Goulburn Valley Highway
| Goulburn Valley Highway Victoria | |
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| Type | Highway |
| Length | 212 km (132 mi) |
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| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Strathmerton, Shepparton, Nagambie, Seymour, Yea, Alexandra |
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Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Victoria | |
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The Goulburn Valley Highway[2] is a highway located in Victoria, Australia. The section north beyond the Hume Freeway is part of the Melbourne to Brisbane National Highway (together with Hume Freeway) and is the main link between these two cities as well as a major link between Victoria and inland New South Wales. The highway roughly follows the course of the Goulburn River, a tributary of the Murray River. The Highway serves the fruit and vegetable growing areas of the Goulburn Valley in Victoria, one of Australia's most productive agricultural regions.
The highway runs from Eildon to Seymour as a two lane single carriageway sealed road with shoulders and between Arcadia to Tocumwal also as a two lane single carriageway but with tactile road lines, wide shoulders and small sections of 3 or 4 lane single carriageway road for overtaking. The section from the Hume Freeway to Arcadia via Nagambie has been fully converted into a dual carriageway and has been renamed as the Goulburn Valley Freeway.
The Goulburn Valley Highway crosses the Murray River at Tocumwal to join the Newell Highway in New South Wales.
Freeway Upgrade
The Goulburn Valley Highway is defined as a Road of National Importance (RONI) which means the Australian Government fully funds improvements to it. It is progressively being upgraded to freeway standard with the goal to ultimately bypass all towns between the Hume Freeway and north of Shepparton.
Timeline of upgrade
- 2001 - Hume Freeway to Nagambie. 16 km opened in April 2001, at a cost of $A53m. The opening ceremony was held in a new south-bound rest area and was attended by representatives of the local Taungurung Aboriginal People, who referred to the significance of the relocated ‘scarred tree’, which had been relocated as part of the project.[3]
- 2003 - Murchison East deviation. 18 km opened to traffic on 18 February 2003, almost eleven months early, at a cost of $A88.9m.[4]
- 2008 – 10 km Arcadia section duplication, from north of the Murchison-Violet Town Road interchange to Gribben Road, south of Shepparton. Opened in June 2008, at a cost of A$40.5m.[5]
- 2013 - Nagambie bypass. 17 km bypass opened at the end of April, 2013.[6]
Major Intersections and Towns
NSW/Vic Border - Arcadia
| LGA | Location | km[7] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| New South Wales – Victoria state border | 270 | 170 | New South Wales – Victoria state border | ||
| Moira | Koonoomoo | Continues as  Newell Highway (A39) | |||
| 259 | 161 |  Cobram-Koonoomoo Road (C367) – Cobram, Yarrawonga | |||
| Yarroweyah | 255 | 158 |  Murray Valley Highway (B400) – Benalla, Cobram, Yarrawonga | Duplex with B400 Murray Valley Highway through Strathmerton | |
| Strathmerton | 241 | 150 | Murray Valley Highway (B400) – Nathalia, Echuca, Kerang, Swan Hill | ||
| Numurkah | 223 | 139 |  Katamite-Nathalia Road (C361) – Nathalia | Concurrent with C361 through Numurkah | |
| 221 | 137 | Katamatite-Nathalia Road (C361) – Katamatite | |||
| Greater Shepparton | Congupna | 198.5 | 123.3 |  Katamatite-Shepparton Road (C363) – Katamatite | |
| 198.4 | 123.3 |  Grahamvale Road (C391) – Euroa, Melbourne via town bypass | |||
| Shepparton North | 194 | 121 |  Barmah-Shepparton Road (C358) – Nathalia, Barmah | ||
| Shepparton | 191 | 119 |  Dookie-Shepparton Road (C364) – Dookie | ||
| 189 | 117 |  Midland Highway (A300) – Kyabram, Elmore, Bendigo, Benalla | |||
| Kialla | 182 | 113 | River Road (C391) – Euroa, Benalla, Tocumwal | ||
| Arcadia | 173 | 107 | Continues as Goulburn Valley Freeway | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Hume Freeway (Seymour) - Eildon
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Mitchell | Seymour | 0 | 0.0 | Hume Freeway (M31) – Melbourne, Wodonga, Sydney | B340 Continues as  Goulburn Valley Freeway (M39) to Shepparton |
| 5 | 3.1 |  Seymour-Tooborac Road (C384) – Puckapunyal, Tooborac, Melbourne | |||
| Whiteheads Creek | 15 | 9.3 | Goulburn River | ||
| 16 | 9.9 |  Upper Goulburn Road (C383) – Tallarook, Melbourne | |||
| Murrindindi | Kerrisdale | 25 | 16 | King Parrot Creek | |
| Yea | 43 | 27 |  Whittlesea-Yea Road (C725) – Flowerdale, Whittlesea | ||
| 44 | 27 |  Melba Highway (B300) – Yarra Glen, Lilydale | B300 duplexes with B340 | ||
| 45 | 28 | Yea River | |||
| Molesworth | 57 | 35 | Goulburn River | ||
| Cathkin | 62 | 39 | Maroondah Link Highway (B300) – Bonnie Doon, Mansfield, Benalla | Goulburn Highway continues as B340 only | |
| Koriella | 68 | 42 |  Maroondah Highway (C516) – Bonnie Doon, Mansfield, Benalla | ||
| Alexandra | 75 | 47 |  Maroondah Highway (B360) – Marysville, Healesville, Lilydale, Melbourne | ||
| Thornton | 84 | 52 | Goulburn River | ||
| 87 | 54 |  Taggerty-Thornton Road (C515) – Taggerty, Melbourne | |||
| Eildon | 100 | 62 | Goulburn River | ||
| Continues as Eildon Road | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ↑ State Route 168, Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website. Retrieved on 1 July 2008.
- ↑ Goulburn Valley Highway, VicRoads Site. Retrieved on 1 July 2008.
- ↑ VicRoads. VicRoads Annual Report 2000-01, Kew, Victoria: VicRoads, 2001, p. 31
- ↑ VicRoads. VicRoads Annual Report 2002-03, Kew, Victoria: VicRoads, 2003, p. 14
- ↑ VicRoads. VicRoads Annual Report 2007-08, Kew, Victoria: VicRoads, 2008, p. 35
- ↑ VicRoads. Annual Report 2012-13, Kew, Victoria: VicRoads, 2013, p. 20
- ↑ Distance from Melbourne
