Motorway (Urban Motorway from M5/M7 up to Campbelltown) * Warringah Road Underpass Unnumbered freeway grade roads *

Cross City Tunnel The Cross City Tunnel is a twin-road tunnel tollway located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The tunnel links Darling Harbour on the western fringe of the central business district to Rushcutters Bay in the Eastern Suburbs. Each o ...

(tolled) *

NorthConnex NorthConnex is a twin-tube motorway tunnel in northern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, opened on 31 October 2020. It acts as a tunnel bypass of the congested Pennant Hills Road, connecting the M1 Pacific Motorway to the M2 Hills Motorway. ...

(tolled) * Burns Bay Road (South of Lane Cove West) – This route was built as part of the F3 but cancelled. *

Captain Cook Bridge, New South Wales The Captain Cook Bridge is a road bridge that carries Taren Point and Rocky Point Roads across the Georges River in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The precast prestressed concrete girder bridge crosses near the ...

– The only bit of F6 inside Sydney as a proposed extension but cancelled *Syd Einfield Road (The only part of F7)

Hunter and Central Coast region (rural and urban motorways)

* Speed limit varies between 60 km/h and 110 km/h. * M1 Pacific Motorway (Sydney to Newcastle) (Formerly known as the ) *

Hunter Expressway The Hunter Expressway is a long controlled-access highway in New South Wales, Australia. It was previously known as the F3 to Branxton link or Kurri Kurri Corridor during the planning stage. It has two lanes in each direction, running generally ...

* A37 Newcastle Inner City Bypass * Teal Street and Stockton Bridge (Freeway Grade Road) * Nelson Bay Road – 30% of this road is freeway grade (See full freeway grade route her

*

New England Highway New England Highway is an long highway in Australia running from Yarraman, north of Toowoomba, Queensland at its northern end to Hexham at Newcastle, New South Wales at its southern end. It is part of Australia's National Highway system, an ...

(Maitland–

Hexham Hexham ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne, formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne at Warden, Northumberland, Warden nearby, and ...

) * Motorway Link road ( only, not part of ) * Pacific Highway ( only, not part of ) – See full freeway route her

South Coast region (rural and urban motorways)

* Princes Motorway, M1 Princes Motorway *

Memorial Drive (Wollongong) Memorial Drive is a freeway in Wollongong, New South Wales. Memorial Drive is also known by its former name Northern Distributor, which was replaced in 2010 to its current name. The original Memorial Drive opened in stages between 1963 and 1992 ...

– Most of this road is freeway grade – (The south 4 km of the road and the north 3 km of the road are, the central bit isn't though) *

Princes Highway Princes Highway is a major road in Australia, extending from Sydney via Melbourne to Adelaide through the states of New South Wales, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and South Australia. It has a length of (along Highway 1) or via the former ...

, 16% of which is of motorway or dual carriageway standard.

Rural region (rural motorways)

* Speed limit varies between 90 km/h and 110 km/h. * Pacific Motorway (Northern NSW, from Ballina to QLD border) * Pacific Highway, 100% of which is of motorway or dual carriageway standard, except for through Coffs Harbour and between Beresfield to Raymond Terrace – but still two lanes as arterial standards in each direction. *

Federal Highway Federal Highways and Federal Routes can be found in: *Australia: Federal Highway *Brazil: Brazilian Federal Highway and Brazilian Highway System *Germany: ''Bundesstraßen'' *Malaysia: Federal Highway and Malaysian Federal Roads System *Mexic ...

* Barton Highway – 21% of which is of motorway or dual carriageway standard, with the remainder under construction and proposed for completion by the end of 2023. See freeway route her

* Hume Highway, Hume Motorway *

Hume Highway Hume Highway, inclusive of the sections now known as Hume Freeway and Hume Motorway, is one of Australia's major inter-city national highways, running for between Melbourne in the southwest and Sydney in the northeast. Upgrading of the route ...

, 100% of which is dual carriageway standard. *

Great Western Highway Great Western Highway (also known as Broadway from to , Parramatta Road from Chippendale to , and Church Street through Parramatta) is a state highway in New South Wales, Australia. From east to west, the highway links Sydney with Bathurst, ...

– Lithgow to Mount Lambie

Under construction

* M1 Princes Motorway Extension * Pacific Motorway * WestConnex Stage 3 (Major multibillion-dollar tollway/tunnels, connecting the M4 East to A4 Western Distributor and M5 East) – To be completed by 2023. *

Sydney Gateway The Sydney Gateway is an under-construction major road interchange between the WestConnex and the airport terminals of Sydney Airport. Construction began in early 2021 and is expected to open in December 2024. It was originally planned to open i ...

