Melbourne Freight Corridor Map

A Version 1 TIRTL-based line map highlighting Melbourne's monitored freight-heavy and truck-dependent road corridors.

The map connects measured TIRTL site-heading locations into inferred corridor lines and ranks corridors using truck share, truck movement volume, and monitored site coverage.

Generated: 2026-05-24T17:24:27 Version: v1 21 inferred corridors 562 site-heading points 21 corridor lines

Important interpretation notes

Vehicle movements and truck movements are classified TIRTL sensor movement records / passings. They are not counts of unique vehicles or unique trucks.
This Version 1 freight corridor map connects measured TIRTL site-heading locations into inferred corridor lines. It identifies monitored freight-heavy corridors, but it is not yet a road-centreline-snapped engineering map.

Interactive freight corridor map

Toggle between Freight Dependence Score, Truck Share %, and Truck Movements. Freight Dependence Score is the best overall view because it balances relative truck share with absolute truck movement volume.

Top freight-dependent monitored corridors

Rank Corridor Type Score Band Truck % Truck movements Vehicle movements Site-headings Suburbs/localities
1 Dohertys Road Industrial / freight arterial 82.38 High freight dependence 21.05% 691,967 3,286,814 4 ALTONA NORTH
2 M1 / Monash Freeway Freeway / motorway corridor 80.71 High freight dependence 5.43% 103,233,823 1,901,461,747 295 BEACONSFIELD; BERWICK; CHADSTONE; DANDENONG NORTH; DOVETON; ENDEAVOUR HILLS; GLEN WAVERLEY; HALLAM; MOUNT WAVERLEY; MULGRAVE; NARRE WARREN; NARRE WARREN NORTH; OFFICER; PAKENHAM; WHEELERS HILL
3 Fitzgerald Road Industrial / freight arterial 76.43 High freight dependence 15.33% 499,212 3,256,463 4 LAVERTON NORTH
4 M31 / Hume Freeway Freeway / motorway corridor 75.71 High freight dependence 9.60% 1,200,348 12,504,695 4 EPPING
5 M1 / West Gate Bridge Freeway / motorway corridor 75.48 High freight dependence 7.55% 2,286,084 30,299,007 4 PORT MELBOURNE
6 Princes Freeway Freeway / motorway corridor 73.81 High freight dependence 4.43% 23,206,085 523,990,381 83 ALTONA; ALTONA MEADOWS; ALTONA NORTH; LAVERTON; LAVERTON NORTH; POINT COOK; WERRIBEE; WERRIBEE SOUTH; WILLIAMS LANDING
7 M80 Ring Road Freeway / motorway corridor 72.62 High freight dependence 5.35% 13,882,289 259,339,643 48 FAWKNER; GLADSTONE PARK; GOWANBRAE; KEILOR EAST; STRATHMORE HEIGHTS; THOMASTOWN; TULLAMARINE
8 West Gate Tunnel / West Gate Corridor Freeway / motorway corridor 72.38 High freight dependence 5.96% 2,854,810 47,872,879 13 BROOKLYN; LAVERTON NORTH
9 M8 / Western Freeway Freeway / motorway corridor 70.24 High freight dependence 10.55% 481,105 4,560,685 4 BALLAN
10 Tullamarine Freeway Freeway / motorway corridor 67.14 Moderate-high freight dependence 3.52% 9,175,148 260,964,316 56 AIRPORT WEST; ESSENDON FIELDS; ESSENDON NORTH; MELBOURNE AIRPORT; STRATHMORE HEIGHTS; TULLAMARINE; WESTMEADOWS
11 Federation Trail / Fitzgerald Road Industrial / freight arterial 65.48 Moderate-high freight dependence 6.64% 561,904 8,460,509 4 BROOKLYN
12 Grieve Parade Industrial / freight arterial 58.57 Moderate-high freight dependence 13.18% 284,033 2,155,239 3 ALTONA NORTH
13 A1 Princes Highway Arterial / monitored road corridor 48.57 Mixed commuter / freight corridor 6.94% 92,000 1,325,828 4 LINDENOW SOUTH
14 Calder Freeway Freeway / motorway corridor 46.90 Mixed commuter / freight corridor 2.86% 295,406 10,325,754 4 ESSENDON NORTH; KEILOR
15 Mountain Highway Arterial / monitored road corridor 39.05 Lower freight dependence 2.73% 198,785 7,289,817 4 BAYSWATER
16 Nepean Highway Arterial / monitored road corridor 38.81 Lower freight dependence 1.55% 205,807 13,244,117 4 BRIGHTON EAST
17 Sydney Road Arterial / monitored road corridor 32.86 Lower freight dependence 1.34% 141,665 10,553,497 4 FAWKNER
18 Princes Highway Arterial / monitored road corridor 27.38 Lower freight dependence 1.08% 127,997 11,878,026 8 DANDENONG; WERRIBEE
19 Plenty Road Arterial / monitored road corridor 26.90 Lower freight dependence 1.16% 115,599 9,978,568 4 BUNDOORA
20 Burwood Highway Arterial / monitored road corridor 18.81 Lower freight dependence 0.78% 55,766 7,174,315 4 BURWOOD
21 Sneydes Road Arterial / monitored road corridor 14.76 Lower freight dependence 0.66% 30,200 4,548,867 4 POINT COOK

Methodology

45%
Truck-share component

Rewards corridors where trucks form a higher share of all classified movement records.

40%
Truck-volume component

Rewards corridors carrying high absolute truck movement records.

15%
Corridor-density component

Rewards corridors with more monitored TIRTL site-heading coverage.