__NOTOC__ The Northern Pipe Trail (previously known as the St Georges Road Trail), is a shared-use path for cyclists and

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s that follows Cheddar and St Georges roads in the northern suburbs of Reservoir,

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in Melbourne, Victoria,

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. The trail mostly runs up the centre of St Georges Road, making use of the wide median strip. It was originally developed as the St George's Road Trail in the mid 1990s. It received the current name after an upgrade related to replacing a major water main in 2019.

Following the path

Leave the

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at Dalton Road. There are no signs to the St Georges Road Trail at this point. Dalton Road is unsuitable for cycling due to the heavy vehicles using the road. Using the footpath on the west side of Dalton Road, continue 400m south from the highway, to the start of a 600m low quality sandy shared path in the City of Whittlesea. It ends 160 metres north of the Keon Pde/Dalton Rd/Tunaley Pde intersection. Continue on the west side of Dalton Rd via the footpath to the intersection. Use the pedestrian crossing to cross to the east side of Dalton Rd and Tunaley Pde. The high quality trail in the City of Darebin, starts at Tunaley Pde, 1.4 km from the Metropolitan Ring Road and heads down the

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/ref> From there it follows Cheddar Road to a large intersection at the Reservoir shopping area and comes to a stop. Use the pedestrian crossings to cross SW to Reservoir railway station. The path restarts adjacent to the station car park. Continue between the reservoirs hiding behind the rows of trees lining the street on either side. The path continues diagonally in the GE Robinson reserve, beside the palms. On the south side of the park the trail runs parallel to Robinson Road past

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. Follow the train line. 600m later, the path crosses the tracks and soon reaches St Georges Road and Murray Road. Carefully cross over to the dividing strip going down the middle of St Georges Road. The path passes the Preston campus of

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. The trail stays on the dividing strip the whole way, except for a 500m section, between Ray Braham Gardens and Miller Street by the tram corral. The most southerly end of the trail is the junction of St Georges Road, Charles Street and Merri Parade. A roundabout was previously in the junction, but it was a blackspot for cyclists,
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', part of ''Cycling the City - an AGE series''. The Age October 2, 2006 and was removed in 2009. The

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and

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can be accessed by proceeding to the nearby Merri Parade.

Connections

*Nearly reaches the

in the north *Connects to the

in the south. *In April 2010 connections to the

were improved with the addition of a new bridge across Merri Creek, 160m south of the junction of Union Street and Merri Parade, not far from the St Georges Road trail. North end at . South end at .

References

*''Bike rides around Melbourne'' 3rd edition, 2009, Julia Blunden, Open Spaces Publishing,

External links

Bicycle Victoria - Black spots
* {{Bicycle Trails in Melbourne Bike paths in Melbourne