Mickleham Road is a secondary road located in
Victoria
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, north of
Melbourne
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Route
Mickleham Road begins at an intersection with Donnybrook Road and Old Sydney Road in
Mickleham, and continues south as a two-lane single-carriageway through
Yuroke to the intersection with Somerton Road in
Greenvale, widening to a four-lane dual-carriageway road and continues south through
Attwood to a large roundabout intersection with Broadmeadows Road in
Westmeadows. It widens to a six-lane dual-carriageway road through the suburbs of
Gladstone Park and under the
Tullamarine Freeway
The Tullamarine Freeway (commonly referred to as The Tulla), is a major urban freeway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, linking Melbourne Airport to the Melbourne City Centre. It carries up to 210,000 vehicles per day and is one of Australia ...
, narrowing back to a four-lane dual-carriageway road until reaching the intersection with Melrose Drive in
Tullamarine
Tullamarine ( ) is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Brimbank, Hume and Merri-bek local government areas. Tullamarine recorded a population of 6,7 ...
, where it becomes Broadmeadows Road (which continues south to Sharps Road).
History
Mickleham Road was signed as Metropolitan Route 39 between
Craigieburn Road in
Yuroke and Melrose Drive in
Tullamarine
Tullamarine ( ) is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Brimbank, Hume and Merri-bek local government areas. Tullamarine recorded a population of 6,7 ...
, in 1989. With Victoria's conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in the late 1990s, the section between Mickleham and Greenvale was replaced by C739.
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 Mickleham Road (Arterial #5820) from Donnybrook Road in
Mickleham to Melrose Drive in
Tullamarine
Tullamarine ( ) is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Brimbank, Hume and Merri-bek local government areas. Tullamarine recorded a population of 6,7 ...
.
Major intersections
Mickleham Road is entirely contained within the
City of Hume
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local government area
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.
See also
References
Streets in Melbourne
Transport in the City of Hume
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