Ringwood Bypass

The bypass begins at the intersection with EastLink - with access to the Maroondah Highway west of Ringwood extended south from Eastlink's ramps - and heads east as an 8-lane, dual-carriageway road, adjacent to Mullum Mullum Creek, crossing Ringwood Street and Warrandyte Road, before ending at the intersection with the Maroondah Highway east of Ringwood and Mount Dandenong Road. The speed limit is 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph).

Originally known as the Eastern Freeway Extension, it was renamed the Ringwood Bypass to avoid connotations that it was part of a freeway network for accessing the CBD.[2] The first stage of the road began construction in January 1995[3] and opened in September 1996, starting at Mount Dandenong Road and heading west to Ringwood Street.[4] As part of the EastLink works, the road was extended by 1.5 km (0.93 mi) to connect to the Maroondah Highway and EastLink. In 2003 there was controversy about whether the bypass would be tolled, with the State Government making assurances that it would not be.[5]

The bypass was signed as State Route 62 along its entire length when the second stage opened at the same time as EastLink in 2008.

The passing of the Road Management Act 2004[6] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared the road as Ringwood Bypass (Arterial #6270), beginning at Ringwood Street and ending at Maroondah Highway through Ringwood;[7] the road west of Ringwood Street connects to EastLink, a private tollway not under the jurisdiction of VicRoads.

The entire bypass lies within the City of Maroondah local government area.

Location[1][7]	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Ringwood	0.0	0.0	EastLink (M3) – City, Dandenong, Frankston Maroondah Highway (State Route 34) – Nunawading, Box Hill	Western terminus of bypass and State Route 62 at semi-directional T interchange
	1.1	0.68	Ringwood Street	Traffic light intersection
	1.4	0.87	Warrandyte Road (State Route 9) – Warrandyte, Wantirna	Traffic light intersection
	2.0	1.2	Maroondah Highway (State Route 34) – Lilydale, Yarra Glen, Healesville	Traffic light intersection
			Mount Dandenong Road (State Route 62 east) – Croydon, Mount Dandenong	Eastern terminus of bypass, State Route 62 continues east along Mount Dandenong Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Route transition

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