Elizabeth Street, Melbourne

Elizabeth Street

Victoria
Elizabeth Street; Victoria
	Elizabeth Street looking south toward Flinders Street station, April 2010
	Elizabeth Street
Coordinates	37°48′35″S 144°57′40″E / 37.8096°S 144.961°E;
General information
Type	Street
Opened	1837
Route number(s)	State Route 55 (2005–present); (Parkville–Haymarket roundabout)
Former; route number	National Highway 31 (1988–2005); (Parkville–Haymarket roundabout); State Route 3 (1965–1989); (Parkville–Melbourne);
Major junctions
North end	Royal Parade; Parkville, Melbourne
	Grattan Street; Flemington Road; Peel Street; Queensberry Street; Victoria Street; Franklin Street; La Trobe Street; Lonsdale Street; Bourke Street; Collins Street;
South end	Flinders Street; Melbourne CBD
Location(s)
Suburb(s)	Parkville, Melbourne CBD

Elizabeth Street is one of the main streets in the Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia, part of the Hoddle Grid laid out in 1837. It is presumed to have been named in honour of governor Richard Bourke's wife.

The street is known as a retail shopping precinct. It is connected with key shopping and tourist destinations such as Bourke Street Mall, General Post Office, Melbourne Central Shopping Centre, Emporium Melbourne and Queen Victoria Market.

The intersection of Elizabeth Street and Flinders street has been the site of ongoing social and criminal issues in recent times.