Midland Highway (Victoria)

Midland Highway

Victoria
Midland Highway; Victoria
General information
Type	Highway
Length	452 km (281 mi)
Route number(s)	C518; (Mansfield-Barjarg); B300; (Barjarg-Benalla); A300; (Benalla-Geelong);
Former; route number	State Route 153; (Mansfield-Benalla); State Route 149; (Benalla-Geelong);
Major junctions
NE end	Maroondah Highway,; Mansfield, Victoria
	Hume Freeway; Goulburn Valley Highway; Northern Highway; McIvor Highway; Calder Highway; Calder Freeway; Pyrenees Highway; Western Freeway; Glenelg Highway; Geelong Ring Road; for full list see major intersections;
SW end	Princes Highway,; Geelong, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlements	Benalla, Shepparton, Elmore, Bendigo, Castlemaine, Daylesford, Ballarat
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Victoria; ; ;

The Midland Highway (A300, B300, C518)^[1] links major towns in Victoria (south-eastern Australia), beginning from Geelong and leading all the way to Mansfield. It winds through country Victoria in a large arc, travelling via the towns of Ballarat, Bendigo and Shepparton. The total length of the highway is 452 km.

Route number: A300 (previously State Route 149) from Geelong to Benalla; B300 (previously State Route 153) from Benalla to Barjarg; C518 from Barjarg to Mansfield.

The Midland Link Highway (B300, previously State Route Alt-153) links Barjarg (on the Midland Highway) and Maindample (on the Maroondah Highway), bypassing Mansfield and reducing the journey from Benalla to Alexandra by 19 km.

A further, fragmented section of the highway that ran between the Princes Highway east of Morwell in the Latrobe Valley and Port Welshpool, on the South Gippsland Highway (previously State Route 190), was stripped of highway status in the 1980s.

