Burke Road is a major north–south thoroughfare in

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. It runs from Ivanhoe East to

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and through the major shopping district at

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. It is aligned with the western boundary of

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, and does not conform to the interval cadastral survey grid for Melbourne.

Route

Burke Road starts at the intersection with Lower Heidelberg and Maltravers Roads, heading south as a dual-lane, single-carriageway road through Ivanhoe East until crossing over the Yarra River, where it widens to a four-lane, dual-carriageway road, crosses the Eastern Freeway, and continues south until it reaches the intersection with High Street, Kilby and Doncaster Roads, where it narrows to a four-lane single-carriageway road. It continues south through

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, over the Lilydale railway line and through Camberwell Junction at

, crossing the

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and

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at Glen Iris, eventually to terminate at

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, just outside Monash University's Caulfield campus. Tram route 72 runs along the road between Whitehorse Road in Deepdene, and Malvern Road in Glen Iris.

History

Burke Road was originally known as Boundary, West Boundary or New Cross Road. The passing of the ''Country Roads Act of 1958'' (itself an evolution from the original ''Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924''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
/ref>) provided for the declaration of State Highways and Main Roads, roads partially financed by the State government through the

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(later

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). A northern extension to the existing declaration of Burke Road, from Main Heidelberg-Eltham Road (Lower Heidelberg Road) at Ivanhoe East to

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at Glen Iris, was declared a Main Road on 9 May 1983. Burke Road was signed as Metropolitan Route 17 between Ivanhoe East and Caulfield East in 1965. Metropolitan Route 17 continues south, with a brief concurrency along Princes Highway, via Grange Road eventually to

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. The passing of the ''Road Management Act 2004'' granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to

: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared the road as Burke Road (Arterial #5874), beginning at Main Heidelberg–Eltham Road (Lower Heidelberg Road) at Ivanhoe East and ending at

Major intersections

Notes and references

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Route

History

Major intersections

See also

Notes and references