Metropolitan Route 28
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Advance Direction sign on Mountain Highway before Forest Road in The Basin.
December 2007.
 
     
     
 

Designated Names

Name List - Column 1 & 2
 Road Classification & Number

Column 3

Wantirna – Sassafras Road

Burwood Highway, Wantirna South - Mount Dandenong Road, Sassafras

Arterial #5783

    - Mountain Highway Burwood Highway, Wantirna South - Mount Dandenong Road, Sassafras Local name for entire route

Distance

in Kilometres

17.9
Eastern Terminus

Mount Dandenong Road, Sassafras
Western Terminus

Burwood Highway, Wantirna South 

Year of Introduction

1965
 
     
     
  Metropolitan Route 28 (MR28) is assigned to the entire length of the Wantirna – Sassafras Road, more commonly known by its local name, Mountain Highway. MR28 was introduced in 1965 connecting Wantirna, Bayswater and The Basin to the Dandenong Ranges at Sassafras.

The origins of the route came about with the establishment of a track in 1854 from Burwood Highway to Bayswater and beyond. Not only serving the local settlers, it also provided a route for loggers harvesting the forests of the nearby ranges. The arc-like alignment of Mountain Highway can be attributed to the road following Dandenong Creek. [1]

The road was formally declared a ‘Main Road’ on 26 February 1941 [2] by the Country Roads Board. Though the road was never declared a ‘State Highway’, the name ‘Mountain Highway’ was adopted in 1933 [1] and has been used ever since (as the local name appearing on signage). Wantirna – Sassafras Road is the road’s declared name which is used for administrative purposes.

Mountain Highway between Burwood Highway and Dorset Road was progressively duplicated between 1988 and 1995, the last section completed between Bayswater Road and Dorset Road in 1995. It should be noted small sections around Wantirna Junction and Bayswater Road were already duplicated prior to these works.

In 2008, the 'seagull' designed intersection with Burwood Highway was rebuilt as a standard T junction as part of works associated with EastLink. 		 
     
     
  Events [1]  
 
1854 Track established along current alignment from Burwood Highway to Bayswater.
1941 26 Feb Wantirna - Sassafras Road declared a 'Main Road'.[2]
1965 Metropolitan Route 28 introduced.
1988 Duplication between Stud Road and Church St, Bayswater.
1989 Duplication between Church St and Belgrave railway line, though Bayswater town centre.
1991 Duplication between Boronia Road and Stud Road.
1994 Duplication between Burwood Highway and Wantirna Road.
1995 Duplication between Bayswater Road and Dorset Road.
2004 'Main Road' designation replaced by 'Arterial', as part of Road Management Act 2004.
2008 Removal of seagull intersection with Burwood Highway, replaced by standard T junction as part of EastLink works.
 
     
     
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Advance Direction sign (AD) on Burwood Highway before Mountain Highway.
March 2005
Intersection Direction sign (ID) at Burwood Highway / Mountain Highway intersection.
January 2007
ID at Burwood Highway / Mountain Highway intersection.
August 2007
AD on Burwood Highway before Mountain Highway.
June 2005
AD and END28 before Burwood Highway on Mountain Highway.
March 2005
Southbound before Burwood Highway.
March 2005
Westbound merge with Burwood Highway, now removed due to intersection redesign.
March 2005
Northbound from Burwood Highway.
June 2007
Southbound from Wantirna Road.
March 2005
  Wantirna Junction (Metropolitan Routes 9 / 28 / 36) Interactive Map
Eastbound from Boronia Road.
January 2005
AD before Stud Road.
July 2004
AD on Stud Road.
July 2004
ID at Mountain Highway / Stud Road intersection.
August 2006
Blade signs at Stud Road intersection, with a haphazardly attached shield on one of them, most likely from a former 'hanger' assembly.
July 2004
ID at Mountain Highway / Stud Road intersection.
August 2006
ID at Mountain Highway / Stud Road intersection.
August 2006
Trailblazer (TB) westbound before Mountain Highway / Stud Road intersection.
August 2006
Stud Road intersection looking east.
July 2004
Looking east away from Stud Road intersection.
August 2006
Eastbound from Stud Road.
May 2006
Eastbound through Bayswater shopping area.
January 2006
AD on Scoresby Road before Mountain Highway.
January 2006
AD before Bayswater Road.
June 2005
ID at Bayswater Road / Scoresby Road / Mountain Highway intersection.
June 2006
Faded early era trailblazer on Scoresby Road before Mountain Highway.
January 2006
MR28 assembly (a.k.a. a 'hanger') at the intersection of Mountain Highway / Dorset Road
July 2004
AD before Dorset Road.
December 2007
AD before Mountain Highway on Dorset Road.
December 2007
AD before Mountain Highway on Dorset Road.
December 2007
AD before Dorset Road.
December 2007
ID at Mountain Highway / Dorset Road intersection.
December 2007
ID at Mountain Highway / Dorset Road intersection.
December 2007
RD westbound from Mountain Highway / Dorset Road intersection. Note the missing MR28 shield, which should be located either above or beside the road name patch (in this case, above, due to width restrictions).
December 2007
Looking east at Mountain Highway / Dorset Road intersection.
December 2007
Blade signs at Colchester Road intersection, with an assembly ('hanger') missing the shield.
December 2007
Close-up of the above.
December 2007
Looking west at Colchester Road intersection.
December 2007
TB eastbound from Colchester Road intersection.
December 2007
ID at Dorringo Road.
December 2007
Looking east from Dorringo Road.
December 2007
Looking west at Augusta Drive, The Basin.
December 2007
  Forest Road (Metropolitan Routes 28 / 36) Interactive Map
END28 at Mount Dandenong Road, eastern terminus of MR28.
July 2004
ID at Mount Dandenong Road intersection.
July 2004
 
 
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  [1] Lay, M.; Melbourne Miles: The Story of Melbourne’s Roads; 2003; p.149
[2] Victorian Government Gazette; 1941; pp. 975
 		 
 
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