(Connecting Sydney Airport to the St Peters Interchange and WestConnex

* Barton Highway duplication project (To be Completed by mid 2023) * Newcastle Inner City Bypass Stage 5

In planning

M1 Pacific Motorway Extension
* Newcastle Bypass * M1 Coffs Harbour Bypass * M6 Motorway (Sydney), Southconnex – M6 Motorway (Sydney) (F6 extension) – To be Complete by 2024. *

Western Harbour Tunnel & Beaches Link The Western Harbour Tunnel & Beaches Link is a planned underground motorway scheme in Sydney, New South Wales. It consists of a series of motorway tunnels running north-south between Burnt Bridge Creek Deviation ( A8) at Balgowlah and the Wes ...

(Major multibillion-dollar tollway/tunnels, connecting WestConnex with the Gore Hill Freeway and Northern Beaches)
Western Harbour Tunnel and Warringah Freeway Upgrade
* Outer Sydney Orbital – Estimated to be completed in 2040.

*

Western Sydney Airport Motorway The M12 Motorway, initially known as Western Sydney Airport Motorway, is an under-construction east-west motorway in Sydney, Australia, linking between the M7 Motorway and The Northern Road, as part of the Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan. Th ...

(Major multimillion-dollar motorway, connecting the future

Western Sydney Airport Western Sydney International Nancy-Bird Walton Airport, also known as Western Sydney Airport or Badgerys Creek Airport, is a new international airport currently under construction within the suburb of Badgerys Creek, New South Wales, Australia. ...

to the Westlink M7 Motorway)

Gallery

File:Jolls Bridge on the F3 Freeway - north of Hawkesbury River, N.S.W..jpg, M1 Pacific Motorway File:(1)M2 Motorway.jpg, M2 Hills Motorway File:M4 Tunnel Sydney Entrance Concord.png, M4 Western Motorway File:M5 Motorway Sydney1.jpg, M5 East Motorway File:Westlink M7 near Cowpasture.jpg, M7 WestLink File:M8 Motorway Tunnel Sydney.jpg, M8 WestConnex File:Federal Highway, Wollogorang.jpg, M23 Federal Highway File:Hume Highway at Albury.jpg, M31 Hume Highway

Northern Territory

While the Northern Territory doesn't have any official freeways, parts of the Stuart Highway and the Tiger Brennan Drive are freeway grade roads with grade separate intersections. See full freeway route her

* Tiger Brennan Drive

Queensland

Brisbane region

Bruce Highway The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Na ...

(Bald Hills to Kybong) *

Gateway Motorway The Gateway Motorway (M2 to Eight Mile Plains and M1 to Pine River) is a major tolled motorway in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia which includes the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges (former Gateway Bridge). The motorway is operated by toll road opera ...

(Eight Mile Plains to Bald Hills) * Pacific Motorway (NSW/QLD Border to Eight Mile Plains) *

Ipswich Motorway The Ipswich Motorway (M7) is a major road that connects Brisbane and Ipswich in South East Queensland, Australia. It commences at the junction of Ipswich Road and Granard Road and proceeds through to the M2 Logan Motorway interchange. It is t ...

(Goodna to Dinmore) *

Warrego Highway The Warrego Highway is located in southern Queensland, Australia. It connects coastal centres to the south western areas of the state, and is approximately 715 km in length. It takes its name from the Warrego River, which is the endpoint ...

(Dinmore to Muirlea) *

Logan Motorway The M2/M6 Logan Motorway is a 30-kilometre toll road between Ipswich and the M1 or Pacific Motorway at Loganholme, and the Gateway Motorway, providing access to the Gold Coast on the eastern seaboard and to the rural areas of the Darling Down ...

( Gailes to Drewvale, Electronically Tolled) *

( Drewvale to Eight Mile Plains, Electronically Tolled) * Inner City Bypass (Hale Street to Ludwyche Road) * Pacific Motorway *

Riverside Expressway The Riverside Expressway is part of the Pacific Motorway that runs through Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located on the western side of the Brisbane CBD and is made up of various bridges and overpasses. The North Bank development is ...

Gympie Arterial Road The Gympie Arterial Road is a freeway in the northern suburbs of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. The road starts in Carseldine, Queensland, Carseldine at Gympie Road and terminates at the Gateway Motorway where it becomes the Bruce Highway. ...

