Midland Highway (Victoria)

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Midland Highway

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Southwest end
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Northeast end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length450 km (280 mi) [1]
Gazetted December 1913 (as Main Road) [2]
1933 (as State Highway) [3]
Route number(s)
  • AUS Alphanumeric Route A300.svg A300 (1998–present)
    (Geelong–Benalla)
  • AUS Alphanumeric Route B300.svg B300 (1998–present)
    (Benalla–Barjarg)
  • AUS Alphanumeric Route C518.svg C518 (1998–present)
    (Barjarg–Mansfield)
Former
route number
  • Australian state route 149.svg State Route 149 (1986–1998)
    (Geelong–Benalla)
  • Australian state route 153.svg State Route 153 (1986–1998)
    (Benalla–Barjang)
  • Australian state route 153.svg State Route 153 (1986–1998)
    (Midland Link Highway: Barjarg-Maindample)
  • Australian state route ALT153.svg Alternative State Route 153 (1986–1998)
    (Barjarg–Mansfield)
  • Australian state route 190.svg State Route 190 (1986–1998)
    (Morwell–Port Welshpool)
Major junctions
Southwest endAUS Alphanumeric Route A10.svgAustralian Tourist Drive 21.svg Princes Highway
Geelong, Victoria
 
Northeast endAUS Alphanumeric Route B320.svg Maroondah Highway
Mansfield, Victoria
Location(s)
Region Barwon South West, Grampians, Loddon Mallee, Hume [4]
Major settlements Ballarat, Daylesford, Castlemaine, Bendigo, Elmore, Shepparton, Benalla
Highway system

Midland Highway is a major rural highway linking major towns in Victoria, beginning from Geelong and winding through country Victoria in a large arc through the cities of Ballarat, Bendigo and Shepparton, eventually reaching Mansfield [5] at the foothills of the Victorian Alps.

Contents

Midland Link Highway links Barjarg (on Midland Highway) and Maindample (on Maroondah Highway), [6] bypassing Mansfield and reducing the journey from Benalla to Alexandra by 19 kilometres (12 mi).

Route

Midland Highway commences at the intersection of Melbourne Road at Geelong, and heads in a north-westerly direction as a four lane, dual-carriageway road through the western suburbs of Geelong until it reaches the interchange with Geelong Ring Road, where it narrows to a two-lane, single carriageway rural highway, continues north-east through Meredith and turning north to the southern suburbs of Ballarat, where it widens again to a four-lane, dual-carriageway road through central Ballarat, until a short distance south of the interchange with Western Freeway where the road narrows again to a two-lane, single carriageway. It continues in a north-eastly direction through Daylesford and Castlemaine, where it meets Calder Freeway just outside Harvourt and runs concurrent with it as a four-lane, dual-carriageway road until it reaches central Bendigo, when it narrows to a four-lane, single carriageway road and splits off to run north-east through Bendigo's suburbs of Epsom and Huntly, where it narrows back to a two-lane rural highway. It meets Northern Highway at Elmore, and continues in an easterly direction where it meets Goulburn Valley Highway in central Shepparton, before heading in a south-easterly direction to Benalla. It meets Hume Freeway at an interchange just south of the town, before continuing in a southerly direction. Midland Link Highway splits off at Barjang, where the highway continues in a south-easterly direction to eventually terminate at a roundabout in the town centre with Maroondah Highway in Mansfield.

