West Gate Freeway

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. West Gate Freeway (formerly the Lower Yarra Freeway) is a freeway in Melbourne, Australia, linking Geelong to Melbourne CBD and beyond. It is also a link between Melbourne and the west and linking industrial and residential areas west of the Yarra River with the city and port areas. The iconic West Gate Bridge is a part of the freeway. The inner section of the freeway is currently being upgraded. The freeway was originally designated in the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan as the F9 Freeway corridor. The freeway was originally constructed in the late 1960s and was open for traffic by 1971, stretching from the intersection of the Princes Highway and Little Boundary Road in Altona North (later enlarged and named the West Gate Interchange) eastwards to Melbourne/Williamstown Roads just west of the mouth of the Yarra, initially designated with a F-82 shield.