* Hale Street * Port of Brisbane Motorway *

Legacy Way The M5 Legacy Way (formerly Northern Link Tunnel) is a long tunnel linking the Western Freeway at Toowong and the Inner City Bypass at Kelvin Grove, Brisbane. The project consisted of two bored tunnels carrying two motorway grade lanes of tr ...

() * Western Freeway *

Centenary Motorway The M5 (Centenary Motorway) is a motorway in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. It starts as a two-lane arterial road at Yamanto, travelling to Springfield, where it becomes a two-lane highway and travels across the M2 Logan Motorw ...

(Drewvale to Loganholme, Electronically Tolled) *

(Goodna to Rocklea) * Airport Link Tunnel ( Electronically Tolled) * Clem Jones Tunnel (Clem7) ( Electronically Tolled) *

Cunningham Highway The Cunningham Highway is a national highway located in south-eastern Queensland, Australia. The highway links the Darling Downs region with the urbanised outskirts of via Cunninghams Gap. The Cunningham carries the National Highway 15 sh ...

( Riverview to

Yamanto Yamanto is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. At the 2016 Australian census the suburb recorded a population of 4,906. History The origin of the suburb is from a former 1860s cotton plantation which was orig ...

) No shield * Southern Cross Way * Inner City Bypass (Lutwyche Road to Kingsford Drive) Motorway grade roads * Moreton Bay Road (Freeway grade from Chandler to Capalaba) *

Mount Lindesay Highway Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...

(Freeway grade from Drewvale to North MacLean – see full route her

Former motorways *

Story Bridge The Story Bridge is a heritage-listed steel cantilever bridge spanning the Brisbane River that carries vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the northern and the southern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is the long ...

Expressway

Gold Coast region

* Pacific Motorway *

Smith Street Motorway Smith Street Motorway (SR10) (or the Smith Street extension) is a motorway grade extension of Smith Street. It connects Southport, the Gold Coast's CBD to the Pacific Motorway. The road is motorway standard for from the Pacific Motorway (ex ...

Sunshine Coast region

* Sunshine Motorway

Regional Queensland

( Bald Hills to Kybong,

Townsville Ring Road The Townsville Ring Road is a motorway in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The road has been constructed as the new A1/ M1 (Bruce Highway) route that bypasses the inner metro area of Townsville. The road was built in 4 stages with the first s ...

) *

Toowoomba Bypass The Toowoomba Bypass, known as Toowoomba Second Range Crossing during planning and construction, is a grade separated, dual carriageway bypass and partial ring road constructed to the north and west of Toowoomba, Queensland. Construction comm ...

(Helidon Spa to Charlton; / Helidon Spa to Mort Street Electronically tolled) **

Gore Highway The Gore Highway is a highway running between Toowoomba and Goondiwindi in Queensland, Australia. Together with Goulburn Valley Highway and Newell Highway, it is a part of the National Highway's Melbourne-Brisbane link. It is signed as National ...

(Charlton to Athol)

South Australia

In South Australia, ''expressway'' may refer to a

controlled access highway A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway and expressway. Other similar terms i ...

with no at-grade intersections or a

limited access road A limited-access road, known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, dual-carriageway, expressway, limited access freeway, and partial controlled access highway, is a highway or arterial road for high-speed traffic which ...

of slightly lower standard with at-grade intersections at some locations. Unlike some other states, South Australia only uses the 'M' designation on grade separated freeways *

(SE Freeway to Tailem Bend) *

South Eastern Freeway South Eastern Freeway is a freeway in South Australia (SA). It is a part of the National Highway network linking the state capital cities of Adelaide, SA, and Melbourne, Victoria, and signed as National Highway M1. It carries traffic over t ...

Port Wakefield Road Port Wakefield Highway (and its southern section as Port Wakefield Road) is an important South Australian highway, connecting Adelaide to the Yorke Peninsula, Port Augusta, northern and western South Australia, the Northern Territory and Wester ...

(Expressway grade road from Virginia to Port Wakefield) *

Northern Expressway Northern Expressway, also known as the Fatchen Northern Expressway, is a 21 kilometre long controlled-access highway in Adelaide, South Australia. Since March 2020, the North–South Motorway continues west of Port Wakefield Highway and interse ...

North–South Motorway The North–South Motorway is a partially complete motorway traversing the inner western suburbs of Adelaide from Waterloo Corner in the north to Bedford Park in the south. Progressively constructed in stages since 2010, once complete it will ...

