Length:

52 km

Termini:

Northern: Linlithgow Avenue, Melbourne

Southern: Mornington-Tyabb Road (C782) and Nepean Highway (B110), Mornington

Miscellaneous:

Declared Names: Nepean Hwy and St Kilda Rd

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Mornington, Mount Eliza, Frankston South, Frankston, Seaford, Carrum, Bonbeach, Chelsea, Edithvale, Aspendale, Mordialloc, Parkdale, Mentone, Cheltenahm, Highett, Moorabbin, Hampton East, Bentleigh, Gardenvale, Brighton East, Brighton, Elsternwick, Balaclava, Elwood, St Kilda East, St Kilda, Southbank and Melbourne

Current: 3

Multiplexed with: 10 19 26

Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹

Arterial #5882 (St Kilda to Melbourne)

Arterial #6660 (Mornington to St Kilda)

General Information:

Metropolitan Route 3 is an arterial route linking Melbourne with the Mornington Peninsula. It was a longer route, but was truncated with the introduction of the Statewide Route Numbering Scheme (alphanumeric route numbering).

For the most part, it runs along the coast through Melbourne's southern suburbs.

The Nepean Highway was called The Great Western Port Road, then Point Nepean Road, then Nepean Highway ²

Multiplexes along the route include:/div>

Metropolitan Route 10, for 400 m, Parkdale.

Metropolitan Route 19, for 800 m, Brighton East.

Metropolitan Route 26, for 50 m, Melbourne.

Metropolitan Route 29, for 170 m, St Kilda.

History:

1965: MR3 introduced ¹ At the time, the route's northern end took in all of St Kilda Road, Swanston Street, Queensberry Street and Elizabeth Street, terminating at the Haymarket roundabout (intersecting with NR1, NR8, NR79 and NR31). MR3 was duplexed with NR1 on St Kilda Rd (Kingsway to St Kilda Junction) until Queens Way was constructed. ²

1979: Nepean Highway widened at Brighton. ³

1998: Westfield Shoppingtown extended over Nepean Highway at Cheltenham via a bridge. ⁴

1988: The city portion of MR3 was deleted in the update of route numbering system. ²

Mornington to Melbourne

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Frankston approaching Fletcher Road (MR9), September 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Melbourne to Mornington

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Nepean Hwy (MR3) approaching North Rd (MR18) at Gardenvale, November 2005.

Image © Rob Tilley

Click or tap here for the continuation of Nepean Highway as B110

¹ Viseth Uch.
² BJ Winzer.
³ VIC Government, Picture Victoria, c.March 1979 Nepean Highway - Widening - Brighton.
⁴ Kingston Historical Site, Westfield Spans Nepean Highway.