EastLink (Melbourne)

EastLink is a tollway (meaning people have to pay to drive on it) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was opened on June 28, 2008.^[1] It links the Frankston Freeway to the Eastern Freeway, and includes two tunnels, the Mullum Mullum tunnel and the Melba tunnel.

The interchange with the Monash Freeway, the largest in Victoria,^[2] is known as the Tom Wills interchange.^[3]^[4] This was announced on February 27, 2008. This particular interchange was chosen because it was within a short distance from Waverely Park, and the home of the Hawthorn Football Club.

Tolls are paid by either a bill sent in the mail, buying a pass from a shop or creating an account and using an electronic Breeze tag or another tollways type of electronic tag in the car to keep track of tolls. The cost of the tolls is charged against the owner's account.

File:Eastlink Canterbury Road.jpg

The EastLink tollway at Canterbury Road

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The EastLink tollway at Maroondah highway bridge

File:Mullum Mullum Tunnel Entrance.jpg

The entry to the Mullum Mullum tunnel

Exits and intersections

EastLink 40px
Northbound exits	Distance from Eastern Freeway (km)	Distance from Frankston Freeway (km)	Southbound exits
End EastLink 30px continues as Eastern Freeway 30px to Melbourne	0	45	Start EastLink 30px from Eastern Freeway 30px Greensborough Grimshaw St
Donvale Springvale Road 20px	0	45	Donvale Springvale Road 20px
MELBA TUNNEL	--	--	MULLUM-MULLUM TUNNEL
Ringwood Ringwood Bypass 20px	5	40	Ringwood Ringwood Bypass 20px
Ringwood Whitehorse Road 20px			Ringwood Whitehorse Road 20px
BELGRAVE / LILYDALE RAIL LINE			BELGRAVE / LILYDALE RAIL LINE
Ringwood Canterbury Road 20px	7	38	Ringwood Canterbury Road 20px
Wantirna Boronia Road 20px	9	36	Wantirna Boronia Road 20px
Wantirna Burwood Highway 20px	11	34	Wantirna Burwood Highway 20px
Wantirna South High Street Road 20px	13	32	Wantirna South High Street Road 20px
Scoresby Ferntree Gully Road 20px	16	29	Scoresby Ferntree Gully Road 20px
Rowville Wellington Road 20px	18	27	Rowville Wellington Road 20px
no exit	--	25	Mulgrave Police Road
Dandenong North Monash Freeway 30px (Tom Willis Interchange) ^[3]	21	24	Dandenong North Monash Freeway 30px (Tom Willis Interchange)^[3]
Noble Park Princes Highway 20px	23	22	Noble Park Princes Highway 20px
GIPPSLAND RAIL LINE	25	20	GIPPSLAND RAIL LINE
no exit	--	19	Keysborough Cheltenham Road 20px
Keysborough Dandenong Bypass	28	17	Keysborough Dandenong Bypass
Keysborough Greens Road	30	15	Keysborough Greens Road
Carrum Downs Thompsons Road 20px	39	6	Carrum Downs Thompsons Road 20px
Greensborough Grimshaw Street	45	0	Carrum Downs Rutherford Road
Start EastLink30px continues from Frankston Freeway	45	0	End EastLink30px continues as Frankston Freeway to Frankston

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EastLink (Melbourne) Media

EastLink Boronia Road.jpg

Construction of EastLink over Boronia Road in Wantirna
Dandenong - panoramio.jpg

Dandenong__panoramio
Eastlink tunnels Ringwood portal.jpg

Ringwood portal of the tunnels under the Mullum Mullum Valley
Hillcrest Reserve and the Eastlink Melba Tunnel.jpg

Hillcrest Reserve and the Eastlink Melba Tunnel in January 2020
Melba tunnel.jpg

Inside the Melba (westbound) tunnel
EastLink looking south from Koomba Road bridge.jpg

EastLink looking south from the Koomba Road footbridge before opening.
EastLink Operations Centre.jpg

The EastLink Operations Centre in Ringwood during construction.
Eastlink overpass.JPG

Night-shot of overpass spanning Eastlink, near the Burwood Rd exit.
EastLink Bridge over Dandenong Creek.jpg

Constructing the EastLink bridge over Dandenong Creek, in Ringwood/Wantirna

References

↑ "Herald Sun - Breaking News from Melbourne and Victoria - Herald Sun".
↑ (PDF). 24 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080724035543/http://www.seita.com.au/pages/rosetta-download.asp?size=0&file=070206_Minister_for_Roads_inspects_major_bridge_works_on_2.5_billion_EastLink_Project.pdf. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2017. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "Victorian legislation".
↑ (PDF). 24 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080724034135/http://www.seita.com.au/pages/rosetta-download.asp?size=0&file=080227_Eastlink_interchange_honours_one_of_football_s_founders.pdf. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2017. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ "EastLink - Time Better Spent". www.eastlink.com.au.

[1] "Herald Sun - Breaking News from Melbourne and Victoria - Herald Sun".

[2] (PDF). 24 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080724035543/http://www.seita.com.au/pages/rosetta-download.asp?size=0&file=070206_Minister_for_Roads_inspects_major_bridge_works_on_2.5_billion_EastLink_Project.pdf. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2017. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[legislation.vic.gov.au-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "Victorian legislation".

[4] (PDF). 24 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080724034135/http://www.seita.com.au/pages/rosetta-download.asp?size=0&file=080227_Eastlink_interchange_honours_one_of_football_s_founders.pdf. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2017. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[5] "EastLink - Time Better Spent". www.eastlink.com.au.

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