''(incomplete, under construction in stages)'' * Southern Expressway *

Port River Expressway Port River Expressway is a freeway-grade road. The expressway links Port Adelaide and the LeFevre Peninsula across the north-western suburbs of Adelaide to major interstate routes via North-South Motorway. The expressway is only grade-separate ...

Salisbury Highway Salisbury Highway (and its northern section as John Rice Avenue) is a 15 kilometre major connecting road in the northern suburbs of the Adelaide metropolitan area. It is designated part of route A9. Route Salisbury Highway starts at the interch ...

– freeway grade from

to North–South Motorway *

Gawler Bypass Gawler Bypass is a major north–south route in the outer northern suburbs of the city of Adelaide, South Australia, connecting Main North Road to the Sturt Highway, bypassing Gawler. The route was built in 1963 in an attempt to redirect traffic ...

– freeway grade road

Planned/proposed

* North–South Motorway:

River Torrens The River Torrens , (Karrawirra Parri / Karrawirraparri) is the most significant river of the Adelaide Plains. It was one of the main reasons for the siting of the city of Adelaide, capital of South Australia. It flows from its source in the ...

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...

upgrade of South Road under investigation.

Tasmania

While Tasmania's highway network has been constructed to a high standard, its

grade-separated In civil engineering (more specifically highway engineering), grade separation is a method of aligning a junction of two or more surface transport axes at different heights (grades) so that they will not disrupt the traffic flow on other tran ...

freeway network is limited. In the past,

Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...

and Launceston have each had comprehensive transport studies conducted, proposing grade-separated freeways running through and around them. While some of these roads have been constructed, the majority are

limited access A limited-access road, known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, dual-carriageway, expressway, limited access freeway, and partial controlled access highway, is a highway or arterial road for high-speed traffic which ...

featuring

at-grade intersection An intersection or an at-grade junction is a junction where two or more roads converge, diverge, meet or cross at the same height, as opposed to an interchange, which uses bridges or tunnels to separate different roads. Major intersections a ...

s. Devonport and

Burnie Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. When founded in 1827, it was named Emu Bay, being renamed after William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company, in the early 1840s. , Burnie had an urban popu ...

are the only major population centres with freeway standard roads linking each other. There have been repeated proposals in recent years to fully upgrade the Midland Highway to grade-separated freeway standard.
''This List is limited to Tasmania's freeway-standard roads.''

Hobart region

Brooker Highway The Brooker Highway is a highway in the State of Tasmania, Australia. As one of Hobart's 3 major radials, the highway connects traffic from the Hobart city centre with the northern suburbs and is the major road connection to the cities and town ...

(

Rosetta Rosetta or Rashid (; ar, رشيد ' ; french: Rosette ; cop, ϯⲣⲁϣⲓⲧ ''ti-Rashit'', Ancient Greek: Βολβιτίνη ''Bolbitinē'') is a port city of the Nile Delta, east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Beheira governorate. The Ro ...

to Granton) * Midland Highway (

Brighton Bypass The Brighton Bypass is a Australian dollar, A$191 million north/south Bypass (road), bypass of the Midland Highway (Tasmania), Midland Highway diverting traffic away from the northern Hobart satellite suburbs of Brighton, Tasmania, Brighton and ...

) *

Tasman Highway The Tasman Highway (or A3) is a highway in Tasmania, Australia. Like the Midland Highway, it connects the major cities of Hobart and Launceston – however it takes a different route, via the north-eastern and eastern coasts of the state. The ...

(

Tasman Bridge The Tasman Bridge is a bridge that carries the Tasman Highway over the Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Including approaches, the bridge has a total length of and it provides the main traffic route from the Hobart city centre ( ...

Hobart Airport Hobart Airport is an international airport located in Cambridge, north-east of Hobart. It is the major and fastest growing passenger airport in Tasmania. The Federal government owned airport is operated by the Tasmanian Gateway Consort ...

) * Southern Outlet (Hobart to Kingston) * Channel Highway (

Kingston Bypass The Kingston Bypass is a 41 million, highway bypassing the southern Hobart community of Kingston, Tasmania. The proposal of a bypass was originally published in the Hobart Area Transportation Study during 1965. The bypass was completed in 2 ...

