The Moorooduc Highway is a 19 km highway

Highway

A highway is any public road. In American English, the term is common and almost always designates major roads. In British English, the term designates any road open to the public. Any interconnected set of highways can be variously referred to as a "highway system", a "highway network", or a...

 which runs from Frankston

Frankston, Victoria

Frankston is a suburb within the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area in Victoria, Australia. It is located 40 km southeast of the state capital Melbourne at the southernmost edge of Greater Melbourne, near the beginnings of the Mornington Peninsula...

 to Mount Martha

Mount Martha, Victoria

Mount Martha is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located 60 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. It is located on the south-eastern shores of Port Phillip and offers a bathing beach...

. It is a dual carriageway with two or three lanes each way and, together with the Mornington Peninsula Freeway

Mornington Peninsula Freeway

Mornington Peninsula Freeway is an incomplete freeway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, that provides a link from outer suburban Melbourne to the Mornington Peninsula.- History :...

, is a main arterial road from Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 to the Mornington Peninsula

Mornington Peninsula

The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and Bass Strait to the south, and is connected to the mainland in the north. Geographically, the peninsula begins its protrusion...

.

History

It originally started at the intersection with Frankston-Flinders Road in Frankston South and joined the Nepean Highway in Moorooduc South.
In the 1970s it was duplicated to just south of Sages Road and during the 1980s the rest of the road was duplicated, this was to serve as an alternative to building the Frankston Bypass. During the 1990s the Mornington Peninsula Freeway was linked to the (renamed) Moorooduc Highway.

Route

The Moorooduc Highway acts as a non-freeway link between the northern and southern sections of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway

Mornington Peninsula Freeway

Mornington Peninsula Freeway is an incomplete freeway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, that provides a link from outer suburban Melbourne to the Mornington Peninsula.- History :...

 and begins at the southern end of the Frankston Freeway

Frankston Freeway

Frankston Freeway is a very short stretch of Melbourne freeway that was designed to upgrade Wells Road to freeway standard in the 1970s and provides a link from suburban Melbourne to Frankston...

 (which links to the northern section of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway

Mornington Peninsula Freeway

Mornington Peninsula Freeway is an incomplete freeway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, that provides a link from outer suburban Melbourne to the Mornington Peninsula.- History :...

). It passes along the east side of the Frankston commercial centre, and is a three lane dual carriageway with grade intersections and traffic lights to Frankston Flinders Road. There, the road narrows and loses a lane each way. The road passes the town of Mornington

Mornington, Victoria

Mornington is a sea side town on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, located 57 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. It is in the Local Government Area of the Shire of Mornington Peninsula....

 which is just off the highway. The highway ends at the northern end of the second section of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway

Mornington Peninsula Freeway

Mornington Peninsula Freeway is an incomplete freeway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, that provides a link from outer suburban Melbourne to the Mornington Peninsula.- History :...

. It is a notoriously dangerous stretch of road that has claimed many lives due to speed and uncontrolled intersections. Roundabouts have recently been installed at the Bentons Road, Eramosa Road and Bungower Road intersections. The Sages Road intersection is now controlled by traffic lights after numerous fatal and serious accidents at this high speed T-Intersection. Heading southbound the highway speed limit reaches 100 km/h from Sumner Road in Baxter.

Frankston Bypass

In the future the highway may be made obsolete by the construction of the Mornington Peninsula freeway which will bypass the arguably congested roundabout intersections near Mornington as well as the intersections of Frankston. See Peninsula Link for details.

