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Pascoe Vale Road | |
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| Pascoe Vale Road inMoonee Ponds | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 14.9 km (9.3 mi)[1] |
| Gazetted | September 1960[2] |
| Route number(s) |  Metro Route 35(1965–present) |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | David Munroe Drive Coolaroo, Melbourne |
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| South end | Ascot Vale Road Moonee Ponds, Melbourne |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | Meadow Heights,Dallas,Broadmeadows,Jacana,Glenroy,Oak Park,Pascoe Vale,Strathmore |
Pascoe Vale Road is a major thoroughfare through the northern suburbs ofMelbourne, connecting the outer northern fringe to the inner northern suburbs.
Pascoe Vale Road starts at the intersection with Somerton Road inCoolaroo and runs south as a four-lane, dual-carriageway road until the underpass with Camp Road and Johnstone Street inBroadmeadows, where it narrows to a four-lane, single-carriageway road. It continues south over theWestern Ring Road throughGlenroy, underCityLink and over theCraigieburn railway line throughStrathmore, until the intersection with Fletcher Street inEssendon, where it shares surface tram tracks. It continues south to eventually terminate atMoonee Ponds Junction, where it meetsMount Alexander Road and Ascot Vale Road inMoonee Ponds.
Tram route59 passes along the length of Pascoe Vale Road between Fletcher Street in Essendon and Moonee Ponds Junction.
Pascoe Vale Road originally ran north from Mount Alexander Road in Moonee Ponds to Camp Road at Broadmeadows. The passing of theCountry Roads Act of 1958[3] (itself an evolution from the originalHighways and Vehicles Act of 1924[4]) provided for the declaration of State Highways and Main Roads, roads partially financed by the State government through theCountry Roads Board (laterVicRoads). A northern extension to the existing declaration ofPascoe Vale Road, from Camp Road to the intersection with Somerton Road inCoolaroo, was declared a Main Road on 7 September 1960.[2][5] Construction to eliminate the railway crossing at the Broadmeadows railway gates, where Camp Road crossed theBroadmeadows railway line and then Pascoe Vale Road, with a road-over-rail overpass inBroadmeadows, was completed in January 1978.[6]
Pascoe Vale Road was signed as Metropolitan Route 35 between Broadmeadows North and Moonee Ponds in 1965, heading east along Barry Road to eventually meet Hume Highway inCampbellfield. It was extended further north in 1989 along the entire road, heading east along Somerton Road to eventually meet Hume Highway inCoolaroo. Metropolitan Route 35 continues south along Ascot Vale Road eventually toLaverton.
The passing of theRoad Management Act 2004[7] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared Pascoe Vale Road (Arterial #5819) from Somerton Road inCoolaroo to Ascot Vale Road inMoonee Ponds.[8]
| LGA | Location[1][8] | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hume | Coolaroo–Meadow Heights boundary | 0.0 | 0.0 | David Munroe Drive (north) – Roxburgh Park | Northern terminus of road |
 Somerton Road (Metro Route 58 west, Metro Route 35/58 east) – Greenvale,Somerton,Yarrambat | Metro Route 35 continues east along Somerton Road | ||||
| Coolaroo–Meadow Heights–Broadmeadowstripoint | 2.9 | 1.8 | Barry Road – Campbellfield | ||
| Broadmeadows | 5.1 | 3.2 | Dimboola Road – Broadmeadows | Access to Johnstone Street and Camp Road not otherwise available from overpass | |
| 5.4 | 3.4 |  Johnstone Street (Metro Route 48 west) – Tullamarine,Westmeadows Camp Road (Metro Route 48 east) – Bundoora,Eltham | Southbound exit from Camp Road westbound only; no exit eastbound from Johnstone Street | ||
| Hume–Merri-bek boundary | Jacana–Broadmeadows–Glenroy tripoint | 6.4 | 4.0 |  Western Ring Road (M80) – Ardeer,Laverton North | Westbound entry and eastbound exit only |
| Merri-bek | Glenroy | 7.8 | 4.8 | Glenroy Road – Hadfield | |
| Pascoe Vale | 10.4 | 6.5 | Stewart Street, to Gaffney Street – Coburg North | ||
| Moonee Valley | Strathmore | 11.0 | 6.8 |  CityLink (M2) – Docklands,Port Melbourne | Eastbound entry and westbound exit only |
 Bell Street (Metro Route 40) – Coburg,Heidelberg | Entry to Bell Street via CityLink ramp | ||||
| 11.7 | 7.3 | Pascoe Avenue, to Woodland Street (west) – Strathmore | |||
| Strathmore–Essendon boundary | 12.2 | 7.6 | Woodland Street (east) – Pascoe Vale South | ||
| Essendon | 13.1 | 8.1 | Moreland Road – Brunswick | ||
| 13.7 | 8.5 | Fletcher Street (west) – Essendon Albion Street (east) – Brunswick East | |||
| Essendon–Moonee Ponds boundary | 13.9 | 8.6 | Buckley Street – Keilor East,Essendon | ||
| Moonee Ponds | 14.5 | 9.0 | Kellaway Avenue – Moonee Ponds | Pascoe Vale Road northbound fromMoonee Ponds Junction via Kellaway Avenue | |
| 14.9 | 9.3 | Puckle Street (west) – Moonee Ponds Dean Street (east) – Moonee Ponds | No right turn southbound into Puckle Street, no right turn northbound into Dean Street and Pascoe Vale Road | ||
| Mount Alexander Road (northwest, southeast) – Travancore | No left turn northbound into Ascot Vale Road, no right turn northbound into Dean Street and Pascoe Vale Road | ||||
| Ascot Vale Road (south) – Flemington | Southern terminus of road; Metro Route 35 continues south along Ascot Vale Road | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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