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Designated Names (as of 2005) Complete Name List - Column 1 & 2 Road Classification Column 3	Andersons Creek Road	Warrandyte Road - Blackburn Road	Arterial #5947
	Blackburn Road	Princes Highway - Andersons Creek Road	Arterial #5307
	Surrey Road	Eastern Fwy - Maroondah Highway	Part of Arterial #5307
	Maroondah Highway	Surrey Road - Chapel Street (short connector)	Arterial #5307
	Chapel Street	Maroondah Highway - Railway Road	Part of Arterial #5307
	Railway Road	Chapel Street - Railway Road roundabout	Part of Arterial #5307
Distance in Kilometres	20.1
Northern Terminus	Heidelberg - Warrandyte Road (Warrandyte Road) (MR42), Doncaster East
Southern Terminus	Princes Highway East (Alt NR1), Clayton
Year of Introduction When the Route was first introduced	1965
Duplexes Shared Routes - Column 1 Location of Duplex Column 2 Length of Duplex In kilometres - Column 3	Metropolitan Route 34	Surrey Road - Chapel Street	0.15

Metropolitan Route 13 (MR13) is an north - south arterial stretching from northern Clayton to Doncaster East. Between Princes Highway and the Monash Fwy, it is dual carriageway serving the industrial areas of northern Clayton and surrounds. North of the Monash Fwy to it's terminus at Warrandyte Road, it is mostly single carriageway with the exception of between Highbury Road and Canterbury Road. MR13 connects with the Eastern Fwy in Blackburn North, and with the Monash Fwy in Mount Waverley.

The alignment of Blackburn Road lies on the 11 mile east line of the Hoddle Grid, a grid system of arterials which most of Melbourne's compass roads were built to. By the early 1860's, most of the road reservation for Blackburn Road north of Maroondah Highway had been developed, with the section south between Canterbury Road to Dandenong Road established in 1870. In 1887, the zigzagging alignment through Blackburn central was funded by the then Public Works Department, which included a deviation at the current railway crossing.

The original name for Blackburn Road between Princes Highway to about Burwood Highway was Mays Road, while the northern portion of Blackburn Road was referred to as Andersons Creek Road (the name is now used for the northern most leg of Metropolitan Route 13).

Blackburn Road was first duplicated between Burwood Highway and Highbury Road in 1973, then from Waverley Road to Monash Fwy in 1974. The section between Duerdin Street to Princes Highway was duplicated in 1976.

Metropolitan Route 13 was introduced in the original 1965 plan and traversed the same route as it does today, with the main exception that Andersons Creek Road was not used, but instead continuing north on Blackburn Road to Warrandyte Road. There is still today a remnant END 13 trailblazer at the intersection of Warrandyte Road and Blackburn Road (as of 2007).

In 1989, MR13 was realigned via Andersons Creek Road in Doncaster East.

Focal Points (north to south):

Doncaster, Blackburn, Clayton, Dandenong.

Events:

Information sourced from: Lay, M.; Melbourne Miles: The Story of Melbourne’s Roads; 2003; pg 193 - 194.

Photos

	Advanced Directional sign (AD) westbound on Warrandyte Road (MR23). March 2005
	Intersection Directional sign (ID) at Warrandyte Road / Andersons Creek Road. March 2005
	Remnant END 13 at the intersection of Warrandyte Road and Blackburn Road. March 2005
	AD for Andersons Creek Road on Reynolds Road. July 2004
	Westbound AD on Doncaster Road. October 2005
	AD westbound on Eastern Fwy before Blackburn Road. March 2004
	AD westbound on Eastern Fwy before Blackburn Road. March 2004
	IDs westbound on Eastern Fwy at Blackburn Road exit. March 2004
	IDs at top of Eastern Fwy offramp. March 2004
	Northbound on Blackburn Road before Eastern Fwy. July 2004
	RD northbound from Maroondah Highway. Jan 2007
	AD southbound before Maroondah Highway on Surrey Road. Jan 2007
	ID at Maroondah Highway / Surrey Road intersection. March 2004
	AD northbound on Chapel Street in Blackburn. Feb 2004
	Dual Trailblazers (TB) westbound on Canterbury Road before Blackburn Road. Oct 2004
	AD westbound on Canterbury Road before Blackburn Road. Jan 2007
	AD eastbound on Canterbury Road before Blackburn Road. Sept 2004
	Northbound on Blackburn Road between Canterbury Road and Burwood Highway. Feb 2005
	ID at Burwood Highway / Blackburn Road intersection. July 2004
	RD southbound from Burwood Highway. July 2004
	Southbound on Blackburn Road between Highbury Road and High Street Road. July 2004
	AD eastbound on High Street Road before Blackburn Road. July 2004
	TB at High Street Road intersection. July 2004
	Southbound from High Street Road, looking towards Glen Waverley Rail line overpass. Dec 2005
	Rare MR13 hanger at Monash Fwy interchange. This is one of the few surviving route shield hangers dating from the original installation of routes. March 2005
	AD westbound on Monash Fwy before Blackburn Road. Feb 2005
	IDs at the top of eastbound offramp off Monash Fwy. Feb 2005
	AD eastbound on Ferntree Gully Road before Blackburn Road. Dec 2005
	Southbound on Blackburn Road before Wellington Road. July 2004
	AD eastbound on Wellington Road. Dec 2005
	ID facing westbound traffic on Wellington Road. Dec 2005
	TBs westbound on Wellington Road. Dec 2005
	AD southbound on Blackburn Road before Princes Highway. Dec 2005
	Lane Allocation AD southbound on Blackburn Road before Princes Highway. Dec 2005
	END 13 just before Princes Highway. Feb 2004.