Hamilton Highway

Hamilton Highway

Victoria
Hamilton Highway; Victoria
General information
Type	Highway
Length	231 km (144 mi)
Route number(s)	B140 (1998-present); Entire route;
Former; route number	State Route 106 (1986-1998); Entire route;
Major junctions
West end	Glenelg Highway; Hamilton, Victoria;
	Hopkins Highway; Geelong Ring Road; for full list see major intersections
East end	Princes Highway; Newtown, Geelong;
Location(s)
Major settlements	Penshurst, Mortlake, Lismore, Cressy, Fyansford
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Victoria; ; ;

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

Hamilton Highway
Westbound	Distance to Hamilton (km)	Distance to Geelong (km)	Eastbound
Crossroads Intersection (clockwise from highway) Glenelg Highway to Hamilton and Mount Gambier Hiller Lane Glenelg Highway to Dunkeld and Ballarat
End Hamilton Highway	3	231	Start Hamilton Highway
continues as	31	203	Port Fairy, Warrnambool Penshurst-Warrnambool Road Macarthur Macarthur-Penshurst Road
Macarthur Macarthur-Penshurst Road Port Fairy, Warrnambool Penshurst-Warrnambool Road			Penshurst
Penshurst			duplexes with
duplexes with	32	202	Dunkeld Penshurst-Dunkeld Road
Dunkeld Penshurst-Dunkeld Road	32	202	continues as
Warrnambool Warrnambool-Caramut Road	56	178	Warrnambool Warrnambool-Caramut Road
Warrnambool Hopkins Highway	87.5	146.5	Warrnambool Hopkins Highway
Terang, Cobden Terang-Mortlake Road	88.5	145.5	Mortlake
Mortlake	88.5	145.5	Terang, Cobden Terang-Mortlake Road
Lake Bolac, Ararat Mortlake-Ararat Road	89	145	Lake Bolac, Ararat Mortlake-Ararat Road
Camperdown Darlington Road	112	122	Camperdown Darlington Road
Camperdown, Skipton Lismore-Skipton Road	137	97	Skipton, Camperdown Lismore-Skipton Road
Camperdown Camperdown-Lismore Road	139	95	Lismore
Lismore	139	95	Camperdown Camperdown-Lismore Road
Ballarat Lismore-Scarsdale Road	144	90	Ballarat Lismore-Scarsdale Road
Camperdown Foxhow Road	162	72	Camperdown Foxhow Road
continues as	168	66	Cressy, Colac Colac-Ballarat Road
Cressy, Colac Colac-Ballarat Road	168	66	duplexes with
duplexes with	169	65	Rokewood, Ballarat Colac-Ballarat Road
Rokewood, Ballarat Colac-Ballarat Road	169	65	continues as
Shelford, Rokewood Inverleigh-Shelford Road	202	32	Shelford Inverleigh-Shelford Road
Winchelsea Inverleigh-Winchelsea Road	206	28	Inverleigh
Inverleigh	206	28	Winchelsea Inverleigh-Winchelsea Road
continues as	225.3	8.7	Ballarat Friend In Hand Road
Ballarat Friend In Hand Road	225.3	8.7	duplexes with
duplexes with	225.6	8.4	Ceres, Moriac Merrawarp Road
Ceres, Moriac Merrawarp Road	225.6	8.4	continues as
Ballarat Fyansford-Gheringhap Road	228	6	Ballarat Fyansford-Gheringhap Road
Melbourne Geelong Ring Road	228.3	5.7	Melbourne Geelong Ring Road
To Great Ocean Road Colac Geelong Ring Road	228.6	5.4	To Great Ocean Road Colac Geelong Ring Road
Corio Hyland Street	230	4	Corio Hyland Street
Belmont, Corio Shannon Avenue	232.5	1.5	Corio, Belmont Shannon Avenue
Start Hamilton Highway	234	0	Geelong
Start Hamilton Highway	234	0	End Hamilton Highway
Traffic Lights (clockwise from highway) Latrobe Terrace (Princes Highway) to Corio and Melbourne Ryrie Street to City Centre and Drysdale Latrobe Terrace (Princes Highway) to Great Ocean Road and Waurn Ponds

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

External links

Media related to Hamilton Highway at Wikimedia Commons

[1] State Route 106 - Hamilton Highway, Main Roads Victoria. Retrieved on 14 September 2013.^{[self-published source]}

[2] Hamilton Highway (B140), Expressway - Paul Rands. Retrieved on 14 September 2013.^{[self-published source]}

[john-3] John, McNeil (1990) A Journey to Destiny 1890-1990 100 Years of Cement Manufacturing at Fyansford by Australian Cement Limited

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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

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