State (Bell/Springvale) Highway

State (Bell/Springvale) Highway
Formerly along Springvale Road
General information
Type
Length	57 km (35 mi)
Route number(s)	Heidelberg - Bulleen: (duplex with ) Templestowe Lower - Doncaster: (duplex with ) Doncaster - Donvale: (duplex with )
Major junctions
West end	Tullamarine Freeway, Strathmore, Melbourne
	Sydney Road Rosanna Road Eastern Freeway / EastLink Whitehorse Road Burwood Highway Monash Freeway Princes Highway Westall Road Mornington Peninsula Freeway for full list see major intersections
South end	Nepean Highway, Edithvale, Melbourne
Location(s)
via	Coburg, Heidelberg, Doncaster, Nunawading, Glen Waverley, Springvale

Route 40, or the Bell / Springvale State Highway is the longest urban highway in Melbourne (other than the Princes Highway) linking Tullamarine Freeway and the Nepean Highway, allotted metropolitan route .

The highway experiences considerable congestion. Throughout the 1980s and '90s, the Doncaster Road section carried around 50,000 vehicles per hour at peak, this number dropped in 1997 after the extension of the Eastern Freeway.

Several level crossings are located along the highway, in Edithvale, Springvale, Preston and Coburg. With the completion of works in January 2010 to lower the rail line in Nunawading, plus an older one in Heidelberg, there are now two railway grade separations along the route.

The road itself varies in capacity over its length between three-laned dual carriageways and two-way single carriageways. Many junctions such as the Nepean Highway, Princes Highway, Monash Freeway, Eastern Freeway, Hume Highway and Tullamarine Freeway contribute to traffic volumes along Route 40.

Alternate names

There are a variety of street names along the route, many of which are familiar to motorists and used on radio traffic updates, including:

• Bell Street (from Strathmore to Heidelberg)
• Banksia Street (within Heidelberg)
• Manningham Road (from Bulleen to Doncaster)
• Williamsons Road (within central Doncaster)
• Doncaster Road (from Doncaster to Donvale)
• Mitcham Road (within Donvale)
• Springvale Road (from Donvale to Chelsea Heights)
• Edithvale Road (formerly Springvale Road) (from Chelsea Heights to Edithvale)

The original 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan showed the F4 Freeway following the Tullamarine Freeway, Bell and Banksia Streets, to Williamsons Road then joining the F7 Freeway heading south along the Middleborough Road and the Blackburn Road corridor to the F2 Freeway (Dingley Freeway section) between Clayton and Westall Roads (rather than Springvale Road).

