The M1 is a part of the nation-wide route
Highway 1, although now that Victoria has the alpha-numeric
system, Highway 1 is either A1 or M1. The M1 standard of road
is around 215 km in length. It begins at Geelong as Princes
Highway, into Princes Freeway just outside
of Geelong for nearly 50 km, into West Gate Freeway about 15
km from Melbourne CBD, joining
CityLink, passing through Domain
and Burnley Tunnels (one each direction), into Monash Freeway
for about 40 km, back into Princes Freeway (east) as it bypasses Berwick, then
back into Princes Highway. This section through Pakenham will
eventually be bypassed. The freeway starts again at Nar Nar
Goon, unfortunately with at grade intersections, but soon enough
it turns into a real freeway as it heads to the La Trobe Valley,
finishing just before Traralgon. Future extensions will be
the Traralgon Bypass, Pakenham Bypass and Geelong Bypass.
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photos of M1:
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