the first section was completed in 1972 and bypassed the suburb of green island. this section began at the southern end of kaikorai valley road at burnside, and travelled south for 2.5 kilometres, dividing green island from abbotsford. it ended at the southern end of green island, and connected with the main south road through fairfield. construction of this section of motorway is considered by some people to have been a causal factor of the abbotsford landslide in 1979.