History

The passing of the Country Roads Act of 1912 [7] 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. Boolarra-Welshpool Road from Boolarra via Wonyip to Welshpool, and Jeeralang West Road from Morwell via Yinnar to Boolarra, were declared Main Roads on 1 December 1913; [2] Geelong-Ballarat Road was declared a Main Road from Geelong to Lethbridge on 16 March 1914, [8] and from Lethbridge through Meredith to Ballarat on 21 June 1915; [9] Shepparton-(Mooroopna-)Tatura Road between Shepparton through Mooroopna to Tatura and Shepparton-(Nalinga-)Benalla Road between Shepparton through Nalinga to Benalla were declared Main Roads on 17 March 1915; [10] Castlemaine-(Creswick-)Ballarat Road between Ballarat and Creswick (and continuing north to Newstead), and Daylesford-Ballarat Road between Daylesford and Newlyn] (and continuing south to Ballarat East, were declared Main Roads on 20 September 1915; [11] and Castlemaine-Daylesford Road was declared a Main Road, between Castlemaine and Guildford on 28 June 1915, [12] and between Guildford and Daylesford on 20 September 1915. [11]

The passing of the Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924 [13] provided for the declaration of State Highways, roads two-thirds financed by the State government through the Country Roads Board. Midland Highway was declared a State Highway in 1933, [3] cobbled together from roads between Geelong and Ballarat, between Shepparton and Benalla, and between Benalla to the turn-off road to Maindample in Barjang (for a total of 114 miles), subsuming the original declarations of Geelong-Ballarat Road and Shepparton-Benalla Road as Main Roads. In the 1947/48 financial year, another section from Shepparton via Stanhope to Elmore was added, [14] subsuming the original declaration of Shepparton-Tatura Road and also along the former Shepparton–Elmore Road; [15] with the realignment of Northern Highway south of Elmore running to Kilmore instead of to Bendigo declared at the same time, [14] the previous alignment of Northern Highway between Elmore and Bendigo was also added to Midland Highway. In the 1959/60 financial year, the last section from Ballarat via Creswick and Daylesford to Castlemaine was added, [16] subsuming the original declaration of Castlemaine-Daylesford Road, Castlemaine-Creswick-Ballarat Road (between Creswick and Ballarat) and Daylesford-Ballarat (between Daylesford and Newlyn) as Main Roads, and along the former Creswick–Daylesford Road. [16] With the deviation of Calder Highway past Castlemaine declared at the same time, [16] the previous alignment of Calder Highway between Castlemaine and Harcourt was also added to Midland Highway. With the highway running concurrent with Calder Highway between Harcourt and Bendigo, Midland Highway had finally achieved its present-day alignment at this stage. Midland Link Highway was later declared on 9 May 1983 along the former Maindample–Benalla Road, [17] [18] to act as a western bypass of Mansfield.

Midland Highway also had a separate, southern section through South Gippsland, declared in 1939, from Morwell through Boolarra to Welshpool (with the intention to be linked up in the future with the existing highway at Mansfield), [15] subsuming the original declarations of Boolarra-Welshpool Road and Jeeralang West Road as Main Roads; it appears to have been extended to Port Welshpool by 1972, [19] and a 9.6 km portion of highway through Yinnar was declared Midland Freeway in 1975, [20] despite being only a single-carriageway road. The highway was re-routed with a 20 km deviation from south of Yinnar via Churchill to Princes Highway in eastern Morwell in 1976; [21] the former alignment is now known as Yinnar Road and Brodribb Road (the latter signed route C468 in 1998). This section, eventually 88km long, [22] was eventually stripped of both freeway and State Highway status: from south of Grand Ridge Road to Port Welshpool in August 1990, [23] and from north of Grand Ridge Road to Morwell in September 1990 [24] – replaced as a north–south route through South Gippsland by the recently-declared Strzelecki and Hyland Highways – and renamed into its current constituent parts (Monash Way, Budgeree Road, Woorarra Road and Port Welshpool Road), with the section between Wonyip and Albert River Road incorporated back into the Grand Ridge Road. [23] [24]

The alignment of the highway through southern Ballarat was altered in May 1990: previously running north through Buninyong along Warrenheip Street, Geelong Road, Main Road and along Western Highway to meet its northern half at Doveton Street North, it was re-aligned to its current route running west through Buninyong along Buninyong-Sebastopol Road via Sebastopol and then along Skipton Street and Doveton Street South (the former alignment of Glenelg Highway, truncated back to Sebastopol at the same time) to meet its northern half directly at Sturt Street; the former alignment is now known as Ballarat-Buninyong Road (signed route C294 in 1998). [25]

