Beach Road, Melbourne
Beach Road is a coastal suburban road in Melbourne, Australia that runs along the northeastern shore of Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay, starting at the T-junction with Beacon Street in Port Melbourne to its southern end at the junction with Nepean Highway in Mordialloc.
Beach Road Beach Street, Beaconsfield Parade, Jacka Boulevard, Marine Parade, Ormond Esplanade, St Kilda Street, Esplanade Victoria | |
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| Albert Park foreshore, near Beaconsfield Parade | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 27 km (17 mi) |
| Opened | 1935 |
| Route number(s) | Metro Route 33 (1965–present) |
| Former route number | Metro Route 26 (1965–1989) (Port Melbourne–Albert Park) |
| Major junctions | |
| Northwest end | Beacon Street Port Melbourne |
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| Southeast end | Nepean Highway Mordialloc, Melbourne |
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| Major suburbs | St Kilda, Elwood, Sandringham, Black Rock, Beaumaris |
While only the road's southern half beyond the South Road junction is actually named "Beach Road", the name covers many consecutive street sections and this is not widely known to most drivers, as the entire allocation is still best known as by the respective names of its constituent parts: Beach Street, Beaconsfield Parade, Jacka Boulevard, Marine Parade, Ormond Esplanade, St Kilda Street, Esplanade and Beach Road proper. This article will deal with the entire length of the corridor for sake of completion, as well to avoid confusion between declarations.
Beach Road is extremely popular with cyclists. While the Bayside Trail follows the road closely, cyclists with racing bicycles usually use the road itself. According to Bicycle Victoria, over 7,000 riders were recorded using the road on one Saturday in September 2008 . Numerous cycling clubs and less formal groups use the road for training sessions for road racing and triathlon. Cycling advocacy groups are presently campaigning for the removal of on-street parking on weekend mornings. Beach Road has also been the subject of a local council and community campaign to limit truck traffic.