We upgraded an 8km section of the Tullamarine Freeway between Bulla Road and Melbourne Airport.
For Stage 2 of the upgrade, we:
As part of the upgrade, we:
We built a new dedicated exit for northbound traffic to access Essendon Fields and Airport West via English Street. The new exit begins at Bulla Road, 2.3km earlier than the original exit.
You’ll no longer need to weave or merge across fast-moving traffic at the English Street exit ramp. You also no longer queue to exit the freeway.
We rebuilt the English Street Bridge to cater for the widened Tullamarine Freeway and to improve your access to Essendon Fields.
We also widened the bridge and added extra right-hand turn lanes for when you head to the city and Melbourne Airport. And, we’ve replaced the two pedestrian bridges at Vaughan and Earl Streets, so we could widen the freeway underneath.
A large number of people take trips from the Calder Freeway to the Tullamarine Freeway every day. Ramp signals let us manage traffic flow both on the freeways and at their merge-points.
We installed ramp signals, and in some cases widened the ramps on the Calder Freeway. The 7 ramps we’ve upgraded are:
We switched these signals on in June 2018.