)

Rural region

* Bass Highway (

to Devonport and Prospect to Illawarra Main Road) * Midland Highway (

South Launceston South Launceston is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Launceston in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , ...

to Breadalbane)

Victoria

Victoria has the second largest number (behind New South Wales) and highest density of freeways in Australia, with the majority being located in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

City or the metropolitan areas. While most of Australia has a low population density over a large area, where towns are sparse or located a significant distance from each other; Victoria has towns located throughout the entire state, with large numbers of inhabitants, in both urban and rural areas (many of which are major) such as

Ballarat Ballarat ( ) is a city in the Central Highlands (Victoria), Central Highlands of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 Census, Ballarat had a population of 116,201, making it the third largest city in Victoria. Estimated resid ...

Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, makin ...

. In addition to the roads listed below, Victoria has a number of dual carriageway standard Highways that are given an "M" designation. Whilst these roads are not officially Freeway standard, many of them may have a number of grade-separated intersections along the route. These routes are not listed below.

Melbourne region (urban freeways)

*Freeways within Greater Melbourne, speed limit varies between 60 km/h and 100 km/h. *

CityLink CityLink is a network of tollways in Melbourne, Australia, linking the Tullamarine, West Gate and Monash Freeways and incorporating Bolte Bridge, Burnley Tunnel and other works. In 1996, Transurban was awarded the contract to augment two exi ...

(Southern Link, Fully electronically tolled) *

Monash Freeway The Monash Freeway is a major urban freeway in Victoria, Australia, linking Melbourne's CBD to its south-eastern suburbs and beyond to the Gippsland region. It carries up to 180,000 vehicles per day and is one of Australia's busiest freeways ...

* Princes Freeway (East) (from

Narre Warren Narre Warren is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 38 km southeast of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Casey local government area. Narre Warren recorded a population of 27,689 at the 2021 census. ...

to Pakenham, continues past Pakenham as Rural Freeway) * Princes Freeway (West) (from

Laverton North Laverton North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Wyndham local government area. Laverton North recorded a population of 119 at the 2021 census. Located on ...

Werribee Werribee is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Wyndham Local government areas of Victoria, local government a ...

, continues past Werribee as Rural Freeway) *

West Gate Freeway The West Gate Freeway is a major freeway in Melbourne, the busiest urban freeway and the busiest road in Australia, carrying upwards of 200,000 vehicles per day. It links Geelong (via the Princes Freeway) and Melbourne's western suburbs to ...

Note: "East" and "West" sections of Princes Freeway are officially part of the same freeway and route corridor. *

(Western Link, Fully electronically tolled) *

Tullamarine Freeway The Tullamarine Freeway (commonly referred to as "The Tulla"), is a major urban freeway in Melbourne, linking Melbourne Airport to the Melbourne City Centre. It carries up to 210,000 vehicles per day and is one of Australia's busiest freeways. T ...

* Eastern Freeway * EastLink (Fully electronically tolled) *

Frankston Freeway Frankston Freeway is a short freeway in southern Melbourne initially designed as a bypass of central Frankston and later incorporated a freeway-style upgrade to Wells Road in the 1970s, now acting as a link from suburban Melbourne to Frankston ...

* Western Freeway (from

Derrimut Derrimut is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Brimbank Local government area. Derrimut recorded a population of 8,651 at the 2021 census. Located on the l ...

to Melton West, continues past Melton West as Rural Freeway) *

Mornington Peninsula Freeway The Mornington Peninsula Freeway is a freeway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, that provides a link from south-eastern suburban Melbourne to the Mornington Peninsula. Whilst the entire freeway from Dingley Village to Rosebud is declared by ...

Hume Freeway Hume Highway, inclusive of the sections now known as Hume Freeway and Hume Motorway, is one of Australia's major inter-city national highways, running for between Melbourne in the southwest and Sydney in the northeast. Upgrading of the route f ...

(from

Thomastown Thomastown (), historically known as Grennan, is a town in County Kilkenny in the province of Leinster in the south-east of Ireland. It is a market town along a stretch of the River Nore which is known for its salmon and trout, with a number of ...

Wallan Wallan , traditionally known as Wallan Wallan (large circular place of water), is a town in Victoria, north of Melbourne's Central Business District. The town sits at the southern end of the large and diverse Shire of Mitchell which extends f ...

, continues past Wallan as Rural Freeway) – Not entirely freeway standard, In

Kalkallo Kalkallo is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Kalkallo recorded a population of 5,548 at the 2021 census. Located on the Hume Fr ...

there is residential property, business and local road access with 80 km/h speed limit. *

Calder Freeway Calder Highway is a rural highway in Australia, linking Mildura and the Victoria/New South Wales border to Bendigo, in North Central Victoria. South of Bendigo, where the former highway has been upgraded to freeway-standard, Calder Freeway li ...

