Westall Road is a major north to south thoroughfare west of Springvale

Springvale, Victoria

Springvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, approximately 20 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Dandenong...

, Victoria, Australia

Australia

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Starting at the intersection with Princes Highway

Princes Highway

The Princes Highway extends from Sydney to Port Augusta via the coast through the states of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, a distance of 1941 km or 1898 km via the former alignments of the highway ....

 in Clayton, the road travels in a southerly direction, intersecting with Centre Road, an overpass of the Cranbourne and Pakenham railway lines and an intersection with Heatherton Road, all with a speed limit of 80 km/h. Westall Road then continues on as a semi-freeway standard road along the reservation of the Dingley Freeway

Dingley Freeway

The Dingley Arterial is a partially completed arterial standard road which runs east to west through the southern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia....

 with a speed limit of 100 km/h. It finishes at an intersection with Springvale Road in Keysborough

Keysborough, Victoria

Keysborough is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Dandenong...

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Historically before the reconstruction and extension works, Westall Road ran as a semi-major road from just south of the Dandenong Rail line at Westall Station to Heatherton Road, and as a minor road from the railway line to Centre Road. The previous thoroughfare consisted of taking McNaughton Road, Kombi Road and Rayhur Street.

The extensions north to Princes Highway and south to Springvale Road were designed to reduce traffic which travels through Springvale

Springvale, Victoria

Springvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, approximately 20 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Dandenong...

 via Springvale Road, as it has a 70 km/h speed limit for most of its length in which it is bypassed as well as having a reduced 60 km/h limit through the Springvale shopping area with this dropping to 40 km/h during school times. Traffic is further delayed by the level crossing

Level crossing

A level crossing occurs where a railway line is intersected by a road or path onone level, without recourse to a bridge or tunnel. It is a type of at-grade intersection. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way or reserved track crosses a road in the same fashion...

 adjacent to Springvale Station, and the particularly slow Springvale Junction

Springvale Junction

Springvale Junction, better known as Spaghetti Junction, is a particularly notorious road intersection in Melbourne. It is situated on the boundary of the suburbs of Mulgrave and Springvale.-Intersection:...

. The upgrade of Westall Road has allowed north-south through traffic to avoid this area.

Anticipated Future Extension

• The Dingley Arterial, recently announced in the Victorian Transport plan will join the southern end of Westall road with the Dandenong Bypass in Keysborough by 2013.
• Westall Road to be extended from Princes Highway at Clayton to the M1 Monash Freeway by 2031.