Travelling towards the city Step 1: Choose your lane early Choose between the West Gate Tunnel or West Gate Bridge.
Take the left lanes and follow the signs for:
West Gate Tunnel Millers Road exitWilliamstown Road exit, ornew Hyde Street exit ramp.
Keep right for the express lanes and follow signs to City South and south-eastern suburbs over the West Gate Bridge.
Follow the signs and take the right lane once you've passed the Williamstown Road exit.
The Hyde Street exit is primarily for port and local industry access, and oversize and placarded loads because these kind of loads can't use the tunnel.
Step 2: Enter the West Gate Tunnel Follow the signs to enter the West Gate Tunnel. The tunnel entrance is off the West Gate Freeway near Williamstown Road.
Step 3: Choose your final destination Once you exit the tunnel, follow the signs for your destination.
Stay in the centre lanes. Follow the signs for 'M2 CityLink' to travel on to CityLink.
After exiting the tunnel, follow the signs for MacKenzie Road, or Appleton Dock Road.
Travelling away from the city Use the West Gate Tunnel or the West Gate Bridge – the choice is yours.
Step 1: Choose your starting point
Turn left onto Footscray Road and sta in the left lane. Follow signs for 'M4 Geelong'.
Continue up the ramp for the West Gate Tunnel.
Follow the signs and lane markets for 'M4 Geelong'.
Continue through to the West Gate Tunnel.
This new ramp will provide express access to the West Gate Freeway from Simcock Avenue.
Depending on which way you are travelling along Hyde Street, follow the signs for 'M1 Geelong'.
Step 2: Once on the West Gate Freeway, choose your lane early for Geelong or Ballarat
M1 Princes Freeway (Geelong) – use the left lanesM80 Ring Road (Ballarat/Bendigo) – use the right lanes
Once over the bridge, take the right-hand express lanes and follow the signs for 'M1 Geelong' or 'M80 Ring Road'.
After passing Millers Road:
for the M80 Ring Road (Ballarat-bound) – use the left lanes for the Princes Freeway (Geelong-bound) – use the right lanes to exit the freeway at Williamstown Road , Millers Road or Grieve Parade – use the left lanes at the bridge and follow the signs.
Get into the left lanes at the bridge and follow the signs to exit the freeway at Williamstown Road, Millers Road or Grieve Parade.
Signs on the West Gate Freeway outbound after Millers Road. Lanes on the left are from the tunnel. Lanes on the right are express lanes from the West Gate Bridge.
Plan your trips in advance
Paying for trips on the West Gate Tunnel All heavy vehicles will pay a single toll on the West Gate Freeway located between Williamstown Road and Millers Road, no matter if you use the tunnel, the West Gate Bridge or the Hyde Street ramps. Learn more on our Tolls and your trip webpage .
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