Motorists returning home to Melbourne after the Easter long weekend faced lengthy delays due to heavy traffic and roadworks.
Traffic was heaviest on the Western Freeway, where roadworks at Ballan and Bacchus Marsh reduced the freeway to one lane in some parts.
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Traffic pain for Easter weekend motorists
Melbourne motorists are facing lengthy delays due to heavy traffic and roadworks after the Easter long weekend. Vision courtesy Seven News Melbourne.
"It's heavy on all the major roads, which is what you can expect at the end of a long weekend and with the kids going back to school tomorrow," a VicRoads spokesman said about 5.30pm.
Age reader Glenn said the delays added at least half an hour to trips between Ballarat and Melbourne.
On Twitter, motorists joked about surviving the "Great Hume Highway traffic jam of Easter 2017", adding that it took them more than five hours to drive from Albury to Melbourne.
I survived the great Hume Highway traffic jam of Easter 2017. 5 1/2 hours Albury to Melbourne.#victraffic
— Joseph Ryan (@josephryan79) April 17, 2017
By 7.30pm, congestion had eased on all major roads, VicRoads said.
Earlier, traffic was brought to a standstill just after 1.30pm on the Hume Highway following a two-car crash at the southbound freeway entry near Tallarook.
No one was injured in the crash, and the scene was cleared by 3pm.
At 5pm, VicRoads was also reporting heavy delays inbound on the Monash Freeway due to ongoing roadworks.
He said inbound motorists on the Princes Freeway had experienced a fairly light run into Melbourne.
"We haven't had any complaints about the Princes Freeway down near Geelong. Traffic coming up from Geelong is OK, and it's moving pretty well over the West Gate Bridge," he said.
VicRoads spokeswoman Gail Carland had urged motorists to take extra caution on one of the state roads' busiest afternoons of the year.
Heavy #traffic southbound on #Hume Fwy between #Avenel & #Tallarook. pic.twitter.com/lMTMy9awHa
— North East Scanner (@nescanner) April 17, 2017
Hume (M31) inbound traffic jam started at Avenel and just keeps going. Google maps says it goes all the way to Broadford #victraffic
— Geri Fitzgerald (@GeriFitz) April 17, 2017
Ms Carland said she expected more vehicles to be on the road than other Easter periods because the end of the school holidays and the long weekend coincided this year.
She urged motorists to be patient and obey the road rules.
"It's better to be patient and a little late, than not arrive at all," she said.
With Marissa Calligeros