The West Gate Tunnel Project’s Wurundjeri Way extension will open to traffic on Monday 27 October providing another way for people from the west to directly link into the Docklands, the CBD and travel onto the south east suburbs.
The new road connects Dynon Road in West Melbourne to Wurundjeri Way in Docklands.
Inner Melbourne’s newest road is set to open early so motorists can start getting the benefits of the West Gate Tunnel Project before the new road network opens at the end of the year.
This will deliver Melbourne its first CBD bypass in 25 years to help start taking thousands of vehicles off some of the city’s busiest thoroughfares, including Spencer and King Streets.
The Wurundjeri Way extension will connect with Dynon Road and the twin West Gate Tunnels when they open creating a city bypass that reduces congestion and makes it easier to get to and from the city.
Cars won't pay a toll on the Wurundjeri Way extension when travelling between Dynon Road and Wurundjeri Way.
Extending and widening Wurundjeri Way
Since construction began, crews have built a new bridge over Dudley Street and a 1.5 kilometre, four lane connection to Dynon Road, which will provide a city bypass and a more direct link from the inner west to Docklands, the CBD and onto the south east suburbs.
In addition, Wurundjeri Way has been widened to three lanes in each direction alongside Southern Cross station through to Flinders Street to increase capacity.
Using the new Wurundjeri Way extension from 27 October
Heading to the footy and the city
When the extension opens from 27 October, drivers will now have a new option to travel – avoiding busy streets such as King and Spencer Streets.
- On Dynon Road (heading towards the city), use the left slip lane to get to the new Wurundjeri Way extension.
- Continue southbound and merge onto Wurundjeri Way, near Marvel Stadium to get to Docklands and travel onto the south east suburbs.
Heading from Wurundjeri Way to Dynon Road
- On Wurundjeri Way, head northbound towards Dudley Street.
- Enter the right slip lane onto the new Wurundjeri Way extension.
- Exit on Dynon Road.
Explore your future journeys using the new Wurundjeri Way extension
When the new connections from Dynon Road and Wurundjeri Way to the West Gate Tunnel open later this year, you can travel seamlessly between Geelong, Ballarat and the west to the city, the north and West Melbourne. Serving as a city bypass, the new extension will remove through traffic from the CBD including Spencer and King Street.
Heading to the footy and the city from Dynon Road
Heading to Geelong from the city
Getting to Grieve Parade and the western suburbs using the new city bypass
Getting to Ballarat from the city using the new extension
Getting to Melbourne's university and medical precincts using the new city bypass
Exiting at Millers Road for the inner west suburbs
A crucial new inner-city connection
The full benefits of the extension will be realised later this year when the West Gate Tunnel Project opens the tunnels and the new elevated road above Footscray Road, offering drivers a seamless connection from this part of Docklands into the tunnels under Yarraville to the West Gate Freeway.
Once the road network is fully opened, more than 15,000 vehicles is expected to be using the new extension, reducing traffic on busy CBD streets.
To see how your future journeys will look like using the West Gate Tunnel, use our new Explore Your Journey tool.