Murray Valley Highway
Murray Valley Highway –Victoria | |
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Murray Valley Highway at Nathalia | |
General information | |
Type | Highway |
Length | 663 km (412 mi)[1] |
Route number(s) |
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Former route number |
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Major junctions | |
NW end | |
for full list see major intersections | |
SE end |
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Location(s) | |
Major settlements | Robinvale, Swan Hill, Kerang, Echuca, Yarrawonga, Rutherglen, Wodonga, Tallangatta[2] |
Highway system | |
The Murray Valley Highway is a 663-kilometre (412 mi)[1] state highway located in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia.[3][4] For the vast majority of the highway's length, the route is designated as B400.
Route
The Murray Valley Road was built in the late 1920s and early 1930s by the Country Roads Board of Victoria as part of a program of rural roads to facilitate development of the more remote parts of the state and provide connections between communities in addition to the roads and railways radiating out from Melbourne. It is one of a number of roads designated as a State Highway in 1933.[5] At that time, the highway ran from Corryong to the South Australian border. The western end of this route is now part of the Sturt Highway.
The popular tourist route follows the south side of the Murray River and effectively acts as the northernmost highway in Victoria. The western end of route B400 is the Murray River bridge at Robinvale, although the Murray Valley Highway crosses that bridge without the B400 designation (formerly as National Route 16[6]) to connect with the Sturt Highway 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) further north. Historically, the Murray Valley Highway continued west to connect with the Calder Highway at Hattah instead of crossing the river. The eastern end is in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range at Corryong. The alignment of the eastern end changed in the 1980s; whereby the highway used to go through Thologolong, Walwa and Towong (the current Murray River Road C546).[6]
The route also extends further east and crosses the border into New South Wales as the Alpine Way.
Most of the highway is fairly straight and flat, much of it through irrigated farmland. It becomes hillier and more winding east of Wodonga, with a moderately steep mountain pass near Koetong, between Tallangatta and Corryong.
The major towns along the route are Robinvale, Swan Hill, Kerang, Cohuna, Echuca, Nathalia, Strathmerton, Cobram, Yarrawonga, Rutherglen, Wodonga, Tallangatta and Corryong.
Major intersections and towns
State | LGA | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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New South Wales | Balranald | Euston | 0 | 0.0 | Sturt Highway (A20) [west] – Mildura, Renmark and Adelaide; Sturt Highway (A20) [east] – Balranald, Hay and Sydney | T-intersection; western terminus; road continues southwest and northeast as the |
River Murray | 3 | 1.9 | Robinvale Bridge | |||
New South Wales – Victoria state border | 4 | 2.5 | New South Wales – Victoria state border | western terminus | ||
Victoria | Swan Hill | Robinvale | 6 | 3.7 | Robinvale-Sea Lake Road (C251) – Manangatang, Sea Lake | |
Tol Tol | 25 | 16 | Hattah-Robinvale Road (C252) – Hattah | T-intersection | ||
Piangil | 93 | 58 | Tooleybuc Road (B12) – Tooleybuc, Balranald, Sydney | |||
95 | 59 | Mallee Highway (B12) – Ouyen, Adelaide | T-intersection | |||
Nyah | 110 | 68 | Speewah Road – Koraleigh | |||
Swan Hill | 137 | 85 | Sea Lake-Swan Hill Road (C246) – Swan Hill, Sea Lake; Moulamein Road (C246) – Moulamein, Deniliquin | Roundabout | ||
Castle Donnington | 142 | 88 | Donald-Swan Hill Road (C261) – Wycheproof, Donald | |||
Gannawarra | Kerang | 194 | 121 | Kerang-Quambatook Road (C262) – Quambatook / – Boort | ||
Loddon River | 195 | 121 | Patchell Bridge[7] | |||
Gannawarra | Kerang | 196 | 122 | Kerang-Koondrook Road (C264) – Koondrook / – Murrabit | ||
199 | 124 | Loddon Valley Highway (B260) – Bendigo, Melbourne | ||||
Cohuna | 227 | 141 | Cohuna-Koondrook Road (C265) – Koondrook, Barham | |||
228 | 142 | Cohuna-Leitchville Road (C267) – Leitchville | ||||
Leitchville | 243 | 151 | Kerang-Leitchville Road (C257) – Leitchville, Pyramid Hill | |||
Campaspe | Echuca | 289 | 180 | Warren Street (C349) – Echuca, Moama | ||
291 | 181 | Northern Highway (B75) – Rochester, Bendigo, Melbourne | Roundabout: western concurrency terminus with | |||