(from

Essendon North Essendon North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Moonee Valley local government area. Essendon North recorded a population of 3,071 at the 2021 ce ...

to Keilor North, continues past Keilor North as Rural Freeway) *

Metropolitan Ring Road The M80 Ring Road (also known as simply the Ring Road or by the name of its constituent parts: Western Ring Road and Metropolitan Ring Road) is a currently incomplete urban freeway ring road around Melbourne, Australia. This article will dea ...

Western Ring Road The M80 Ring Road (also known as simply the Ring Road or by the name of its constituent parts: Western Ring Road and Metropolitan Ring Road) is a currently incomplete urban freeway ring road around Melbourne, Australia. This article will dea ...

South Gippsland Freeway South Gippsland Freeway is a short freeway linking Dandenong in Melbourne's south–east to other south–eastern destinations, including the Mornington Peninsula and the Gippsland region. The freeway bears the designation M420. Route South Gi ...

Rural region (rural freeways)

On freeways outside of Greater Melbourne, the speed limit varies between 80 km/h and 110 km/h. * Princes Freeway (East) (continues at Werribee towards Melbourne as Urban Freeway) * Princes Freeway (West) (continues at Pakenham towards Melbourne as Urban Freeway) – Not entirely freeway standard, In Yarragon and

Trafalgar Trafalgar most often refers to: * Battle of Trafalgar (1805), fought near Cape Trafalgar, Spain * Trafalgar Square, a public space and tourist attraction in London, England It may also refer to: Music * ''Trafalgar'' (album), by the Bee Gees Pl ...

there is residential property, business and local road access with 60 km/h speed limit. *

Geelong Ring Road The Geelong Ring Road (formerly known as the Geelong Bypass and the Geelong Outer Freeway, officially part of Princes Freeway West) is a freeway ring road in Australia beside Geelong's western suburbs from the Princes Freeway at Corio to the P ...

(officially part of Princes Freeway) Note: "East" and "West" sections of Princes Freeway are officially part of the same freeway and route corridor. * Western Freeway (continues at Melton West towards Melbourne as Urban Freeway) *

(continues at Wallan towards Melbourne as Urban Freeway) *

Goulburn Valley Freeway Goulburn Valley Highway is a highway located in Victoria, Australia. The section north of the Hume Freeway is part of the Melbourne to Brisbane National Highway (together with Hume Freeway) and is the main link between these two cities as well ...

(continues at Keilor North towards Melbourne as Urban Freeway)

Under construction

West Gate Tunnel The West Gate Tunnel, originally known as the Western Distributor, is a four kilometre toll road currently under construction in Melbourne, Australia, to link the West Gate Freeway at Yarraville with the Port of Melbourne and CityLink at Dockl ...

– Under construction, expected to be complete in 2025. * Western Highway Duplication (Buangor to Stawell) – Commenced construction in 2017, currently on hold. *

North East Link The North East Link is an under construction 26–kilometre tolled motorway scheme in Melbourne, Australia. Its stated objective is to connect the Metropolitan Ring Road at Greensborough with the Eastern Freeway at Bulleen, where the freeway ...

– Under construction, expected to be complete in 2027/2028.

Gallery

File:Geelong Ring Road section 3 downhill Waurn Ponds 2009.jpg, M1 Geelong Ring Road File:Looking north bound down the Tullamarine Freeway at Airport West.jpg, M2 Tullamarine Freeway File:Eastern Freeway and Melbourne skyline from Willsmere Park, Kew East.jpg, M3 Eastern Freeway File:Deer Park Bypass eastbound at Western Ring Road.jpg, M8 Western Freeway File:MP Fwy view from Thompson Rd.jpg, M11 Mornington Peninsula Freeway File:M31 - panoramio.jpg, M31 Hume Freeway File:GoulburnValleyFreeway1.jpg, M39 Goulburn Valley Freeway File:CalderFreeway.jpg, M79 Calder Freeway File:M80 Ring Road W from Sydney Rd.jpg, M80 Western Ring Road

Western Australia

Western Australia has three named freeways – Kwinana Freeway,

Mitchell Freeway The Mitchell Freeway is a freeway in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking central Perth with the city of Joondalup. It is the northern section of State Route 2, which continues south as Kwinana Freeway and Forrest ...

