Road Photos & Information: Victoria
Mickleham Road, Broadmeadows Road Deviation, Johnstone Street, Camp Road, Mahoneys Road, Keon Parade, Dalton Road, Wood Street, Settlement Road, Plenty Road, Grimshaw Street, Para Road, Sherbourne Road and Bridge Street (Metropolitan Route 48)
Statistics:
- Length:
- 26 km
- Termini:
- Eastern: Main Rd (MR44) and Bridge St (unnumbered), Eltham
- Western: Tullamarine Fwy (M2) and Mickleham Rd (MR39), Tullamarine
- Miscellaneous:
- Declared Names: Mickleham Rd, Broadmeadows-Tullamarine Rd, Campbellfield-Greensborough Rd, Plenty Valley Hwy, Heidelberg-Kinglake Rd, Para Rd and Karingal Dr
- Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:
- Tullamarine, Westmeadows, Broadmeadows, Campbellfield, Fawkner, Reservoir, Thomastown, Bundoora, Watsonia North, Greensborough, Montmorency and Eltham
Route Numbering:
- Current: 48
- Multiplexed with: 27 39
- Road Authority Internal Classification: 1
- Arterial 5722 (Eltham)
- Arterial 5820 (Tullamarine)
- Arterial 5873 (Tullamarine to Campbellfield)
- Arterial 5910 (Campbellfield to Bundoora and Bundoora to Greensborough)
- Arterial 5811 (Greensborough)
- Arterial 5819 (Greensborough)
- Arterial 6140 (Bundoora)
General Information:
Metropolitan Route 48 is a suburban arterial road servicing Melbourne's north. It is a mix of divided and undivided road servicing residential, commercial and industrial areas. The significance of the route diminished once the parallel running Metropolitan Ring Road (M80) opened.
- Metropolitan Route 27, for 200 m, Bundoora.
- Metropolitan Route 39, for 700 m, between Tullamarine and Westmeadows.
Tullamarine to Eltham
Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign on Grimshaw St (MR48) at Greensborough, June 2016.
Image © Rob Tilley
Lane Allocation Sign:
Lane allocation sign at Greensborough approaching The Circuit (MR48) and the unnumbered section of Grimshaw St, June 2016.
Image © Rob Tilley
Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign facing the unnumbered section of Grimshaw St where it meets Para Rd (MR48) at Greensborough, June 2016.
Image © Rob Tilley
Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign on Para Rd (MR48) at Greensborough, June 2016.
Image © Rob Tilley
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Para Rd (MR48) approaching the unnumbered section of Para Rd and Sherbourne Rd (MR48 at Greensborough, June 2016.
Image © Rob Tilley
Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign at Eltham where Bridge St (MR48) meets Main Rd (MR44), June 2016.
Image © Rob Tilley
Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign at Eltham where Bridge St (MR48) meets Main Rd (MR44), June 2016.
Image © Rob Tilley