Surf Coast Highway

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Surfcoast Highway

Torquay Road

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North end
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South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length17.8 km (11 mi) [1]
Route number(s) AUS Alphanumeric Route B100.svg B100 (1996–present)
Former
route number
Australian state route 100.svg State Route 100 (1986–1996)
Tourist routesAustralian Tourist Drive 21.svg Tourist Drive 21
Major junctions
North endTorquay Road
Belmont, Geelong
 
South endAUS Alphanumeric Route B100.svgAustralian Tourist Drive 21.svg Great Ocean Road
Torquay, Victoria
Highway system

Surfcoast Highway (and its northern section within Geelong as Torquay Road, and its southern section as Surf Coast Highway) [2] is a semi-rural highway in Victoria, Australia, connecting the city of Geelong with the coastal town of Torquay. The highway runs through the Armstrong Creek Growth Area, which is the subject of extensive residential development; closer to Torquay, tourist attractions the Narana Creations indigenous centre, Surf Coast Plaza retail centre, and the Surfworld museum are located along the highway. [3] [4]

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Route

Torquay Road starts at the intersection with Settlement Road in Belmont and runs south as a four-lane, dual-carriageway road through the southern Geelong suburb of Grovedale and crossing the Warrnambool railway line, continuing south until it reaches the intersection of Lower Duneed Road in Mount Duneed. It changes name to Surf Coast Highway and continues south, eventually running through central Torquay, before ending at the bridge over Spring Creek, where the road continues west as the Great Ocean Road.

History

Construction to duplicate the Surfcoast Highway, 13.2km total between Grovedale and Torquay, commenced in November 1990, to aid higher traffic levels due to tourism and holidays and the growth of Torquay and neighbouring Jan Juc. Work was completed and opened in June 1993, for a total cost of $13.3 million. [5] A link between Surfcoast Highway and the Geelong Ring Road, named Baanip Boulevard, was completed in June 2015. [6]

Surfcoast Highway was signed as State Route 100 between Grovedale and Torquay in 1986; with Victoria's conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in the late 1990s, this was updated to route B100 in 1996. [7]

The passing of the Road Management Act 2004 [8] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared the road as Surfcoast Highway (Arterial #6190), beginning at Corio-Waurn Ponds Road (today Settlement Road) at Belmont and ending at Great Ocean Road in Torquay; [2] this declaration formally includes today's Torquay Road, but signposts along this section have kept its original name.

Major intersections

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Torquay Road  Belmont
AUS Alphanumeric Route A10.svgAustralian Tourist Drive 21.svg Settlement Road (A10 west, A10/Tourist Drive 21 east)  Colac, Geelong
AUS Alphanumeric Route C133.svg Pioneer Road (C133)  Highton
AUS Alphanumeric Route B130.svg Baanip Boulevard (B130)  Colac, Melbourne via AUS Alphanumeric Route M1.svg Geelong Ring Road (M1)
AUS Alphanumeric Route C122.svg Lower Duneed Road (C122 east)  Barwon Heads, Ocean Grove
Mount Duneed Road (west)  Mount Duneed
AUS Alphanumeric Route B100.svgAustralian Tourist Drive 21.svg Great Ocean Road (B100/Tourist Drive 21)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •        Route transition

See also

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References

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  2. 1 2 VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. p. 960. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  3. "More residents sell to make way for Armstrong Creek reserve". Geelong Advertiser. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
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  8. State Government of Victoria. "Road Management Act 2004" (PDF). Government of Victoria. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.