EastLink (Melbourne)

EastLink Victoria
EastLink in May 2016
North end South end
Coordinates	37°48′14″S 145°10′41″E / 37.803885°S 145.178026°E / -37.803885; 145.178026 (North end) 38°05′51″S 145°08′43″E / 38.097424°S 145.145176°E / -38.097424; 145.145176 (South end)
General information
Type	Freeway
Location	Melbourne
Length	39 km (24 mi)
Opened	29 June 2008
Maintained by	ConnectEast
Route number(s)	M3 (2008–present)
Major junctions
North end	Eastern Freeway Donvale, Melbourne
	Maroondah Highway Burwood Highway Monash Freeway Princes Highway Mornington Peninsula Freeway
South end	Frankston Freeway Seaford, Melbourne
Location(s)
LGA(s)	City of Manningham City of Maroondah City of Knox City of Greater Dandenong City of Frankston
Major suburbs / towns	Ringwood, Wantirna, Scoresby, Rowville, Dandenong North, Keysborough, Carrum Downs, Seaford
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Victoria
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EastLink is a tolled section of the M3 freeway linking a large area through the eastern and south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.^[1]

EastLink is electronically tolled with no cash booths, using a system developed by SICE. The SICE Tolling System is similar to (and interoperable with) the e-TAG system used on the CityLink tollway. EastLink was opened to traffic on Sunday 29 June 2008 and in conjunction with the opening, a month-long toll-free period occurred before regular tolling commenced on 27 July 2008.^[2]

The project was constructed by a joint venture of Australian construction companies Thiess Contractors and John Holland,^[3] with tolling system contracted to SICE, and mechanical and electrical work contracted to United Group Infrastructure.^[4] The final project cost was A$2.5 billion.

Signs are at the entrances and on the tollway direct to Ringwood, Dandenong, Frankston and Doncaster.