Hamilton Highway
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Hamilton Highway | |
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| Type | Highway |
| Length | 231 km (144 mi) |
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| Major settlements | Penshurst, Mortlake, Lismore, Cressy, Fyansford |
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The Hamilton Highway[2] in western Victoria, Australia (state route B140) runs from the Princes Highway in Geelong west to the town of Hamilton through the towns of Inverleigh, Cressy, Lismore, Derrinallum, Darlington, Mortlake, and Penshurst.
The Geelong end of the highway was once routed along Hyland Street Fyansford, until the construction of Deviation Road between 1931-32 with unemployment labour during the Great Depression. Opened in 1933, it was cut into the hillside, the surface was originally of concrete construction. The road opened 54 years after the first petition by Fyansford residents for such a road.[3]
In Hamilton, the Glenelg Highway continues across the South Australian border to Mount Gambier rendering the Hamilton Highway a popular alternative route for the Melbourne to Mount Gambier trip (being roughly 50 km shorter than a trip down Highway 1).
Major Intersections and Towns
| LGA | Location[4] | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Greater Geelong | Newtown | 0 | 0.0 |  Latrobe Terrace (Princes Highway) (A10) – Corio, Melbourne, Waurn Ponds and Great Ocean Road | Continues as  to Geelong city centre and Drysdale |
| 1.5 | 0.93 |  Shannon Avenue (C136) – Belmont, Corio | |||
| Fyansford | 4 | 2.5 |  Hyland Street (C118) – Corio | ||
| 5 | 3.1 |  Geelong Ring Road (M1) – Melbourne, Colac and  Great Ocean Road | |||
| 6 | 3.7 |  Fyansford-Gheringhap Road (C137) – Ballarat | |||
| Golden Plains | Stonehaven | 8.4 | 5.2 |  Merrawarp Road (C111) – Ceres, Moriac | C111 duplexes with B140 |
| 8.7 | 5.4 | Friend In Hand Road (C111) – Ballarat | |||
| Inverleigh | 28 | 17 |  Inverleigh-Winchelsea Road (C145) – Winchelsea | ||
| 32 | 20 |  Inverleigh-Shelford Road (C144) – Shelford | |||
| Colac Otway | Cressy | 65 | 40 |  Colac-Ballarat Road (C146) – Rokewood, Ballarat | C146 concurrent with B140 |
| 66 | 41 | Colac-Ballarat Road (C146) – Cressy, Colac | |||
| Corangamite | Duverney | 72 | 45 |  Foxhow Road (C164) – Camperdown | |
| Lismore | 90 | 56 |  Lismore-Scarsdale Road (C171) – Ballarat | ||
| 95 | 59 |  Camperdown-Lismore Road (C165) – Camperdown | |||
| 97 | 60 |  Lismore-Skipton Road (C172) – Camperdown, Skipton | |||
| Darlington | 122 | 76 |  Darlington Road (C173) – Camperdown | ||
| Moyne | Mortlake | 145 | 90 |  Mortlake-Ararat Road (C148) – Lake Bolac, Ararat | |
| 145.5 | 90.4 |  Terang-Mortlake Road (C156) – Terang, Cobden | |||
| 146.5 | 91.0 |  Hopkins Highway (B120) – Warrnambool | |||
| Caramut | 178 | 111 |  Warrnambool-Caramut Road (C174) – Warrnambool | ||
| Southern Grampians | Penshurst | 202 | 126 |  Penshurst-Dunkeld Road (C178) – Dunkeld | |
| 203 | 126 |
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| Hamilton | 231 | 144 |  Glenelg Highway (B160) – Hamilton, Mount Gambier, Dunkeld, Ballarat | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ State Route 106 - Hamilton Highway, Main Roads Victoria. Retrieved on 14 September 2013.[self-published source]
- ^ Hamilton Highway (B140), Expressway - Paul Rands. Retrieved on 14 September 2013.[self-published source]
- ^ John, McNeil (1990) A Journey to Destiny 1890-1990 100 Years of Cement Manufacturing at Fyansford by Australian Cement Limited
- ^ "Hamilton Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
External links
Media related to Hamilton Highway at Wikimedia Commons
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