Burke Road is a major north–south thoroughfare in Melbourne, Australia.

It is aligned with the western boundary of Elgar's Special Survey,[3] and does not conform to the 1 mile (1.6 km) interval cadastral survey grid for Melbourne.

It continues south through Balwyn, over the Lilydale railway line and through Camberwell Junction at Camberwell, crossing the Monash Freeway and Glen Waverley railway line at Glen Iris, eventually to terminate at Princes Highway in Caulfield East, just outside Monash University's Caulfield campus.

[4] The passing of the Country Roads Act of 1958[5] (itself an evolution from the original Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924[6]) provided for the declaration of State Highways and Main Roads, roads partially financed by the State government through the Country Roads Board (later VicRoads).

Metropolitan Route 17 continues south, with a brief concurrency along Princes Highway, via Grange Road eventually to Moorabbin.