Loddon Valley Highway

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Loddon Valley Highway

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North end
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South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length124 km (77 mi) [1]
Gazetted September 1915 (as Main Road) [2]
1946 (as State Highway) [3]
Route number(s) AUS Alphanumeric Route B260.svg B260 (1998–present)
Former
route number
Australian state route 141.svg State Route 141 (1986–1998)
Major junctions
North endAUS Alphanumeric Route B400.svg Murray Valley Highway
Kerang, Victoria
 AUS Alphanumeric Route C267.svg Boort–Pyramid Road
South endAUS Alphanumeric Route A79.svg Calder Highway
Ironbark, Bendigo
Location(s)
Region Loddon Mallee [4]
Major settlements Durham Ox, Serpentine, Eaglehawk
Highway system

Loddon Valley Highway runs roughly north-west from Bendigo to Kerang. [5] It constitutes part of the direct route from Melbourne to the popular Murray River holiday areas around Swan Hill.

Contents

Route

Loddon Valley Highway commences at the intersection with Murray Valley Highway just south of the fringes of Kerang and heads in a southerly direction as a dual-lane single carriageway rural highway, running parallel to the Loddon River a short distance to the west of the road for much of its length. It continues south through Durham Ox until it reaches Serpentine, where it veers more to the south-east away from the river course, passing through the hills around Eaglehawk on the outskirts of Greater Bendigo, before it eventually terminates at the intersection with Calder Highway in Ironbark, in the north-western suburbs of Bendigo.

History

Within Victoria, the passing of the Country Roads Act of 1912 [6] through the Parliament of Victoria provided for the establishment of the Country Roads Board (later VicRoads) and their ability to declare Main Roads, taking responsibility for the management, construction and care of the state's major roads from local municipalities. Bendigo-Serpentine Road was declared a Main Road from Bendigo to Yarraberb on 20 September 1915, [2] and Loddon Valley Road from Kerang through Durham Ox to Serpentine was declared a Main Road in the 1937/38 financial year. [7]

The passing of the Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924 [8] provided for the declaration of State Highways, roads two-thirds financed by the State government through the Country Roads Board. Loddon Valley Highway was declared a State Highway in 1946, [3] from Kerang via Serpentine to Bendigo, subsuming the original declarations of Loddon Valley Road and Bendigo-Serpentine Road as Main Roads.

Loddon Valley Highway was signed as State Route 141 between Kerang and Bendigo in 1986; with Victoria's conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in the late 1990s, this was replaced by route B260.

The passing of the Road Management Act 2004 [9] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared the road as Loddon Valley Highway (Arterial #6630), beginning at Murray Valley Highway at Kerang and ending at Calder Highway in Ironbark, Bendigo. [5]

Major intersections

LGALocation [1] [5] km [1] miDestinationsNotes
Gannawarra Kerang 0.00.0AUS Alphanumeric Route B400.svg Murray Valley Highway (B400)  Kerang, Swan Hill, Cohuna, Echuca Northern terminus of highway and route B260
Loddon Durham Ox 40.625.2AUS Alphanumeric Route C267.svg Boort–Pyramid Road (C267 east)  Pyramid Hill, Cohuna Concurrency with route C267
42.326.3AUS Alphanumeric Route C267.svg Boort–Pyramid Road (C267 west)  Boort, Wycheproof
Jarklin 52.532.6AUS Alphanumeric Route C334.svg Boort–Mitiamo Road (C334)  Mitiamo, Echuca
Serpentine 75.246.7AUS Alphanumeric Route C274.svg Bridgewater–Serpentine Road (C274)  Bridgewater On Loddon, Dunolly
Greater Bendigo Woodvale 115.571.8 Swan Hill railway line
Eaglehawk 119.174.0AUS Alphanumeric Route C336.svg Sailors Gully Road (Bendigo–Pyramid Road) (C336)  Pyramid Hill
California Gully 120.274.7 Swan Hill railway line
120.374.8AUS Alphanumeric Route C329.svg Sandhurst Road (C329)  Bendigo, Heathcote Traffic light intersection
Long Gully 122.075.8AUS Alphanumeric Route C333.svg Holdsworth Road (C333)  White Hills
122.776.2AUS Alphanumeric Route C323.svg Creeth Street (Golden Square–Long Gully Road) (C323)  West Bendigo, Golden Square Traffic light intersection
Ironbark 123.876.9AUS Alphanumeric Route A79.svg Calder Highway (A79)  Marong, Mildura, Bendigo, Melbourne Southern terminus of highway and route B260 at traffic light intersection

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 16 August 1915. p. 3123. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Country Roads Board Victoria. Thirty-Third Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1946". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 3 December 1946. p. 5.
  4. "Victoria's Regions". Regional Development Victoria. Victoria State Government. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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  6. An Act relating to Country Roads State of Victoria, 23 December 1912
  7. "Country Roads Board Victoria. Twenty-Fifth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1938". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 24 November 1938. p. 14.
  8. An Act to make further provision with respect to Highways and Country Roads Motor Cars and Traction Engines and for other purposes State of Victoria, 30 December 1924
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