Mount Alexander Road is a major road in Melbourne's inner northern suburbs.

It commences at the junction of Flemington Road and CityLink

CityLink

CityLink is a system of tolled urban Highways in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The company Transurban was awarded the contract to augment two existing freeways and construct two new Toll roads—labelled the Western and Southern Links—directly linking a number of existing freeways to...

 in the suburb of North Melbourne

North Melbourne, Victoria

North Melbourne is a large inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. It is bounded by the CityLink freeway to the west, Victoria Street to the south, O'Connell and Peel Streets to the east and Flemington Road to the north. Its...

, proceeds North through Flemington

Flemington, Victoria

Flemington is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, situated between the Maribyrnong River and Moonee Ponds Creek 4 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. It was named by settler James Watson after Flemington estate in Scotland. Its Local Government Areas are the...

 forming the boundary between Flemington and Travancore

Travancore, Victoria

Travancore is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley. At the 2006 Census, Travancore had a population of 839...

, then forming the boundary between Travancore and Ascot Vale

Ascot Vale, Victoria

Ascot Vale is a suburb 7 km north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley. At the 2006 Census, Ascot Vale had a population of 12,398....

, then through Moonee Ponds

Moonee Ponds, Victoria

Moonee Ponds is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley.It is home to Queens Park and the Moonee Valley Racecourse...

 and the Moonee Ponds Junction, continuing on North of the junction as a much wider roadway with a plantation separating northbound and southbound traffic.

The road then continues on through Moonee Ponds, then Essendon

Essendon, Victoria

Essendon is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley...

, before terminating at the intersection of Bulla Road, Keilor Road and Lincoln Road.

Mount Alexander Road was named as its original destination was the Gold Fields of Mount Alexander, now known as Castlemaine

Castlemaine, Victoria

Castlemaine is a city in Victoria, Australia, in the Goldfields region of Victoria about 120 kilometres northwest by road from Melbourne, and about 40 kilometres from the major provincial centre of Bendigo. It is the administrative and economic centre of the Shire of Mount Alexander. The...

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