The
West Gate Freeway (formerly the
Lower Yarra Freeway) is a major freeway in
Melbourne, the busiest urban freeway and the busiest road in
Australia, carrying upwards of 200,000 vehicles per day. It links
Geelong (via the
Princes Freeway) and the Western suburbs to the Melbourne
CBD and beyond. It is also a link between Melbourne and the west and linking industrial and residential areas west of the
Yarra River with the city and port areas. The iconic
West Gate Bridge is a part of the freeway.