General Information:

The M/A/B420 route connects Melbourne to Phillip Island, which is famous for several tourist attractions including wildlife and motorcycle racing.

The route is a mix of freeway standard from Doveton to Lynbrook and dual carriageway highway from Lynbrook to Anderson and some rural single carriageway highway standard in the Phillip Island area.

History:

Prior to construction, the South Gippsland Freeway was for a time noted in street directories as the "Eumemmerring Freeway". It was a proposed name

• 1948: Bass Hwy declared. 4
• 1970: South Gippsland Fwy alignment begins life as a connector road from Monash Fwy (then Mulgrave Fwy) to Princes Hwy at Doevton near Dandenong.
• 1970s: Several extensions from Princes Hwy occured, including extension to Pound Road and again to the Lynbrook area. Other works included the duplication and upgrade of the old alignment of the South Gippsland Highway into the new stretch of the freeway, and a new dual-carriageway alignment of the South Gippsland Highway was constructed approximately a kilometre to the freeway's west. Pound Road was extended a few hundred metres west across a new bridge over the freeway, and Dandenong-bound ramps were constructed. The interchange where the freeway and the old and new alignments of the South Gippsland Highway met Lyndhurst Road (renamed Hastings-Dandenong Road not long afterwards) was reconsructed to allow the freeway to flow further south using an overpass above the realigned South Gippsland Highway.
• 1980s: Renaming of Mulgrave Fwy south of Eumemmerring Ck renamed South Gippsland Fwy
• 1990s: M1 replaces NR1 north of Princes Hwy interchange
• 1997: The B420 segment (Phillip Island Road) of the route was initially designated as the B480 quite early on during the MABC planning process - it's shown in the 'Linking Victoria' document. 4
• 2003: M1 north of Princes Hwy interchange, replaced by M420 with the extension of Monash Freeway
• 2006: Upgrade works on Bass Highway from Stanley Road, Grantville to north of McKenzie Road, Corinella, from two lanes to four with a median. 5
• 2007: Introduction of blue line to Phillip Island Road and Bass Highway - this blue line increases the number of lanes available to the traffic exiting the Phillip Island Race Track when major events are held. 5

Lang Lang to Anderson			Anderson to Lang Lang
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	Bay Road Intersection: ID sign assembly on the corner of Bass Hwy (A420) and Bay Rd in Jam Jerrup. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			Distance Sign: RD sign at Anderson on Bass Hwy (A420) after the roundabout with Bass Hwy (B460) and Phillip Island Rd (B420). November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Bass Highway, The Gurdies: Southbound through The Gurdies area. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Corinella Road (C436) at Queensferry. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Peacock Rd at The Gurdies, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			Corinella Road Intersection: Bass Hwy as it passes Corinella Rd in Queensferry, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Supplemental AD Sign: Southbound advance directional sign at The Gurdies approaching Gurdies-St Helliers Road. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			Approaching Pier Road & Grantville-Glen Alvie Road : Bass Hwy as it approaches the junction with Pier Road & Grantville-Glen Alvie Road in Grantville, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: Southbound AD signage approaching Gurdies-St Helliers Road at The Gurdies, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the corner of Pier Road & Grantville-Glen Alvie Road at Grantville. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Gurdies-St Helliers Road Intersection: Southbound ID signage at the intersection with Gurdies-St Helliers Road at The Gurdies, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			Intersection Directional Signs: ID sign assembly at the corner of Pier Road & Grantville-Glen Alvie Road at Grantville. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Bass Highway, The Gurdies: Southbound at The Gurdies, showing typical highway conditions for the area, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			Pioneer Bay: Bass Hwy as it passes through Pioneer Bay, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: Southbound AD sign at Pioneer Bay for Kallay Drive, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign for Kallay Drive in Pioneer Bay, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Bonney Road Intersection: Southbound ID sign at Pioneer Bay at Bonney Road, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Peacock Rd at The Gurdies, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Direction Sign: AD sign approaching Pier Road at Grantville, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			AD Sign: Advance directional sign at Jam Jerrup approaching Bay Road. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Pier Road / Grantville-Glen Alvie Road Intersection: Southbound at the junction with Pier Road & Grantville-Glen Alvie Road in Grantville, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley			Bay Road Intersection: Corner of Bass Hwy & Bay Rd in Jam Jerrup. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Intersection Directional Sign: Southbound ID sign at the Pier Road & Grantville-Glen Alvie Road junction in Grantville. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Distance Sign: Southbound RD signage as you leave Grantville, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	AD Sign: Advance directional sign at Queensferry approaching Corinella Road (C436), November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Corinella Road Intersection: Southbound carriageway of Bass Hwy (A420) as it passes through the intersection with Corinella Road (C436) at Queensferry, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Distance Sign: Southbound RD sign at Bass after the Corinella Rd intersection, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Hade Avenue Intersection: Southbound through the Hade Av intersection at Bass, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Distance Sign: Southbound RD sign as you leave Bass. Downer, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Tourism Gateway AD Sign: Tourist orientated AD sign for the Phillip Island Road (B420) intersection, southbound at Anderson. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Supplemental AD Sign: Southbound advance directional sign approaching the intersection with Phillip Island Road (B420) at Anderson, November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign for the Bass Highway (B460) and Phillip Island Road (B420) roundabout, southbound at Anderson. November 2006. Image © Rob Tilley
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1 Sam Laybutt
2 VicRoads
3 BJ Winzer
4 Viseth Uch
5 Victorian Government

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