Victoria Street is one of the major thoroughfares of inner Melbourne. Running east-west for over six kilometres, between Munster Terrace in North Melbourne and the Yarra River, Victoria Street touches the north-east corner of the Hoddle Grid at the intersection of La Trobe Street and Spring Street, opposite the Carlton Gardens. It is called Victoria Parade between its intersections with Spring Street and Hoddle Street, where it becomes a divided road with a wide reservation down the middle.