, and

Graham Farmer Freeway Graham Farmer Freeway is a inner-city freeway in Perth, Western Australia. It links Rivervale and Burswood with West Perth and Leederville, providing an east-west bypass of Perth's central business district. The freeway, in conjunction w ...

– but in addition has several highways that are in the process of being upgraded to full freeway standard and are considered part of the Perth freeway network. Their designation may remain as a highway though due to state restrictions on heavy vehicles (e.g. road trains) that are prevented by law from travelling on any road classed as a freeway. Cockburn stn2019

Perth metro freeways

* Kwinana Freeway *

Reid Highway Reid Highway is a east-west highway and partial freeway in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking North Beach with Middle Swan. As part of State Route 3, it forms half of Perth's outer ring road along with Roe Highway, wh ...

(

Erindale Road Erindale Road is a connector road in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, providing residents of the suburbs of Hamersley and Warwick with a connection to Reid Highway and Mitchell Freeway. The road is a dual carriageway with two ...

to Altone Road) *

Roe Highway Roe Highway is a limited-access highway and partial freeway in Perth, Western Australia, linking Kewdale with the city's north-eastern and south-western suburbs. The northern terminus is at Reid Highway and Great Northern Highway in Middle ...

(Morrison Road to

Great Eastern Highway Bypass Great Eastern Highway Bypass is a limited-access dual carriageway linking Great Eastern Highway and Roe Highway in Perth, Western Australia. Together with a section of Roe Highway, it bypasses the historical Guildford and Midland localities, t ...

, Great Eastern Highway Bypass to Tonkin Highway, Tonkin Highway to Kwinana Freeway) *

Tonkin Highway Tonkin Highway is an north–south highway and partial freeway in Perth, Western Australia, linking Perth Airport and Kewdale with the city's north-eastern and south-eastern suburbs. As of April 2020, the northern terminus is at the intercha ...

(

Great Northern Highway Great Northern Highway is an Australian highway that links Western Australia's capital city Perth with its northernmost port, Wyndham. With a length of almost , it is the longest highway in Australia, with the majority included as part of the ...

at Muchea to Hale Road, Mills Road to Champion Drive) *

Leach Highway Leach Highway is a east-west arterial highway in the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, primarily linking Kewdale and Perth Airport with the city of Fremantle. It is allocated State Route 7 and is a dual carriageway for its enti ...

(Airport Drive to

Welshpool Road Welshpool Road is a major arterial road running through the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. Although the road is now split in two, having had its western and eastern sections disconnected due to the extension of Roe Highway, it r ...

) *

Rural expressways / freeways

Forrest Highway Forrest Highway is a highway in Western Australia's Peel and South West regions, extending Perth's Kwinana Freeway from east of Mandurah down to Bunbury. Old Coast Road was the original Mandurah–Bunbury route, dating back to the 1840s. ...

– Southern extension of Kwinana Freeway at Mandurah through to Bunbury *

Bussell Highway Bussell Highway is a generally north–south highway in the South West region of Western Australia. The highway links the city of Bunbury with the town of Augusta and is approximately in length. The highway is signed ''State Route 10'', exc ...

– Bunbury to Capel and from the south side of Capel to Busselton

Currently under construction in Perth

*Mitchell Freeway Extension (

Hester Avenue Hester Avenue (previously known as Quinns Road) is an east-west distributor road in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Wanneroo. It primarily links the coastal suburbs of the Clarkson- Butler region to ...

to Romeo Road) *Mitchell Freeway southbound widening – A third southbound lane is being added from

Hodges Drive Hodges Drive is a main west–east road in Joondalup, north of Perth, Western Australia. It begins in the suburb of Ocean Reef at a T-junction with Ocean Reef Road and runs through the residential areas in Ocean Reef, Connolly and Heathridge, ...

