This is a list of old road routes in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Australia

Australia

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before Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

 switched to the alpha-numeric system in the late 1990s. Some routes, in part or in their entirety, may have been made obsolete by the alpha-numeric designation: these are noted but not listed in full here. Some also may follow older alignments or routes later changed even after the new system was introduced (for example, routes 49 and 55), and are included here for the sake of completion. Roads are described in either a west-east or north-south alignment.

Most of Melbourne has kept to using the older shield system for the time being, however there are plans for an eventual change-over in the near future.

A list of old road routes in rural Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

 is at List of old road routes in Victoria. For a list of major highways and freeways in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, see List of highways in Melbourne and List of freeways in Victoria.

Routes 2 through 10

Route 2 is only included for sake of completion, as most of it has been reassigned the Tourist 2 shield (see below).

Routes 11 through 20

Routes 21 through 30

Routes 32 through 40

Routes 41 through 50

Routes 52 through 59

Routes 60 through 73

The majority of these routes were decommissioned with the introduction of the alphanumeric State Route Numbering Scheme (SRNS). Only a few remnants remain signed.

Routes 80 through 90

These routes were initially reserved for freeways in Melbourne.

Tourist routes