Major intersections and towns

Midland Highway
Southbound	Distance to Mansfield (km)	Distance to Benalla (km)	Northbound
Roundabout (clockwise from highway) Mount Buller Road to Mount Buller; to Whitfield; and to Jamieson Highett Street Maroondah Highway to Alexandra, Yea and Melbourne
End Midland Highway	0	63	Start Midland Highway
Mansfield	0	63	Start Midland Highway
continues as	15	48	Alexandra, Yea, Melbourne Midland Link Highway
Alexandra, Yea, Melbourne Midland Link Highway	15	48	End continues as
End Start	57.7	5.3	Seymour, Melbourne Hume Freeway
Seymour, Melbourne Hume Freeway	57.7	5.3	End Start
Wangaratta, Wodonga, Sydney Hume Freeway	58.2	4.8	Wangaratta, Wodonga, Sydney Hume Freeway
Yarrawonga, Tatong, Wodonga Old Hume Highway	63	0	Benalla
Benalla	63	0	Yarrawonga, Tatong, Wodonga Old Hume Highway
Eastbound	Distance to Benalla (km)	Distance to Bendigo (km)	Westbound
NORTH EAST RAIL LINE	0.7	182.3	NORTH EAST RAIL LINE
Cobram, Tocumwal Benalla-Tocumwal Road	10	173	Cobram, Tocumwal Benalla-Tocumwal Road
continues as	30	153	Violet Town Dookie-Violet Town Road
Violet Town Dookie-Violet Town Road	30	153	duplexes with
duplexes with	32	151	Dookie Dookie-Nalinga Road
Dookie Dookie-Nalinga Road	32	151	continues as
To Brisbane, Melbourne; Tocumwal, Euroa Doyles Road	58	125	To Melbourne, Brisbane; Euroa, Tocumwal Doyles Road
TOCUMWAL RAIL LINE	60	123	TOCUMWAL RAIL LINE
Tocumwal, Brisbane, Nagambie, Melbourne Goulburn Valley Highway	61	122	Shepparton
Shepparton	61	122	Nagambie, Melbourne, Tocumwal, Brisbane Goulburn Valley Highway
GOULBURN RIVER	62	121	GOULBURN RIVER
Kyabram, Echuca Echuca-Mooroopna Road Murchison Mooroopna-Murchison Road	65.5	117.5	Mooroopna
Mooroopna	65.5	117.5	Murchison Mooroopna-Murchison Road Kyabram, Echuca Echuca-Mooroopna Road
Echuca, Tatura Tatura-Undera Road	78	105	Tatura, Echuca Tatura-Undera Road
TOOLAMBA-ECHUCA RAIL LINE	80	103	TOOLAMBA-ECHUCA RAIL LINE
Kyabram, Rushworth Girgarre-Rushworth Road	100	83	Stanhope
Shepparton	100	83	Rushworth, Kyabram Girgarre-Rushworth Road
continues as	118	65	Heathcote, Kilmore Heathcote-Rochester Road
Heathcote, Kilmore Heathcote-Rochester Road	118	65	duplexes with
duplexes with	119	64	Rochester, Echuca Heathcote-Rochester Road
Rochester, Echuca Heathcote-Rochester Road	119	64	continues as
continues as	136	47	Heathcote, Kilmore, Melbourne Northern Highway
Heathcote, Kilmore, Melbourne Northern Highway	136	47	duplexes with
duplexes with	137	46	Elmore
Rochester, Echuca Northern Highway			Rochester, Echuca Northern Highway
Elmore			continues as
Rushworth, Murchison, Violet Town Bendigo-Murchison Road	149	34	Rushworth Bendigo-Murchison Road
ECHUCA RAIL LINE	164	19	ECHUCA RAIL LINE
Lockington, Mitiamo Bendigo-Tennyson Road	168	15	Lockington, Mitiamo Bendigo-Tennyson Road
Strathdale Strathdale-White Hills Road	158.4	4.6	White Hills
Strathdale Strathdale-White Hills Road	158.4	4.6	Strathdale Strathdale-White Hills Road
Long Gully, Eaglehawk Lyons Street	159.1	3.9	Long Gully, Eaglehawk Lyons Street
White Hills	159.1	3.9	Long Gully, Eaglehawk Lyons Street
SWAN HILL RAIL LINE	180.9	2.1	SWAN HILL RAIL LINE
continues as Midland Highway	182.3	0.7	Heathcote, Kilmore McIvor Highway Eaglehawk, Kerang Chapel Street
Eaglehawk, Kerang Chapel Street Heathcote, Kilmore McIvor Highway	182.3	0.7	continues as McIvor Highway (Midland Highway)
Northbound	Distance to Bendigo (km)	Distance to Ballarat (km)	Southbound
Kennington, Strathfieldsaye Mitchell Street (Bendigo-Redesdale Road)	0	120	Bendigo
Bendigo	0	120	Kennington, Strathfieldsaye Mitchell Street (Bendigo-Redesdale Road)
continues as McIvor Highway (Midland Highway)	1	119	Quarry Hill, Flora Hill Myrtle Street To Eaglehawk, Kerang; Marong, Mildura Calder Highway
To Eaglehawk, Kerang; Marong, Mildura Calder Highway Quarry Hill, Flora Hill Myrtle Street	1	119	continues as Calder Highway (Midland Highway)
Long Gully, Eaglehawk Golden Square-Long Gully Road Quarry Hill, Strathdale Golden Square-Quarry Hill Road	3.6	116.4	Quarry Hill Golden Square-Quarry Hill Road Long Gully Golden Square-Long Gully Road
Maryborough Bendigo-Maryborough Road	6	114	Kangaroo Flat
Kangaroo Flat	6	114	Maryborough Bendigo-Maryborough Road
Mildura via Town Bypass Calder Alternative Highway	16	104	Mildura via Town Bypass Calder Alternative Highway
Calder Highway (Midland Highway) continues from Calder Freeway	25	95	Harcourt, Elphinstone, Taradale Old Calder Highway Maldon Fogartys Gap Road
	25	95	continues as Calder Freeway to Castlemaine
continues as Calder Freeway to Bendigo	30	90	Midland Highway continues from Calder Freeway
Harcourt Old Calder Highway Melbourne Calder Freeway	30	90	Midland Highway continues from Calder Freeway
BENDIGO RAIL LINE	36	84	BENDIGO RAIL LINE
continues as	38.5	81.5	Castlemaine
Kyneton, Melbourne via Freeway Pyrenees Highway			Kyneton, Melbourne via Freeway Pyrenees Highway
Castlemaine			duplexes with
BENDIGO RAIL LINE	39	81	BENDIGO RAIL LINE
duplexes with	39.8	80.2	Newstead, Maldon, Maryborough Pyrenees Highway
Newstead, Maldon, Maryborough, Ararat Pyrenees Highway	39.8	80.2	continues as
VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS TOURIST RAIL LINE	39.9	80.1	VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS TOURIST RAIL LINE
Campbells Creek	42	78	Campbells Creek
MOOLORT RAIL LINE	49	71	MOOLORT RAIL LINE
Guildford	50	70	Guildford
Newstead, Maldon Daylesford-Newstead Road	62	58	Newstead Daylesford-Newstead Road
Glenlyon, Malmsbury, Taradale Daylesford-Malmsbury Road	73	47	Glenlyon, Malmsbury Daylesford-Malmsbury Road
Trentham, Woodend Daylesford-Trentham Road	74	46	Trentham, Woodend Daylesford-Trentham Road
Hepburn Springs Hepburn Springs Road Melbourne via Freeway; Ballan, Anakie Ballan-Daylesford Road	75	45	Daylesford
Daylesford	75	45	Melbourne via Freeway; Ballan, Anakie, Geelong via Town Bypass Ballan-Daylesford Road Hepburn Springs Hepburn Springs Road
Ballarat Daylesford-Ballarat Road	93	27	Newlyn
Newlyn	93	27	Ballarat via Dean Daylesford-Ballarat Road
continues as	101.8	18.2	To Newstead; Clunes, Maryborough Clunes-Creswick Road
To Newstead; Clunes, Maryborough Clunes-Creswick Road	101.8	18.2	duplexes with
Creswick	102.3	17.7	Creswick
duplexes with	102.7	17.3	Melbourne via Freeway; Bungaree, Wallace Bungaree-Creswick Road
Bungaree, Wallace Bungaree-Creswick Road	102.7	17.3	continues as
MILDURA RAIL LINE	109.3	10.7	MILDURA RAIL LINE
Melbourne Western Freeway	114.9	5.1	Melbourne Western Freeway
To Avoca, Mildura; Ararat, Horsham, Adelaide Western Freeway	115.4	4.6	To Avoca, Mildura; Ararat, Horsham, Adelaide Western Freeway
Wendouree, Clunes Howitt Street	116.9	3.1	Wendouree, Clunes Howitt Street
ARARAT RAIL LINE	118.1	1.9	ARARAT RAIL LINE
Lake Wendouree Drummond Street North via Macarthur Street	118.6	1.4	Lake Wendouree, Town Bypass Drummond Street North via Macarthur Street
Ararat, Melbourne Sturt Street (Ballarat-Burrumbeet Road)	120	0	Ballarat
Ballarat	120	0	Melbourne, Ararat Sturt Street (Ballarat-Burrumbeet Road)
Northbound	Distance to Ballarat (km)	Distance to Geelong (km)	Southbound
Newington, Carngham Ballarat-Carngham Road	1.9	86.1	To ; Newington, Carngham Ballarat-Carngham Road
To Carngham; Lake Wendouree, Town Bypass Drummond Street South	2.2	85.8	no right turn into
Hamilton, Mount Gambier Glenelg Highway	3.3	84.7	Hamilton, Mount Gambier Glenelg Highway
Sebastopol	4.8	83.2	Sebastopol
Cressy, Colac Colac-Ballarat Road	7.5	80.5	Cressy, Colac Colac-Ballarat Road
Ballarat via Mount Clear Ballarat-Buninyong Road	13	75	Buninyong
Buninyong	13	75	Ballarat Ballarat-Buninyong Road
GEELONG-BALLARAT RAIL LINE	34	54	GEELONG-BALLARAT RAIL LINE
Meredith	43	45	Meredith
Lethbridge	58	30	Lethbridge
Bannockburn, Shelford Shelford-Bannockburn Road	69	19	Bannockburn, Shelford Shelford-Bannockburn Road
WESTERN SG / GEELONG-BALLARAT RAIL LINE	73.5	14.5	WESTERN SG / GEELONG-BALLARAT RAIL LINE
Geelong via Fyansford, Ceres, Moriac Fyansford-Gheringhap Road	74.3	13.7	Ceres, Moriac Fyansford-Gheringhap Road
Batesford	78	10	Batesford
To Maude, Steiglitz; Anakie, Ballan, Daylesford via Town Bypass Geelong-Ballan Road	80.6	7.4	To Maude, Steiglitz; Anakie, Ballan Geelong-Ballan Road
Melbourne Geelong Ring Road (Princes Freeway)	82.1	5.9	Melbourne Geelong Ring Road (Princes Freeway)
To Torquay, Anglesea; Colac Geelong Ring Road (Princes Freeway)	82.4	5.6	To Torquay, Anglesea; Colac Geelong Ring Road (Princes Freeway)
Fyansford, Corio Anakie Road	83.8	4.2	Corio, Fyansford Anakie Road
Belmont, Ceres Shannon Avenue Corio Thompson Road	85.2	2.8	Corio Thompson Road Belmont, Ceres Shannon Avenue
GEELONG RAIL LINE	86.4	1.6	GEELONG RAIL LINE
Start Midland Highway	86.8	1.2	End Midland Highway
Traffic Lights (clockwise from highway) Kerra Street (Princes Highway) to Geelong City Centre, Portarlington and Queenscliff Melbourne Road (Princes Highway) to Corio and Melbourne via Freeway