Midland Highway was signed as State Route 149 between Geelong and Benalla, [26] State Route 153 between Benalla and Barjang, Alternative State Route 153 between Barjang and Mansfield, and State Route 190 between Morwell and Port Welshpool in 1986; with Victoria's conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in the late 1990s, this was replaced by route A300 between Geelong and Benalla, route B300 between Benalla and Barjang, and route C518 between Barjang and Mansfield; despite highway status being removed between Morwell and Port Welshpool, the former highway alignment continued to be signed as State Route 190 until the change-over to the new alphanumeric system, when all traces of the former route were removed. Midland Link Highway was signed State Route 153 between Barjang and Maindample in 1986, and was later replaced by route B300.

The passing of the Road Management Act 2004 [27] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared Midland Link Highway (Arterial #6030) from Midland Highway in Barjang to Maroondah Highway in Maindample, [6] and in 2004 re-declared Midland Highway (Arterial #6590) to begin at Corio-Waurn Ponds Road (Princes Highway) in Geelong and end at Maroondah Highway in Mansfield. [5]

Major intersections and towns

LGALocation [1] [5] km [1] miDestinationsNotes
Greater Geelong GeelongGeelong West boundary0.00.0AUS Alphanumeric Route A10.svgAustralian Tourist Drive 21.svgWestern Australia MR-SM-11.svg Melbourne Road (A10/Tourist Drive 21 north)  Corio, Melbourne, Avalon Airport
AUS Alphanumeric Route A10.svgAustralian Tourist Drive 21.svg Kerra Street (A10/Tourist Drive 21 south) – City Centre, Colac
Southwestern terminus of highway and route A300
Geelong WestGeelong North boundary0.30.19 Geelong railway line
Geelong NorthHamlyn Heights boundary1.50.93AUS Alphanumeric Route C136.svg Shannon Avenue (C136 south)  Belmont, Ceres
AUS Alphanumeric Route C136.svg Thompsons Road (C136 north)  Norlane
Southbound left turn via Lily Avenue
Hamlyn HeightsBell ParkBell Post Hill tripoint 3.01.9AUS Alphanumeric Route C118.svg Anakie Road (C118)  Corio, Fyansford
Bell Post HillBatesford boundary4.52.8AUS Alphanumeric Route M1.svgWestern Australia MR-SM-11.svg Geelong Ring Road (M1)  Melbourne, Colac, Avalon Airport
Batesford 6.13.8AUS Alphanumeric Route C141.svg Geelong–Ballan Road (C141)  Anakie, Ballan, Daylesford
Moorabool River 8.75.4 Batesford Bridge
Golden Plains Gheringhap 12.27.6AUS Alphanumeric Route C111.svg Fyansford–Gheringhap Road (C111)  Ceres, Mount Moriac
13.18.1 Western SG and Geelong–Ballarat railway lines
Bannockburn 17.110.6AUS Alphanumeric Route C143.svg Shelford–Bannockburn Road (C143)  Shelford
Meredith 43.126.8Meredith–Steiglitz Road  Steiglitz
Moorabool Elaine 52.832.8 Geelong–Ballarat railway line
Ballarat Buninyong 73.245.5AUS Alphanumeric Route C294.svg Ballarat–Buninyong Road  Mount Clear, Ballarat East
MagpieSebastopol 79.049.1AUS Alphanumeric Route C146.svg Colac–Ballarat Road  Rokewood, Cressy, Colac
Sebastopol 83.251.7AUS Alphanumeric Route B160.svg Glenelg Highway (B160 west)  Skipton, Hamilton, Mount Gambier
Sayle Street (east) Sebastopol
