Talk:Tullamarine Freeway

message: I remember years ago meeting a guy who was involved in the Tulla airport and associated freeway planning, work he must have done back in the late 60's I suppose. He said to me that the original route of the tullamarine freeway would have diverged at Bell Street, and passed Essendon Airport over the top of it, to it's North East, rejoining the current freeway just before Mickleham road thereabouts. This would have meant houses to be acquired and demolished, but would have been a much straighter and efficient route. Anyway the local state MP apparently objected, got his way, and the freeway instead went south and then west of Essendon airport. He went on to say that because of this "weaving" configuration we now have, a bottleneck, meant that the airport could never reach it's full potential, as while they had located it so that it could have 2 extra runways constructed in future for expansion, this bottleneck meant that the freeway could not handle the passenger numbers. Instead, a new airport would eventually have to be constructed, earlier than would otherwise be required, out past Berwick somewhere, and would now be required around 2030 or so. I wonder if these latest roadworks at the Calder intersection alleviate this problem or not. I also wonder if this how many deaths have occurred because of this decision to route the freeway where it ended up... I wish I had some references... --Commking 05:49, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That would actually be a very interesting addition to the article if we can find reliable source references to add it in. Pity we don't know when in the 60s because a trip to State Library of Victoria to view old newspapers (esp if a state MP was involved, quite likely) would probably yield some results. Orderinchaos78 15:57, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Originally planned Route

message: I wondering if the person who added the NR79 shield realises that it does no longer exist along the Tullamarine Freeway? --Sk-4 (talk) 05:40, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: National Route 79

message: The Southbound exit at Airport West is on Wirraway Ave, not Melrose Drive. Proberton (talk) 08:32, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Wirraway Road doesn't even connect into the freeway (it starts some 300m from it in an industrial area adjacent to Essendon Airport), and the exit is clearly marked "Melrose Drive" on signs approaching. Generally a good idea if you want discussion to find where people are talking - WT:MELB would probably be the most likely spot. Orderinchaos 01:54, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

text: Except that only people with it on its watchlist see the discussion. It's usually better to advertise it on a noticeboard where informed regulars are likely to see it. Also looking from this map, it seems they have indeed built Wirraway to the freeway (it is marked as proposed on this map). On looking at your first statement (I was thinking of it in driving terms, and hadn't thought of the N-S side of things) it's a bit strange that Melrose was ever marked as a southbound exit, given that in my Melway (2007) it shows up as purely northbound, with southbound *entry* only onto the freeway. Orderinchaos 16:19, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

text: Until recent roadworks, Melrose WAS only a Nthbound exit, Sthbound entry, like Moreland Rd and Pascoe Vale/Bell St. Are we good to make the ammendment then? Proberton (talk) 04:35, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Wirraway Avenue Exit

message: Does the article really need all of the “Citation Needed” Templates? The person that put them all there couldn’t possibly believe that putting so much even in one paragraph is necessary √I.Osiar (Talk with me) 02:26, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation Needed Templates