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Designated Names (as of 2005) Complete Name List - Column 1 & 2 Road Classification Column 3	Doncaster - Eltham Road	Main Road - Manningham Road	Arterial #5901
	Fitzsimons Lane	Main Road - Porter Street	Part of Arterial #5901
	Williamsons Road	Porter Street - Manningham Road	Part of Arterial #5901
	Williamsons Road	Manningham Road  - Doncaster Road	Arterial #5225
	Station Street	Doncaster Road - Highbury Road	Arterial #5320
	Tram Road	Doncaster Road - Eastern Fwy	Part of Arterial #5320
	Highbury Road	Station Street - Huntingdale Road	Arterial #5302
	Huntingdale Road	Highbury Road - North Road	Arterial #5306
Distance in Kilometres	20.9
Northern Terminus	Main Heidelberg - Eltham Road (Main Road), Eltham
Southern Terminus	North Road, Oakleigh
Year of Introduction When the Route was first introduced	1989

Duplexes Route - Column 1 Path - Column 2 Length (km) - Column 3	Metropolitan Route 40	Doncaster Road, Doncaster - Manningham Road, Doncaster	0.9
	Metropolitan Route 42	Reynolds Road, Templestowe - Porter Street, Templestowe	0.8

Metropolitan Route 47 is a of collection north - south arterials stretching from Eltham to Oakleigh. The majority of this route is single carriageway.

Originally the route between Manningham Road and North Road was designated as MR40. Then in 1989, MR40 was realigned to flow via Doncaster Road and Springvale Road, and thus MR47 was introduced as the replacement. While north of Manningham Road, the original 1965 number for Williamson Road and Fitzsimons Lane, MR48, was truncated further north in Eltham, and thus MR47 was assigned as the new number.

The northern section of MR47, today collectively known with the declared name of Doncaster - Eltham Road, was first designated in the 1850's. It followed an original track that lead from Doncaster Hill to Diamond Creek. The bridge utilised by Fitzsimons Lane was constructed in 1961, and duplicated in 1991 ^[1].

MR47 connects with the Eastern Fwy in Box Hill North, and also with the Monash Fwy.

Focal Points (north to south):

Eltham, Doncaster, Box Hill

Events:

[1] Lay, M.; Melbourne Miles: The Story of Melbourne’s Roads; 2003; pg 134.

Photos

	Advanced Directional sign (AD) eastbound on Porter Street. March 2005
	Intersection Directional sign (ID) at Porter Street. March 2005
	ID at Porter Street. March 2005
	Northbound on Williamsons Road between Foote Street and Manningham Road. March 2005
	Reassurance Direction Sign (RD) northbound from Manningham Road. Jan 2007
	AD northbound Manningham Road before Williamsons Road. March 2005
	ID at Manningham Road / Williamsons Road intersection. March 2005
	Dual TBs along Williamsons Road, showing MR40/47 duplex between Manningham Road and Doncaster Road. March 2005
	ID at Williamsons Road / Doncaster Road intersection. March 2005
	AD westbound on Doncaster Road. Note no mention of MR47. March 2005
	ID at Tram Road  / Doncaster Road. March 2005
	AD southbound on Williamsons Road. Feb 2005
	Northbound before Doncaster Road. March 2005
	AD southbound on Tram Road before Eastern Fwy. March 2005
	Northbound on Station Street north of Maroondah Hwy. March 2005
	ID at Station Street / Maroondah Hwy intersection. March 2005
	TB at Station Street / Maroondah Hwy intersection. Feb 2004
	Dual TBs at Huntingdale Road / High Street Road intersection. May 2005
	Southbound on Huntingdale Road from High Street Road. May 2005
	AD southbound on Huntingdale Road before Monash Fwy. May 2005
	AD westbound on Monash Fwy before Huntingdale Road. May 2005
	AD westbound on Ferntree Gully Road before Huntingdale Road. April 2005
	AD northbound on Atherton Road before Princes Hwy / Huntingdale Road intersection. Nov 2004
	TB south from Princes Hwy on Huntingdale Road. May 2005
	END 47 before North Road. May 2005
	ID northbound on Haughton Road in Oakleigh. Travelling up on Haughton Road then North Road leads to MR47. May 2005
	AD northbound on non-numbered southern section of Huntingdale Road in Oakleigh. The actual sign base predates the introduction of MR47. May 2005