Major intersections

Moorooduc Highway
Northbound	Distance to Melbourne (km)	Distance to Portsea (km)	Southbound
End Moorooduc Highway continues as Frankston Freeway Frankston Freeway Frankston Freeway is a very short stretch of Melbourne freeway that was designed to upgrade Wells Road to freeway standard in the 1970s and provides a link from suburban Melbourne to Frankston...   to Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	--	--	Start Moorooduc Highway from Frankston Freeway Frankston Freeway Frankston Freeway is a very short stretch of Melbourne freeway that was designed to upgrade Wells Road to freeway standard in the 1970s and provides a link from suburban Melbourne to Frankston...
Frankston Frankston, Victoria Frankston is a suburb within the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area in Victoria, Australia. It is located 40 km southeast of the state capital Melbourne at the southernmost edge of Greater Melbourne, near the beginnings of the Mornington Peninsula... , Cranbourne Cranbourne, Victoria Cranbourne is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 43 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Cranbourne had a population of 14,750....   Cranbourne-Frankston Road Traffic to Cranbourne must turn left to Frankston then U-turn at Clarendon Street			Cranbourne Cranbourne, Victoria Cranbourne is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 43 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Cranbourne had a population of 14,750.... , Frankston Frankston, Victoria Frankston is a suburb within the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area in Victoria, Australia. It is located 40 km southeast of the state capital Melbourne at the southernmost edge of Greater Melbourne, near the beginnings of the Mornington Peninsula...   Cranbourne-Frankston Road
STONY POINT RAIL LINE	--	--	STONY POINT RAIL LINE
Frankston Frankston, Victoria Frankston is a suburb within the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area in Victoria, Australia. It is located 40 km southeast of the state capital Melbourne at the southernmost edge of Greater Melbourne, near the beginnings of the Mornington Peninsula...   Davey-Hastings Road	--	--	Frankston Frankston, Victoria Frankston is a suburb within the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area in Victoria, Australia. It is located 40 km southeast of the state capital Melbourne at the southernmost edge of Greater Melbourne, near the beginnings of the Mornington Peninsula...   Davey-Hastings Road
Golf Links Road	--	--	Golf Links Road
Robinsons Road	--	--	Robinsons Road
Baxter Baxter, Victoria Baxter is a township and rural locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, beyond the urban area. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...   Frankston-Flinders Road	--	--	Baxter Baxter, Victoria Baxter is a township and rural locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, beyond the urban area. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula... , Hastings Hastings, Victoria Hastings is a suburb on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, as a part of the urban enclave on Westernport comprising Hastings, Bittern, Crib Point, Tyabb, and Somerville. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...   Frankston-Flinders Road
Baxter Baxter, Victoria Baxter is a township and rural locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, beyond the urban area. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula... , Tooradin Tooradin, Victoria Tooradin is a town in Victoria, Australia, 57 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Tooradin had a population of 1183.-Today:...   Sages Road	--	--	Baxter Baxter, Victoria Baxter is a township and rural locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, beyond the urban area. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula... , Tooradin Tooradin, Victoria Tooradin is a town in Victoria, Australia, 57 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Tooradin had a population of 1183.-Today:...   Sages Road
Somerville Somerville, Victoria Somerville is a suburb in Victoria, Australia, 49 km southeast from Melbourne's central business district, as a part of the urban enclave on Westernport comprising Somerville, Hastings, Bittern, Crib Point, and Tyabb. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula... , Pearcedale Pearcedale, Victoria Pearcedale is a town in Victoria, Australia, 50 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Pearcedale had a population of 3721.-History:...   Eramosa Road West	--	--	Somerville Somerville, Victoria Somerville is a suburb in Victoria, Australia, 49 km southeast from Melbourne's central business district, as a part of the urban enclave on Westernport comprising Somerville, Hastings, Bittern, Crib Point, and Tyabb. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...   Eramosa Road West
Mount Eliza Mount Eliza, Victoria Mount Eliza is an outer suburb south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...   Wooralla Drive	--	--	Mount Eliza Mount Eliza, Victoria Mount Eliza is an outer suburb south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...   Wooralla Drive
Bungower Road	--	--	Bungower Road
Mornington Mornington, Victoria Mornington is a sea side town on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, located 57 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. It is in the Local Government Area of the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.... , Tyabb Tyabb, Victoria Tyabb is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, as a part of the urban enclave on Westernport comprising Tyabb, Hastings, Bittern, Crib Point, and Somerville. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...   Mornington-Tyabb Road	--	--	Tyabb Tyabb, Victoria Tyabb is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, as a part of the urban enclave on Westernport comprising Tyabb, Hastings, Bittern, Crib Point, and Somerville. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula... , Mornington Mornington, Victoria Mornington is a sea side town on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, located 57 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. It is in the Local Government Area of the Shire of Mornington Peninsula....   Mornington-Tyabb Road
Moorooduc Moorooduc, Victoria Moorooduc is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.The Moorooduc Highway runs through the locality, being the main route between Melbourne and the Peninsula....   Bentons Road	--	--	Moorooduc Moorooduc, Victoria Moorooduc is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.The Moorooduc Highway runs through the locality, being the main route between Melbourne and the Peninsula....   Bentons Road
Mount Martha Mount Martha, Victoria Mount Martha is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located 60 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. It is located on the south-eastern shores of Port Phillip and offers a bathing beach...   Craigie Road	--	--	Mount Martha Mount Martha, Victoria Mount Martha is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located 60 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. It is located on the south-eastern shores of Port Phillip and offers a bathing beach...   Craigie Road
Balnarring Balnarring, Victoria Balnarring is a town in Victoria, Australia, located in the southeastern Mornington Peninsula about halfway between Hastings and Flinders. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.-History:... , Somers Somers, Victoria Somers is a small town approximately 72 km south east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the south eastern corner of the Mornington Peninsula on Western Port. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.-History:... Old Moorooduc Road	--	--	Balnarring Balnarring, Victoria Balnarring is a town in Victoria, Australia, located in the southeastern Mornington Peninsula about halfway between Hastings and Flinders. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.-History:... , Somers Somers, Victoria Somers is a small town approximately 72 km south east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the south eastern corner of the Mornington Peninsula on Western Port. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.-History:... Old Moorooduc Road
Start Moorooduc Highway from Mornington Peninsula Freeway Mornington Peninsula Freeway Mornington Peninsula Freeway is an incomplete freeway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, that provides a link from outer suburban Melbourne to the Mornington Peninsula.- History :...			End Moorooduc Highway continues as Mornington Peninsula Freeway Mornington Peninsula Freeway Mornington Peninsula Freeway is an incomplete freeway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, that provides a link from outer suburban Melbourne to the Mornington Peninsula.- History :...   to Flinders Flinders, Victoria Flinders is a historic town south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located on the Mornington Peninsula at the point where Western Port meets Bass Strait. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...  / Portsea Portsea, Victoria Portsea is a resort town located across Port Phillip from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula....