Olympic Boulevard now blocked as weekend of mass closures begins

Motorists are being urged to brace for delays of up to an hour as one of Melbourne’s major roads shuts down.

Olympic Boulevard has officially closed to traffic between Punt Road and AAMI Park until Tuesday morning.

It’s part of a large suite of road closures expected to cause commuter headaches this weekend.

FULL LIST OF ROAD CLOSURES

OLYMPIC BOULEVARD

 Works to install Victoria’s first Continuous Flow Intersection will close Olympic Boulevard in both directions between AAMI Park and Punt Road until 6.00am Tuesday 12 February.

HODDLE STREET

Hoddle Street will have south bound lane closures at Abbot Grove on Sunday 10 February from 9.00pm until 5.00am Monday

 CITYLINK – BURNLEY TUNNEL

Essential maintenance works will close the Burnley Tunnel Saturday night from 10:00pm until 5.00am Sunday 10 February.

EASTLINK – MULLUM MULLUM & MELBA TUNNELS

Essential maintenance works will close both Eastlink Tunnels Saturday night from 8:00pm until 5.00am Sunday 10 February.

MONASH FREEWAY

Three outbound lanes will close between High Street and Warrigal Road from 10.00pm Sunday 10 February until 5.00am Monday.

CALDER FREEWAY

Inbound lanes of the Calder Freeway will close from McNamara Avenue to Bulla Road from 11.30pm Saturday until 7.30am Sunday 10 February

TULLAMARINE FREEWAY

The Bulla Road / Bell Street inbound exit ramp will close from X.00pm tonight until X.00am tomorrow. The ramp closes again from X.00pm Saturday until X.00am Sunday 10 February

WEST GATE FREEWAY

Two city bound lanes will close from 7.00pm Friday until 5.00am Saturday. One citybound lane will remain closed until 5.00am Monday 11 February

WILLIAMSTOWN ROAD 

Williamstown Road will close in both directions under the West Gate Freeway from 9.00pm Friday until 5.00am Saturday 7 February.

PRINCES FREEWAY

The Princes Freeway will close in both directions between Duncans Rd and Farm Rd on Monday 11 February from 1.00am until 3.00am

BAY STREET, BRIGHTON

Bay Street, Brighton will close to all traffic between the Nepean Highway and Andrews Street from 9.00pm Sunday 10 February until 5.00am Monday.

TRAINS

Sandringham Line – Buses replace trains from 9.20pm Friday until the last service Sunday 10 February.

Werribee/Williamstown Line – Buses replace trains between North Melbourne and Newport on Sunday night.

Glen Waverley Line – Buses replace trains between Darling Station and Glen Waverley Station on Sunday night.