Hoddle Highway
Also known as Hoddle Street, Punt Road and Barkly Street.
Length	14 km
General direction	North-South
From	High Street, Clifton Hill, Melbourne
via	Collingwood, Abbotsford, Richmond, South Yarra, Prahran, Windsor, St. Kilda
To	Marine Parade, Elwood, Melbourne
Allocation	St. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand There are several High Streets in Melbourne Australia but the two best known are a major southeast-northwest thoroughfare running from St Kilda Road Clifton Hill is a Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Yarra Collingwood is an Inner city Suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Abbotsford is a small Inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, nestled in between Collingwood, Richmond Richmond is an Inner city Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. South Yarra is an Inner city Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Prahran (pronounced "pruh-RAN" also known colloquially as "Pran" is an Inner city Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Windsor is an Inner city suburb of Melbourne Australia. It is part of the City of Stonnington (although a small section of the suburb is in the St Kilda is an Inner city Suburb of the Victorian capital of Melbourne, Australia. Beach Rd, is a bayside suburban coastal road in Melbourne, Australia. Elwood is a bayside suburb located 9km souh-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Kilda Junction: (duplex with )
Major Junctions	Heidelberg Road Eastern Freeway Alexandra Parade Johnston Street Victoria Parade / Victoria Street Wellington Parade / Bridge Road Swan Street CityLink Alexandra Avenue Toorak Road Commercial Road High Street Dandenong Road St. Kilda Road Fitzroy Street St. Kilda Road (Nepean Highway) Carlisle Street Glen Huntly Road

Hoddle Highway is an urban "highway" in Melbourne linking CityLink and the Eastern Freeway, allotted metropolitan route . The Eastern Freeway is an urban Freeway in Melbourne, Australia. Eastern Highway is a 4 kilometre highway with a mix of many arterial roads in inner northern Melbourne Australia. Victoria Street is one of the major thoroughfares of inner Melbourne. Bridge Road is a major shopping strip in Melbourne, Australia. Swan Street is a major street running through the Melbourne suburbs of Richmond, Cremorne and Burnley. Monash Freeway|Tullamarine Freeway|West Gate Freeway CityLink is a system of tolled urban Freeways in Melbourne, Victoria, There are several High Streets in Melbourne Australia but the two best known are a major southeast-northwest thoroughfare running from St Kilda Road The Princes Highway is a segment of Australia's Highway 1 that extends from Sydney to Adelaide and Port Augusta South Australia St Kilda Road is a street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is part of the locality of Melbourne which has the postcode of 3004 and / Nepean Highway runs south from Melbourne city in Victoria Australia to Portsea, along the eastern shores of Port Phillip Bay. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Monash Freeway|Tullamarine Freeway|West Gate Freeway CityLink is a system of tolled urban Freeways in Melbourne, Victoria, The Eastern Freeway is an urban Freeway in Melbourne, Australia.

It starts at the Eastern Freeway entrance in Fitzroy and heads directly southwards until reaching Citylink in Richmond, near the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and continues across the Yarra River and down to the Nepean and Princes Highways, at St Kilda Junction. Fitzroy (sometimes referred to as South Fitzroy is an Inner city Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Richmond is an Inner city Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Yarra River is a River in southern Victoria, Australia. The lower stretches of the river is where the city of Melbourne was established / Nepean Highway runs south from Melbourne city in Victoria Australia to Portsea, along the eastern shores of Port Phillip Bay. The Princes Highway is a segment of Australia's Highway 1 that extends from Sydney to Adelaide and Port Augusta South Australia St Kilda Junction is one of the most notorious intersections in Melbourne, Australia.

This "highway" is frequently clogged with traffic, particularly during peak hour and during sport events, as it passes through busy inner Melbourne suburbs and the city's main sport and event precinct. This "highway" is also known as Hoddle Street north of Bridge Road, named after Robert Hoddle, architect of Melbourne's Hoddle Grid, and Punt Road south of Bridge Road, named after the punt used to cross the Yarra River before a bridge was built. Hoddle Highway is an urban "highway" in Melbourne linking CityLink and the Eastern Freeway, allotted metropolitan route. Bridge Road is a major shopping strip in Melbourne, Australia. Robert Hoddle ( 20 April 1794 &ndash 24 October 1881) was a surveyor of Port Phillip in the 1830s and the creator of the Hoddle The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets in the centre of the Central business district of Melbourne.

This continues on through the congested four laned undivided South Yarra district before heading further south into Barkly Street, through the St. Kilda city centre before terminating at Marine Parade. South Yarra is an Inner city Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. St Kilda is an Inner city Suburb of the Victorian capital of Melbourne, Australia. Beach Rd, is a bayside suburban coastal road in Melbourne, Australia.

Here is a run down of the few streets that exceed the Hoddle Highway status.

Hoddle Street

Hoddle Street looking south, with Collingwood town hall on the left

Hoddle Street is a busy arterial road in inner-eastern Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 It was named after Robert Hoddle, the surveyor who designed Melbourne's Hoddle Grid and some of its inner suburbs such as Carlton. Robert Hoddle ( 20 April 1794 &ndash 24 October 1881) was a surveyor of Port Phillip in the 1830s and the creator of the Hoddle The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets in the centre of the Central business district of Melbourne. Carlton is an Inner city suburb to the immediate north of the central city area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It varies between an undivided arterial road with two lanes running each way, to a three or four lane dual carriageway.

Hoddle Street runs 3. 5 km north-south from Clifton Hill to Richmond where it becomes Punt Road, continuing south through Windsor, and as Barkly Street, through St. Kilda and Elwood. Clifton Hill is a Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Yarra Richmond is an Inner city Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Windsor is an Inner city suburb of Melbourne Australia. It is part of the City of Stonnington (although a small section of the suburb is in the St Kilda is an Inner city Suburb of the Victorian capital of Melbourne, Australia. Elwood is a bayside suburb located 9km souh-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. North of Clifton Hill, the line of Hoddle Street continues north as High Street, through the suburbs of Northcote, Thornbury, Preston, Reservoir and Thomastown. Northcote is a northern Suburb in Melbourne, Australia, in the Local Government Area of the City of Darebin. Thornbury is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Darebin. Preston is a residential and industrial suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located 10 km north of Melbourne's Central business district Reservoir ( is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Darebin. Thomastown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is well known for sharing its area with Westgarthtown, a historical settlement

The majority of Hoddle Street is a wide section (3 to 4 lanes in each direction) making up a portion of the Hoddle Highway. This section connects the Eastern Freeway and Punt Road to other arterial roads that feed into the Melbourne CBD. The Eastern Freeway is an urban Freeway in Melbourne, Australia. The Melbourne city centre (referred to as The City or The CBD (Central Business District or more recently in planning parlance The CAD, or Central

Hoddle Street Massacre

In 1987, Hoddle Street was the site of a deadly shooting spree known as the Hoddle Street massacre with 7 people dying. The Hoddle Street massacre is the name given to a mass murder that occurred on the evening of Sunday August 9, 1987 in Hoddle Street, Clifton Hill

Punt Road

This stretch of road is famous for the punt crossing near Alexandra Avenue and the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Barkly Street

This stretch of road is famous for the street stalls of St. Kilda and nearby Luna Park. St Kilda is an Inner city Suburb of the Victorian capital of Melbourne, Australia.

See also

List of Melbourne highways