Former Alignment of Heatherton Road Near Princes Highway
Former dogleg in Heatherton Road adjacent to South Eastern Private Hospital where it formerly met Princes Highway at a staggered intersection.
This aerial photo from 1945 (right plate at centre left) shows the same arrangement with the original two lane highway and shows the reason for the old arrangement - to have both roads cross Yarraman Creek on a single bridge. Ironically the creek was fed underground here when the highway was widened to six lanes in the early 1960's and yet the dogleg arrangement remained.
It was not until the construction of Eastlink that Heatherton Road was straightened via a long overpass.
Former Alignment of Heatherton Road Near Princes Highway
Former dogleg in Heatherton Road adjacent to South Eastern Private Hospital where it formerly met Princes Highway at a staggered intersection.
This aerial photo from 1945 (right plate at centre left) shows the same arrangement with the original two lane highway and shows the reason for the old arrangement - to have both roads cross Yarraman Creek on a single bridge. Ironically the creek was fed underground here when the highway was widened to six lanes in the early 1960's and yet the dogleg arrangement remained.
It was not until the construction of Eastlink that Heatherton Road was straightened via a long overpass.