Major intersections and suburbs

Bell/Springvale Highway
Westbound	Distance from Tullamarine Freeway (km)	Eastbound
End Bell Street continues as Tullamarine Freeway to Bendigo	0.0	Start Bell Street from Tullamarine Freeway
UPFIELD RAIL LINE Pedestrian Crossing	2.9	UPFIELD RAIL LINE Pedestrian Crossing
Coburg	3.1	Coburg
Brunswick, Parkville Sydney Road File:Australia W3-3.svg		Campbellfield, Craigieburn Sydney Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Melbourne Nicholson Street File:Australia W3-3.svg	4.2	Melbourne Nicholson Street File:Australia W3-3.svg
Melbourne, Reservoir, Epping St Georges Road File:Australia W3-3.svg	5.9	Reservoir, Epping, Melbourne St Georges Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
SOUTH MORANG RAIL LINE	6.1	SOUTH MORANG RAIL LINE
Clifton Hill, Preston High Street File:Australia W3-3.svg	6.4	Preston, Clifton Hill High Street File:Australia W3-3.svg
Clifton Hill, Bundoora Plenty Road File:Australia W3-3.svg	6.7	Bundoora, Whittlesea, Clifton Hill Plenty Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Fairfield, Reservoir Albert Street File:Australia W3-3.svg	8.1	Reservoir, Fairfield Albert Street File:Australia W3-3.svg
Ivanhoe, Bundoora Waterdale Road File:Australia W3-3.svg	10.3	Bundoora, Ivanhoe Waterdale Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
continues as Bell Street	11.1	Heidelberg Burgundy Street Rosanna, Ivanhoe Upper Heidelberg Road
		continues as Banksia Street
HURSTBRIDGE RAIL LINE	11.7	HURSTBRIDGE RAIL LINE
continues as	12.6	Greensborough Lower Heidelberg Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Heidelberg, Greensborough, To Ring Road Lower Heidelberg Road File:Australia W3-3.svg		Greensborough, Camberwell; Melbourne via Freeway Lower Heidelberg Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Melbourne via Freeway; Ivanhoe Lower Heidelberg Road File:Australia W3-3.svg		duplexes with
YARRA RIVER	13.3	YARRA RIVER
continues as Banksia Street	13.6	Templestowe, Warrandyte Bridge Street File:Australia W3-3.svg
		continues as Manningham Road
Melbourne via Freeway; Bulleen, Templestowe Bulleen Road File:Australia W3-3.svg	14.0	Ringwood, Frankston via Freeway; Templestowe, Bulleen Bulleen Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Melbourne via Freeway; Bulleen, Templestowe Thompsons Road File:Australia W3-3.svg	15.8	Templestowe, Bulleen, Thompsons Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Melbourne via Freeway, Templestowe High Street File:Australia W3-3.svg	17.1	Templestowe, To Freeway High Street File:Australia W3-3.svg
continues as Manningham Road	18.2	Templestowe, Eltham Williamsons Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Templestowe, Eltham Williamsons Road File:Australia W3-3.svg		continues as Williamsons Road
continues as Williamsons Road	19.0	Doncaster
		End Williamsons Road
File:Australia W3-3.svg Traffic Lights (clockwise from Williamsons Road) Doncaster Road to Donvale and Mitcham Tram Road to Box Hill and Ringwood via Freeway Doncaster Road to Kew and Melbourne via Freeway
Westbound	Distance from Williamsons Road (km)	Eastbound
Doncaster	0.0	continues as Doncaster Road
Melbourne via Freeway; Mount Waverley Wetherby Road Victoria Street File:Australia W3-3.svg	1.7	Victoria Street Mount Waverley, Clayton; To Freeway Wetherby Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Blackburn, Warrandyte Blackburn Road File:Australia W3-3.svg	3.3	Warrandyte, Blackburn Blackburn Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
continues as Doncaster Road	4.3	continues as Mitcham Road
continues as Mitcham Road	5.1	Donvale
File:Australia W3-3.svg Traffic Lights (clockwise from Mitcham Road) Springvale Road to Templestowe and Warrandyte Mitcham Road to Mitcham and Boronia Springvale Road to Nunawading and Glen Waverley
Northbound	Distance from Freeway (km)	Southbound
Donvale	0.8	continues as Springvale Road
Ringwood, Dandenong, Frankston EastLink File:Australia W3-3.svg	0.0	Ringwood, Dandenong, Frankston EastLink File:Australia W3-3.svg
Melbourne Eastern Freeway File:Australia W3-3.svg		Melbourne Eastern Freeway File:Australia W3-3.svg
Box Hill, Ringwood Whitehorse Road File:Australia W3-3.svg	1.6	Ringwood, Box Hill Whitehorse Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
LILYDALE RAIL LINE	1.7	LILYDALE RAIL LINE
Forest Hill, Vermont; To Canterbury Road File:Australia W3-3.svg	3.4	To ; Vermont, Forest Hill Canterbury Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Burwood, Ferntree Gully, Belgrave; To Burwood Highway File:Australia W3-3.svg	5.7	To ; Belgrave, Burwood Burwood Highway File:Australia W3-3.svg
Highbury Road File:Australia W3-3.svg	6.5	Highbury Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Ashburton, Wantirna South; To High Street Road File:Australia W3-3.svg	7.9	To ; Wantirna South, Boronia, Ashburton High Street Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
	8.6	Glen Waverley
Northbound	Distance from Freeway (km)	Southbound
Glen Waverley	3.1
Chadstone, Wheelers Hill Waverley Road File:Australia W3-3.svg	2.2	Wheelers Hill, Chadstone Waverley Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Melbourne via Freeway ; Oakleigh, Ferntree Gully; To Ferntree Gully Road File:Australia W3-3.svg	0.5	To ; Ferntree Gully, Oakleigh; Melbourne via Freeway Ferntree Gully Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
	0.0	Dandenong, Warragul; Frankston via EastLink Monash Freeway File:Australia W3-3.svg
Northbound	Distance from Freeway (km)	Southbound
Dandenong, Warragul Monash Freeway File:Australia W3-3.svg	13.4
Oakleigh, Rowville; To / Wellington Road File:Australia W3-3.svg	12.2	To / ; Rowville, Oakleigh Wellington Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Oakleigh, Melbourne Princes Highway File:Australia W3-3.svg	10.6	SPRINGVALE JUNCTION
Clayton, Bentleigh Centre Road File:Australia W3-3.svg To Dandenong Police Road File:Australia W3-3.svg		To Police Road; Dandenong, Oakleigh Princes Highway File:Australia W3-3.svg
SPRINGVALE JUNCTION		Clayton, Bentleigh Centre Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
GIPPSLAND RAIL LINE Queens Avenue / Sandown Road	8.8	GIPPSLAND RAIL LINE Sandown Road / Lightwood Road / Queens Avenue
Moorabbin, Noble Park Heatherton Road File:Australia W3-3.svg	7.3	Noble Park, Moorabbin Heatherton Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Dandenong; To EastLink Dingley Arterial File:Australia W3-3.svg Under construction	5.0	Dandenong; Frankston via EastLink Dingley Arterial File:Australia W3-3.svg Under construction
Moorabbin, Blackburn, Melbourne via Westall Road File:Australia W3-3.svg		Moorabbin, Blackburn Westall Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Keysborough, Dandenong; Ringwood via EastLink Cheltenham Road File:Australia W3-3.svg	4.1	Dandenong; Frankston via EastLink Cheltenham Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Dingley Village, Mentone; To Melbourne Lower Dandenong Road File:Australia W3-3.svg		Mentone Lower Dandenong Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Narre Warren; Ringwood, Melbourne via EastLink Hutton Road File:Australia W3-3.svg	1.8	Narre Warren Hutton Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Mordialloc Governor Road File:Australia W3-3.svg		Mordialloc Governor Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Frankston, Portsea Mornington Peninsula Freeway File:Australia W3-3.svg	0.0	Frankston, Portsea Mornington Peninsula Freeway File:Australia W3-3.svg
continues as Springvale Road	0.3	Chelsea, Patterson Lakes Wells Road To Melbourne; Mordialloc, Clayton Wells Road File:Australia W3-3.svg
Mordialloc, Clayton Wells Road Patterson Lakes Wells Road File:Australia W3-3.svg		continues as Edithvale Road
FRANKSTON RAIL LINE Station Street	2.6	FRANKSTON RAIL LINE Station Street
Start Edithvale Road		End Edithvale Road
File:Australia W3-3.svg Traffic Lights (clockwise from Edithvale Road) Nepean Highway to Frankston and Mornington Nepean Highway to Mordialloc and Melbourne

See also

• List of Melbourne highways