It then interchanges with Westall Road as the route starts to travel in a south easterly direction.

The original plan shows the freeway extending down South Road over Nepean Highway heading north through Brighton and Elwood, following the Barkly Street-Punt Road-Hoddle Street corridor up through Merri Creek joining the Craigieburn Bypass to the Hume Freeway.

[1] Construction of the Dingley Bypass began in 2014 and was completed in March 2016, 5 months ahead of schedule.

[2] The $156 Million, 6.4 kilometre Dingley Bypass was completed five months ahead of schedule and was opened on 11 March 2016 by Minister for Roads, Luke Donnellan.

The entire bypass has a speed limit of 80 km/h with traffic light controlled intersections and overpasses at Cheltenham Road and EastLink.

The new section of road, which commenced construction in 2011, is expected to carry between 30,000 and 40,000 vehicles per day as well as a shared path being constructed alongside, linking to existing shared paths which already run along the built sections of the arterial.

The construction of this section (at a cost of $74.6 million) was brought forward to commence in 2010 as part of the "Nation Building" initiatives in the 2009 Victorian State Budget.

[6] The project was completed early and under budget (previously estimated to cost $80 million) to traffic on 20 December 2012.

The 4.8 km bypass also included an overpass of the Cranbourne railway line as well as a diamond interchange with EastLink.