West Gate Freeway

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The West Gate Freeway is a major urban freeway in Melbourne, Australia, serving as a key east–west transport corridor linking the city centre with western suburbs and regional routes.

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West Gate Freeway canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf road infrastructure
urban freeway
category Freeways and highways in Melbourne
Roads in Victoria, Australia
Transport in Melbourne
connectsTo CityLink
Kings Way
Montague Street
Princes Freeway
Todd Road
West Gate Bridge
West Gate Tunnel (under construction / planned)
Western Ring Road
country Australia
crosses Yarra River via West Gate Bridge
direction east–west
formerRoadNumber National Route 1
function commuter route
key freight route
hasExit exits to central Melbourne
exits to industrial areas in western suburbs
hasLanes multi-lane dual carriageway
hasStructure elevated sections near Docklands
hasToll partially tolled via CityLink connection
linkedProject West Gate Tunnel Project
locatedIn Melbourne
state of Victoria
maintainedBy VicRoads
opened 1970s
partOf M1 (Melbourne) motorway
linked to: Monash Freeway
partOfCorridor east–west transport corridor in Melbourne
passesThrough Docklands
Port Melbourne
Southbank vicinity
regionServed Port of Melbourne vicinity
linked to: Port of Melbourne
roadNumber M1
roadType freeway
serves Melbourne central business district
linked to: Melbourne CBD

regional routes to western Victoria
western suburbs of Melbourne
speedLimit typically 80–100 km/h
upgrade subject to capacity and safety upgrades over time
urbanArea Greater Melbourne

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West Gate Bridge namedAfter West Gate Freeway
West Gate Bridge hasApproach West Gate Freeway
Princes Freeway hasInterchangeWith West Gate Freeway
Monash Freeway connectsTo West Gate Freeway
Western Ring Road connectsTo West Gate Freeway