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| former = | direction_a = Northwest | end_a = Sunbury Road (C743), Tullamarine, Melbourne | exits = | direction_b = Southeast | end_b = CityLink (M2/State Route 43), Pascoe Vale, Melbourne | through = }} The Tullamarine Freeway is an urban freeway in Melbourne, Australia, linking Melbourne Airport to the central business district. ==History== The Tullamarine Freeway is one of the oldest freeways in Melbourne. The first stage of construction was completed in the financial year 1965/66 between Mickleham Road and "the Tullamarine Jetport Terminal area" (Melbourne Airport),〔Country Roads Board Victoria. ''Fifty-third Annual Report for the Year Ended 30th June, 1966'', Melbourne, Victoria: Government Printer, 1967. p. 11, p. 47〕 with the initial section between Melbourne Airport and Lancefield Road at Essendon Airport officially opening early 1968. This section was originally referred to as the "Tullamarine By-pass Road".〔Country Roads Board Victoria. ''Fifty-Fifth Annual Report: for the year ended 30th June, 1968'', Burwood, Victoria: Brown, Prior, Anderson, 1969. p. 33〕 From Essendon, a new section heading east to Pascoe Vale and then south along the Moonee Ponds Creek to Mt Alexander Road, Flemington was opened to traffic in 1970.〔Country Roads Board Victoria. ''Fifty-Seventh Annual Report: for the year ended 30th June, 1970'', Burwood, Victoria: Brown, Prior, Anderson, 1971. p. 1〕 This new section replaced Mount Alexander Road as the main route to the city. In 1979, the section of Lancefield Road running along the western edge of Essendon Airport was upgraded to freeway standard, completing the freeway.〔Country Roads Board Victoria. ''67th Annual Report. 1979-1980'', Kew, Victoria: Country Roads Board Victoria, 1980. p. 9〕 The freeway was initially designated F81 for the whole stretch from Tullamarine to Flemington. The freeway was originally designated in the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan as the F14 Freeway corridor. With its completion, city-bound heavy vehicles from Hume Highway were diverted here via Pascoe Vale Road. In the 1990s, the completion of the Western Ring Road increased traffic tremendously. It was only relieved by the completion of CityLink, widening the freeway to 8 lanes (two of these being transit lanes) and extending it south to the West Gate Freeway. The improved sections are now tolled. The freeway is used by Skybus Super Shuttle services to Melbourne Airport, and in 2002 the Victorian government contributed $3 million to a $10 million plan to expand and improve these services, after a feasibility study into an airport rail link found the number of passengers using a train would not make the scheme economically viable.〔(Better buses replace dumped rail link ), ''The Age'', 12 June 2002.〕 The Calder Freeway interchange was completed earlier than expected in mid-2007, which underwent dramatic roadworks to alleviate congestion. All works are now complete, with the end result being the decommissioning and removal of two off-ramps, an additional two lanes inbound, and dedicated Bulla Road-Calder Freeway spurs to eliminate weaving, notorious for many accidents in the area. Another project now completed is a new bridge and northern entrance to the Essendon Airport through the interchange of Melrose Drive, to provide easy access for the people living in the northern suburbs to access the Essendon Airport district. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tullamarine Freeway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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