It continues south, passing near the Melbourne Cricket Ground, under Citylink in Richmond, across the Yarra River via the Hoddle Bridge through the South Yarra district to where St Kilda Road and Dandenong Road meet at St Kilda Junction (where the highway declaration ends).

Hoddle Main Road continues south on the other side of St Kilda Junction as Barkly Street through the St Kilda city centre, to eventually terminate at Marine Parade in Elwood.

[citation needed] The passing of the Transport Act of 1983[12] updated the definition of State Highways.

Hoddle Highway was declared a State Highway by VicRoads in September 1994[3] within Hoddle Main Road, from Victoria Street in Richmond to the St Kilda Junction in St Kilda, later extended north to the interchange with Eastern Freeway in January 1995;[13] all roads were known (and signposted) as their constituent parts.

The perpetrator, 19-year-old army recruit Julian Knight, killed seven people and injured 19 others during his rampage.