Redan 84.452.4AUS Alphanumeric Route C305.svg Drummond Street South  Ballarat, Lake Wendouree No right turn from Midland Highway southbound
84.752.6AUS Alphanumeric Route C296.svg Ballarat–Carngham Road  Newington, Carngham
Ballarat 86.353.6Sturt Street  Alfredton, Burrumbeet
86.553.7AUS Alphanumeric Route C805.svg Mair Street (C805)  Ballarat East, Warrenheip
87.754.5AUS Alphanumeric Route C305.svg Macarthur Street, to AUS Alphanumeric Route C305.svg Drummond Street North (C305)  Ballarat, Redan
88.254.8 Ararat railway line
Wendouree 88.555.0AUS Alphanumeric Route C287.svg Howitt Street (C287 west, no shield east)  Clunes, Talbot, Maryborough
WendoureeMount Rowan boundary91.156.6AUS Alphanumeric Route M8.svg Western Freeway (M8)  Melbourne, Horsham, Bordertown, Adelaide
BallaratHepburn boundary Sulky 97.160.3 Mildura railway line
Hepburn Creswick 103.664.4AUS Alphanumeric Route C291.svg Bungaree–Creswick Road (C291 south)  Bungaree, Wallace Concurrency with route C291
104.564.9AUS Alphanumeric Route C291.svg Clunes–Creswick Road (C291 north)  Clunes
Newlyn 113.070.2AUS Alphanumeric Route C292.svg Daylesford–Ballarat Road (C292 south)  Clarkes Hill, Ballarat East
Dean-Newlyn Road (east)  Dean
Daylesford 131.181.5AUS Alphanumeric Route C138.svg Hepburn Springs Road (C138 north)  Hepburn Springs
AUS Alphanumeric Route C141.svg Hepburn Springs Road (C141 south)  Ballan, Anakie, Geelong
132.382.2AUS Alphanumeric Route C317.svg Daylesford–Trentham Road (C317)  Trentham, Woodend
133.482.9AUS Alphanumeric Route C316.svg Daylesford–Malmsbury Road (C316)  Denver, Malmsbury
Dry Diggings139.586.7Back Hepburn Road  Hepburn Springs
Mount Franklin 143.789.3AUS Alphanumeric Route C285.svg Daylesford–Newstead Road  Newstead, Maldon
Mount Alexander Guildford 157.798.0 Moolort railway line
Castlemaine 165.2102.7 Victorian Goldfields Railway
165.3102.7AUS Alphanumeric Route B180.svg Pyrenees Highway (B180 west)  Newstead, Maryborough, Ararat Southern terminus of concurrency with route B180
167.2103.9 Bendigo railway line
167.5104.1AUS Alphanumeric Route B180.svg Forest Street (B180 east, no route west)  Elphinstone Northern terminus of concurrency with route B180
169.8105.5 Bendigo railway line
Barkers CreekHarcourt boundary175.3108.9AUS Alphanumeric Route M79.svg Calder Freeway (M79 south)  Melbourne
Victoria Road (east)  Harcourt
Southern terminus of concurrency with route M79
Greater Bendigo Ravenswood South–Harcourt North boundary181.0112.5Fogartys Gap Road (west)  Maldon
Harmony Way (east)  Harcourt, Elphinstone
At-grade intersection
Ravenswood 189.3117.6AUS Alphanumeric Route A790.svg Calder Alternative Highway (A790)  Marong, Mildura Northern terminus of concurrency with route M79
Southern terminus of concurrency with route A79
Kangaroo Flat 199.8124.1AUS Alphanumeric Route C277.svg Bendigo–Maryborough Road (C277)  Maryborough
Golden Square 201.8125.4AUS Alphanumeric Route C323.svgAUS Alphanumeric Route C353.svg Oak Street (C323 north/C353 south)  Long Gully, Eaglehawk, Quarry Hill, Strathdale
Bendigo 204.4127.0AUS Alphanumeric Route A79.svg Don Street (A79 north)  Marong
AUS Alphanumeric Route C331.svg Myrtle Street (C331 south)  Quarry Hill, Flora Hill
Northern terminus of concurrency with route A79
