Monash Freeway

Monash Freeway

Victoria
Monash Freeway; Victoria
	Monash Freeway viewed from the Toorak Road overpass
	Northwest end Southeast end
Coordinates	37.844728°S 145.039619°E (Northwest end); 38.028088°S 145.320862°E (Southeast end);
General information
Type	Freeway
Length	34 km (21 mi)
Opened	1962–2003
Route number(s)	M1 (1996–present)
Former; route number	Metro Route 80 (1965–1971); (Cremorne–Burnley); Freeway Route 80 (1971–1988); (Cremorne–Kooyong); Freeway Route 81 (1972–1988); (Chadstone–Eumemmering); National Route 1 (1988–1996); (Kooyong–Doveton);
Major junctions
Northwest end	CityLink; Kooyong, Melbourne
	Toorak Road; Burke Road; Warrigal Road; Blackburn Road; Ferntree Gully Road; Springvale Road; Wellington Road; EastLink; Stud Road; Heatherton Road; South Gippsland Freeway; Belgrave–Hallam Road; Princes Highway;
Southeast end	Princes Freeway; Narre Warren, Melbourne
Location(s)
LGA(s)	City of Stonnington; City of Monash; City of Greater Dandenong; City of Casey;
Major suburbs / towns	Kooyong, Glen Iris, Chadstone, Mulgrave, Dandenong North, Doveton, Narre Warren
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Victoria;

The Monash Freeway is a major urban freeway in Victoria, Australia, linking Melbourne's CBD to its south-eastern suburbs and beyond to the Gippsland region. It carries up to 180,000 vehicles per day and is one of Australia's busiest freeways. The entire stretch of the Monash Freeway bears the designation M1.

The freeway is named in honour of General Sir John Monash, an esteemed Australian military commander for the allies during World War I.

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