Route
The road starts as McLeod Road from its intersection with Nepean Highway at Carrum, immediately crossing under the Frankston railway line and heading east as a two-lane, single-carriageway road through Patterson Lakes; at the intersection with MacLeod Road and Schooner Bay Drive, the name changes to Thompson Road and continues east as a four-lane, single-carriageway road to cross overHistory
McLeod Road originally terminated at Wells Road 500m south to Thompson Road's current alignment over the Mornington Peninsula Freeway; Thompson Road also terminated at Wells Road 100m north of the current bridge. Both roads were connected along their current alignment due to the construction of its interchange with the freeway (and consequent subsuming of Wells Road into it) when it opened in 1980. Thompson Road was signed as Metropolitan Route 6 between Carrum and Clyde North in 1989. The passing of the ''Road Management Act 2004'' granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared Thompson Road (Arterial #5164) fromDuplication Projects
Thompsons Road duplication, Carrum Downs
This is a $31 million state government-funded project to widen Thompsons Road in Carrum Downs. Works involve widening to provide two lanes in each direction from east of Mornington Peninsula Freeway to EastLink, and three lanes in each direction between EastLink and Dandenong-Frankston Road. Construction started in mid-2008. The works are 4 km long.Thompsons Road duplication, Cranbourne
This is a $22 million state government-funded project to widen Thompsons Road in Cranbourne. Works involve widening the road to three lanes in each direction between Lesdon Avenue and Rosebank Drive and two lanes in each direction between Rosebank Drive and Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road. The works are 1.7 km long.VicRoads, http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/RoadsAndProjects/RoadProjects/SouthEasternSuburbs/ThompsonRoadDuplicationCranbourne.htmThompsons Road duplication, Sandhurst to Cranbourne
Thompsons Road duplication, Cranbourne East
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References
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