Suburban trail in Melbourne, Australia
The EastLink Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians in the outer eastern/southeastern suburbs of Melbourne , Victoria , Australia . The trail gets its name from the north-south EastLink tollway , along which it follows for most of its length from Ringwood to Dandenong ,[ 2] [ 3] until it joins the Dandenong Creek Trail near the Dandenong Bypass bridge at the tri-suburban junction between Dandenong, Dandenong South and Keysborough .
Route
The path passes through or near to:[ 1]
The trail ends after crossing the Dandenong Creek via a low-water bridge just upstream of the Dandenong Bypass overbridge, where it permanently joins the Dandenong Creek Trail . The Dandenong Creek Trail then follows the creek along the EastLink tollway as far as Bangholme , where it then heads west to the National Watersports Complex , Patterson Lakes , Carrum Foreshore, the Bayside Trail and beyond.[ 1]
Footbridges cross EastLink at a number of points along the trail, and another takes path users across the Princes Highway .[ 4]
Two additional footbridges completed construction in 2009: a footbridge over Maroondah Highway and a 60 m footbridge over Burwood Highway at the intersection with Mountain Highway .
Connections
The EastLink Trail connects to numerous other paths:
To the Mullum Mullum Creek Trail in the north and close by is the Koonung Creek Trail . Centrally it connects to the Blind Creek Trail just south of High Street and comes close to the Scotchmans Creek Trail . At Ferntree Gully Road it connects to the Ferny Creek Trail . In the south at Dandenong , it connects to the Dandenong Creek Trail .
Two sections of the EastLink Trail utilise sections of the older Dandenong Creek Trail .
North end at 37°48′44″S 145°13′05″E / 37.812129°S 145.218121°E / -37.812129; 145.218121 .
South end at 38°00′00″S 145°11′39″E / 37.999997°S 145.194264°E / -37.999997; 145.194264 .
References
Bike rides around Melbourne 3rd edition, 2009, Julia Blunden, Open Spaces Publishing, ISBN 978-0-9752333-4-4
External links
Bicycle trails in Melbourne