Campaspe River | 291.5 | 181.1 | Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) | |||
Campaspe | Echuca | 292 | 181 | Northern Highway (B75) – Echuca, Moama, Deniliquin | Eastern concurrency terminus with | |
293 | 182 | Echuca-Kyabram Road (C351) – Kyabram | ||||
Tongala | 312 | 194 | Kyabram-Tongala Road (C352) – Tongala, Kyabram | |||
Wyuna | 321 | 199 | John Allen Road (C359) – Kyabram | |||
325 | 202 | Echuca-Mooroopna Road (C355) – Shepparton | ||||
Goulburn River | 329 | 204 | Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) | |||
Moira | Nathalia | 344 | 214 | Barmah-Shepparton Road (C358) – Shepparton, Barmah | ||
347 | 216 | Katamatite-Nathalia Road (C361) – Numurkah, Katamatite | ||||
Broken Creek | 349 | 217 | Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) | |||
Moira | Strathmerton | 382 | 237 | Goulburn Valley Highway (A39) – Numurkah, Shepparton, Melbourne | Western concurrency terminus | |
Yarroweyah | 396 | 246 | Goulburn Valley Highway (A39) – Tocumwal, Brisbane | Eastern concurrency terminus | ||
Cobram | Benalla-Tocumwal Road (C371) – Benalla | |||||
400 | 250 | Cobram South Road (C368) – Katamatite, Benalla | ||||
409 | 254 | Cobram-Koonoomoo Road (C367) – Cobram, Koonoomoo, Tocumwal; – Barooga | ||||
Yarrawonga Main Channel | 437 | 272 | Bridge over the channel (bridge name unknown) | |||
Moira | Yarrawonga | 437 | 272 | Benalla-Yarrawonga Road (C373) – Benalla | ||
438 | 272 | Belmore Street (C373) – Yarrawonga, Mulwala, Corowa | Roundabout | |||
Esmond | 457 | 284 | Wangaratta-Yarrawonga Road (C374) – Wangaratta | |||
Ovens River | 459 | 285 | Parolas Bridge | |||
Indigo | Rutherglen | 480 | 300 | Federation Way (C375) – Wangaratta, Corowa | ||
484 | 301 | Rutherglen-Wahgunyah Road (C376) – Wahgunyah, Corowa | Western concurrency terminus | |||
485 | 301 | Chiltern-Rutherglen Road (C376) – Springhurst, Chiltern | Roundabout; eastern concurrency terminus | |||
Browns Plains | 499 | 310 | Chiltern-Howlong Road (C381) – Chiltern, Howlong | |||
Barnawartha | 505 | 314 | Barnawartha-Howlong Road (C378) – Howlong | |||
Barnawartha North | 511 | 318 | Hume Freeway (M31) – Wangaratta, Melbourne | Trumpet interchange; grade separated; western concurrency terminus | ||
Wodonga | Wodonga | 527 | 327 | Hume Freeway (M31) – Sydney | Diamond interchange; grade separated; eastern concurrency terminus | |
Lincoln Causeway – Albury | ||||||
528 | 328 | Beechworth Road (C315) – Beechworth, Wangaratta | ||||
531 | 330 | Bandiana Link Road (C410) – Wodonga, Albury | ||||
Bandiana | 533 | 331 | Kiewa Valley Highway (C531) – Mount Beauty, Falls Creek | |||
Kiewa River | 536 | 333 | Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) | |||
Wodonga | Bonegilla | 541 | 336 | Bonegilla Road (C541) – Hume Dam | ||
Towong | Huon | 556 | 345 | Kiewa East Road (C533) – Tangambalanga, Dartmouth, Omeo | ||
Tallangatta | 574 | 357 | Omeo Highway (C543) – Omeo, Bairnsdale | |||
Mitta Mitta River | 579 | 360 | Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) | |||
Towong | Bullio | 584 | 363 | Murray River Road (C546) – Granya | ||
Shelley | 611 | 380 | Shelley-Jingellic Road (C547) – Walwa, Jingellic | |||
Cudgewa | 633 | 393 | Cudgewa-Tintaldra Road (C548) – Cudgewa, Tintaldra | |||
Colac Colac | 643 | 400 | Benambra-Corryong Road (C545) – Benambra, Omeo, Mount Hotham, Bairnsdale | |||
Towong | 656 | 408 | Murray River Road (C546) – Towong, Tintaldra | |||
New South Wales – Victoria state border | 663 | 412 | New South Wales – Victoria state border | |||
New South Wales | Murray River | Bringenbrong Bridge | ||||
Snowy Valleys | Tooma | Alpine Way – Khancoban, Thredbo, Jindabyne | Eastern terminus; road continues into New South Wales as the Alpine Way | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ a b c "29 Murray Valley Highway, Euston NSW 2737, Australia to Murray Valley Highway, Towong Upper VIC 3707, Australia". Google Maps. 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ "Map of Murray Valley Highway". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Australian Towns, Cities & Highways: Murray Valley Highway". Hotkey. Retrieved 11 May 2008.[self-published source]
- ^ "Murray Valley Highway". ExplorOz. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
- ^ Twentieth Annual Report for year ended 30th June 1933 (PDF), Country Roads Board, p. 4
- ^ a b National Route 16 – Murray Valley Highway, Ozroads. Retrieved on 22 September 2013.[self-published source]
- ^ O'Callaghan, Deborah (18 January 2011). "The Loddon River laps at Patchell Bridge, Kerang, in January 2011". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2016.