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The F4 was a proposed new freeway proposed mainly to act as a bypass route parallel to Bell Street. Only part of it was built, what we call today the Calder Freeway and parts of the Tullamarine Freeway. But what if the section east of Essendon Airport was built, and what would the route have looked like?
UPDATE: Sorry but yet again, the YouTubes have nerfed the video quality. So if it looks a bit grainy or strange, that's why. I have new settings to use next time and will test them out to see if they work any better.
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive historical connection to these places.
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My website: philipmallis.com
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MORE INFORMATION
Calder Highway Strategy, VicRoads, 1995. web.archive.org/web/20211221040530/https://www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au/files/Planning_Scheme_Background_Documents/Calder_Highway_Strategy__part2.pdf
'Deleting Freeways', Gerciullo, S. Public Records Office Victoria. https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/provenance-journal/provenance-2020/deleting-freeways
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SOURCES AND CREDITS
'Annual Report 1950-51', Country Roads Board. Victorian Government Printer. https://vgls.sdp.sirsidynix.net.au/client/search/asset/1286175
'Coburg looking south over Bell Street?', Pratt, Daniel. ca. 1940. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/20435
'Country Roads Board Annual Report 1972-73', Country Roads Board. Victorian Government Printer. https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/papers/govpub/VPARL1973-74No41.pdf
'Calder Highway Strategy', VicRoads, 1995. web.archive.org/web/20211221040530/https://www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au/files/Planning_Scheme_Background_Documents/Calder_Highway_Strategy__part2.pdf
'Calder Freeway Bypass of Gisborne', VicRoads 1988. https://www.expressway.online/library/vic/pdfs/calder_gisborne.pdf
'Calder Freeway and Calder Highway (M/A79) - Sunbury to Niddrie', Expressway Online. https://www.expressway.online/gallery/roads/vic/numbered/alphanumeric/m-a79/06_sunburytoniddrie/index.html
VicPlan Mapshare, Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning. 2021. https://mapshare.vic.gov.au/vicplan/
The F4 was a proposed new freeway proposed mainly to act as a bypass route parallel to Bell Street. Only part of it was built, what we call today the Calder Freeway and parts of the Tullamarine Freeway. But what if the section east of Essendon Airport was built, and what would the route have looked like?
UPDATE: Sorry but yet again, the YouTubes have nerfed the video quality. So if it looks a bit grainy or strange, that's why. I have new settings to use next time and will test them out to see if they work any better.
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive historical connection to these places.
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My website: philipmallis.com
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MORE INFORMATION
Calder Highway Strategy, VicRoads, 1995. web.archive.org/web/20211221040530/https://www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au/files/Planning_Scheme_Background_Documents/Calder_Highway_Strategy__part2.pdf
'Deleting Freeways', Gerciullo, S. Public Records Office Victoria. https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/provenance-journal/provenance-2020/deleting-freeways
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SOURCES AND CREDITS
'Annual Report 1950-51', Country Roads Board. Victorian Government Printer. https://vgls.sdp.sirsidynix.net.au/client/search/asset/1286175
'Coburg looking south over Bell Street?', Pratt, Daniel. ca. 1940. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/20435
'Country Roads Board Annual Report 1972-73', Country Roads Board. Victorian Government Printer. https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/papers/govpub/VPARL1973-74No41.pdf
'Calder Highway Strategy', VicRoads, 1995. web.archive.org/web/20211221040530/https://www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au/files/Planning_Scheme_Background_Documents/Calder_Highway_Strategy__part2.pdf
'Calder Freeway Bypass of Gisborne', VicRoads 1988. https://www.expressway.online/library/vic/pdfs/calder_gisborne.pdf
'Calder Freeway and Calder Highway (M/A79) - Sunbury to Niddrie', Expressway Online. https://www.expressway.online/gallery/roads/vic/numbered/alphanumeric/m-a79/06_sunburytoniddrie/index.html
VicPlan Mapshare, Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning. 2021. https://mapshare.vic.gov.au/vicplan/