References

^ A300 Midland Highway Archived 8 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Paul Rands - Expressway. Retrieved 1 July 2008.^{[self-published source]}

[1] A300 Midland Highway Archived 8 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Paul Rands - Expressway. Retrieved 1 July 2008.^{[self-published source]}

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v t e Road infrastructure in Victoria
Freeways	Calder Freeway Goulburn Valley Freeway Hume Freeway Princes Freeway (Geelong Ring Road) Western Freeway
Highways	Bass Highway Bellarine Highway Borung Highway Burwood Highway Calder Highway Calder Alternative Highway Glenelg Highway Goulburn Valley Highway Hamilton Highway Henty Highway Hopkins Highway Hyland Highway Kiewa Valley Highway Loddon Valley Highway Mallee Highway Maroondah Highway McIvor Highway Melba Highway Midland Highway Monaro Highway Murray Valley Highway Nepean Highway Northern Highway Omeo Highway Princes Highway Pyrenees Highway South Gippsland Highway Strzelecki Highway Sturt Highway Sunraysia Highway Surf Coast Highway Warburton Highway Western Highway Western Port Highway Wimmera Highway
Bypass routes	Old Hume Highway Old Princes Highway
Tourist routes	Great Alpine Road Great Ocean Road Murray Valley Highway Phillip Island Road

Major intersections and towns

See also

References