Length:

34 km

Termini:

Eastern: Burwood Hwy (C412) and Mt Dandenong Tourist Rd (C415), Upper Ferntree Gully

Western: Beaconsfield Pde (MR33), Albert Park

Miscellaneous:

Declared Names: Kerferd Rd, Albert Rd, Princes Hwy, Kings Way, Toorak Rd West, Toorak Rd and Burwood Hwy

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Albert Park, South Melbourne, Melbourne, South Yarra, Toorak, Kooyong, Hawthorn East, Camberwell, Burwood, Burwood East, Vermont South, Wantirna, Wantirna South, Knoxfield, Ferntree Gully and Upper Ferntree Gully

Current: 26

Multiplexed with: 1 3 5 22

Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹

Arterial 5127 (Melbourne to South Yarra)

Arterial 5128 (Albert Park to Melbourne)

Arterial 5871 (Melbourne)

Arterial 5898 (South Yarra to Kooyong)

Arterial 6510 (Melbourne)

Arterial 6750 (Kooyong to Upper Ferntree Gully)

General Information:

Metropolitan Route 26 is a major arterial route linking the inner suburbs of Melbourne with the city's eastern suburbs.

A mix of divided and undivided roadway, the route features tramlines along most of the route, and passes through residential, commercial and industrial zones as well as parklands.

Alternate National Route 1, for 200 m, Melbourne.

Metropolitan Route 3, for 50 m, Melbourne.

Metropolitan Route 5, for 400 m, Ferntree Gully.

Metropolitan Route 22, for 4 km, Ferntree Gully and Upper Ferntree Gully.

1965: Introduction of Metropolitan Route 26. ²

1996: Metropolitan Route 26 truncated at Upper Ferntree Gully, being replaced with C412 along Mt Dandenong Tourist Rd and Monbulk Rd.

8 June 2004: Work begins on extending the tramline along Burwood Highway from the Blackburn Rd junction to Hartland Rd Vermont South. ³

Albert Park to Upper Ferntree Gully

Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign eastbound on Toorak Rd (MR26) approaching Domain St, Melbourne, August 2012.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign eastbound on Burwood Hwy (MR26) approaching Springvale Rd (MR40) at Burwood East, November 2005.

Image © Rob Tilley

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign at the Springvale Rd (MR40) junction at Burwood East, November 2005.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Springvale Rd approaching Bayswater Rd (MR7) and Scoresby Rd (MR7) at Knoxfield, November 2005.

Image © Rob Tilley

Upper Ferntree Gully to Albert Park

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Burwood Hwy (MR26) approaching Stud Rd (MR9) at Wantirna South, January 2017.

Image © Huang / Milton Collection

Stud Road:

Corner of Burwood Hwy (MR26) and Stud Rd (MR9) at Wantirna South, January 2017.

Image © Huang / Milton Collection

Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign on Burwood Hwy (MR26) at Wantirna South, January 2017.

Image © Huang / Milton Collection

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign with traffic conditions indicators approaching Eastlink (M3) at Wantirna South, January 2017.

Image © Huang / Milton Collection

Eastlink:

Burwood Hwy (MR26) at the Eastlink (M3) interchange at Wantirna South, January 2017.

Image © Huang / Milton Collection