Hepburn Avenue Hepburn Avenue is an arterial east-west road in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. The road links Sorrento in the west with Malaga and Whiteman in the east. It also connects the residential developments that span its length wit ...

as well as an extra lane will be built from Hepburn Avenue entry ramp to

Warwick Road Warwick Road is an arterial east-west road located in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. It was built in 1969 to service the Shire of Wanneroo parts of the Hamersley Development Scheme, which was later split into the suburbs o ...

exit ramp. *Leach Highway flyover over Leach Highway-Welshpool Road interchange. This will upgrade Leach Highway to expressway standard from the Manning Road lights through to the eastern end of Airport Drive at Perth International Airport. *Tonkin Gap project – the currently heavily congested section of Tonkin Highway between

Collier Road Collier Road is a main road in the north-eastern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking Morley in the north-west to Bassendean in the south-east. It services an industrial area in Bayswater and Bassendean, the Morley business district, ...

and

Great Eastern Highway Great Eastern Highway is a road that links the Western Australian capital of Perth with the city of Kalgoorlie. A key route for road vehicles accessing the eastern Wheatbelt and the Goldfields, it is the western portion of the main road link ...

upgraded to 3 lanes each way dual carriageway

Rural under construction

Bunbury Outer Ring Road The Bunbury Outer Ring Road (BORR) is a partially-constructed ring road around the city of Bunbury, Western Australia. The road will be long when complete, and link Forrest Highway in the north-east to Bussell Highway in the south-west, passi ...

extension – the Bunbury Outer Ring Road will be a freeway between Forrest Highway and South Western Highway *Albany Ring Road – phase 1, with phase 2 to commence straight after completion of phase 1

Future urban upgrades and new freeways in planning

*Mitchell Freeway Extension (Romeo Road to Moore River) *Mitchell Freeway southbound – Installation of smart freeway technology with ramp metering from Hester Avenue to Vincent Street *Roe Highway Extension (

Perth Freight Link The Perth Freight Link was a proposed $1.9 billion project in Perth, Western Australia to improve the road freight link between Kewdale and Fremantle Harbour. The project was announced by the state government in May 2014, but was cancelled fol ...

) (Kwinana Freeway to Stirling Highway). Was under construction but this was halted at the last change of government. Its future remains unclear. *Roe Highway upgrade (Great Eastern Highway Bypass, to Great Northern Highway) *Reid Highway upgrade (Erindale Road to Mitchell Freeway, Altone Road to Great Northern Highway) *Tonkin Highway upgrade (Hale Road to Mills Road) *Tonkin Highway upgrade (Champion Drive to

Thomas Road Thomas Road is a major west–east road in the far southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, connecting Rockingham Road (part of Highway 1) in Kwinana's industrial area with Kwinana's urban area, before bridging Perth's agricultural fring ...

) *Tonkin Highway Extension (Thomas Road to

South Western Highway South Western Highway is a highway in the South West region of Western Australia connecting Perth's southeast with Walpole. It is a part of the Highway 1 network for most of its length. It is about long. Route description Perth to Bunbury ...

, Pinjarra) *Whiteman-Yanchep Freeway (Tonkin Highway/

Gnangara Road Gnangara Road is an arterial east-west road in Perth, Western Australia. It is located within the northern suburbs of Perth, from Madeley in the west, to Henley Brook in the east. Gnangara Road provides a connection between Great Northern High ...

to Mitchell Freeway (proposed)/ Yanchep Beach Road) *

Orrong Road Orrong Road is a major arterial road servicing the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia as well as the south-eastern continuation of the Graham Farmer Freeway. It is a dual carriageway for its entire length, with multiple sets of traffic ...

Upgrade – Orrong Road to be upgraded to a 4 lane trenched expressway with service roads alongside from Graham Farmer Freeway to Leach Highway, rising onto a viaduct over Leach Highway and Division Street/Bell Street. May be extended in the future along Orrong and Welshpool Roads as far as Tonkin Highway. *Great Eastern Highway Bypass, where all current at grade intersections are planned to be removed and the road upgraded to full freeway standard.

Rural upgrades and new freeway in planning

*Busselton Outer Bypass (BOB) *Perth-Adelaide Freeway "Orange Route" – (Roe Highway, Stratton to Great Eastern Highway bypass at Northam)

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Australian Capital Territory

Canberra region

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New South Wales

Metropolitan Sydney region (urban motorways)

Hunter and Central Coast region (rural and urban motorways)

South Coast region (rural and urban motorways)

Rural region (rural motorways)

Under construction

In planning

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Northern Territory

Queensland

Brisbane region

Gold Coast region

Sunshine Coast region

Regional Queensland

South Australia

Planned/proposed

Tasmania

Hobart region

Rural region

Victoria

Melbourne region (urban freeways)

Rural region (rural freeways)

Under construction

Gallery

Western Australia

Perth metro freeways

Rural expressways / freeways

Currently under construction in Perth

Rural under construction

Future urban upgrades and new freeways in planning

Rural upgrades and new freeway in planning

See also

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