205.9127.9AUS Alphanumeric Route B280.svgAUS Alphanumeric Route C329.svg Chapel Street (B280 south/C329 north)  California Gully, Axedale, Heathcote
207.3128.8 Mildura railway line
White Hills 209.2130.0AUS Alphanumeric Route C333.svg Lyons Street (C333 west, no route east)  Long Gully
209.9130.4AUS Alphanumeric Route C343.svgWestern Australia MR-SM-11.svg Hamelin Street (C343 east, no route west)  Strathdale, Bendigo Airport
Huntly 219.8136.6AUS Alphanumeric Route C338.svg Bendigo–Tennyson Road (C338)  Drummartin, Mitiamo
Bagshot 224.4139.4 Echuca railway line
Goornong 239.5148.8AUS Alphanumeric Route C345.svg Bendigo–Murchison Road (C345)  Murchison, Violet Town
Elmore 251.1156.0AUS Alphanumeric Route B75.svg Northern Highway (B75 north)  Rochester, Echuca Western terminus of concurrency with route B75
Campaspe River 251.5156.3 Elmore Bridge
Campaspe Burnewang–Runnymede boundary252.7157.0AUS Alphanumeric Route B75.svg Northern Highway (B75 south)  Heathcote, Kilmore, Wallan Eastern terminus of concurrency with route B75
Corop 269.0167.1AUS Alphanumeric Route C347.svg Heathcote–Rochester Road (C347 north)  Rochester Concurrency with route C347
269.9167.7AUS Alphanumeric Route C347.svg Heathcote–Rochester Road (C347 south)  Heathcote
Stanhope 288.3179.1AUS Alphanumeric Route C348.svg Girgarre–Rushworth Road (C348)  Girgarre, Rushworth
Greater Shepparton Byrneside 305.8190.0AUS Alphanumeric Route C354.svg Kyabram–Byrneside Road (C354)  Lancaster
307.4191.0 Toolamba-Echuca railway line
Tatura 310.2192.7AUS Alphanumeric Route C357.svg Tatura–Undera Road (C357)  Undera, Tatura
Mooroopna 322.3200.3AUS Alphanumeric Route C355.svg Echuca–Mooroopna Road (C355 north)  Wyuna
AUS Alphanumeric Route C369.svg Mooroopna–Murchison Road (C369 south)  Murchison
Goulburn River 325.1202.0Daintons Bridge
Greater Shepparton Shepparton 325.7202.4AUS Alphanumeric Route A39.svg Goulburn Valley Highway (A39)  Tocumwal, Nagambie, Seymour
326.4202.8 Goulburn Valley railway line
328.7204.2AUS Alphanumeric Route C391.svg Doyles Road (C391)  Congupna, Kialla
Nalinga354.8220.5AUS Alphanumeric Route C365.svg Dookie–Nalinga Road (C365 north)  Dookie Concurrency with route C365
356.4221.5AUS Alphanumeric Route C365.svg Dookie–Violet Town Road (C365 south)  Violet Town
Benalla Benalla 376.4233.9AUS Alphanumeric Route C371.svg Benalla–Tocumwal Road (C371)  Katamatite, Tocumwal
385.8239.7 North East railway line
386.5240.2AUS Alphanumeric Route C313.svg Bridge Street East (C313)  Winton
391.6243.3AUS Alphanumeric Route M31.svg Hume Freeway (M31)  Melbourne, Wangaratta, Albury, Sydney Southern terminus of route A300
Northern terminus of route B300
Mansfield Barjang434.6270.0AUS Alphanumeric Route B300.svg Midland Link Highway (B300 southwest)  Maindample, Yarck Route B300 continues southwest along Midland Link Highway
Northern terminus of route C518
Mansfield 449.5279.3AUS Alphanumeric Route B320.svg High Street (B320 west)  Maindample, Yarck
AUS Alphanumeric Route C320.svg High Street (Mount Buller Road) (C320 east) – Mount Buller
Southern terminus of highway and route C518
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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