Kiewa Valley Highway

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Kiewa Valley Highway

General information
TypeHighway
Length79.2 km (49 mi)[1]
Route number(s) C531 (1998-present)
Former
route number
State Route 191 (1986-1998)[2]
Major junctions
North end Murray Valley Highway
Wodonga, Victoria
 
  • Kiewa East Road
  • Running Creek Road
South end Bogong High Plains Road
Mount Beauty, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlementsDederang, Tawonga, Mount Beauty
Highway system

The Kiewa Valley Highway is a minor highway of 80 kilometres (50 mi) which traverses the Kiewa Valley near the alpine regions of Victoria, Australia. In the 1950s the road was sealed and realigned to Mount Beauty to permit the transport of materials for the construction of the Kiewa Hydroelectric Scheme. From Mount Beauty the road continues as the Bogong High Plains Road, a winding and twisty route via the alpine resort of Falls Creek, which terminates at its junction with the Omeo Highway at Shannonvale south of Glen Valley.

History[]

The passing of the Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924[3] through the Parliament of Victoria provided for the declaration of State Highways, roads two-thirds financed by the State government through the Country Roads Board (later VicRoads). The Kiewa Valley Highway was declared a State Highway in the 1959/60 financial year,[4] from Bandiana via Kiewa and Dederang to Mount Beauty (for a total of 49 miles); before this declaration, this road was referred to as the Kiewa Valley Road.[4]

The Kiewa Valley Highway was signed as State Route 191 between Bandiana and Mount Beauty in 1986; with Victoria's conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in the late 1990s, this was replaced by route C531.

Major intersections[]

LGALocationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
WodongaBandiana0.00.0 Murray Valley Highway (B400) – Wodonga, Albury, Tallangatta, CorryongNorthern terminus of highway and route C531
Baranduda4.32.7 Yackandandah–Wodonga Road (C527) – Yackandandah, Myrtleford
Wodonga–Indigo boundaryStaghorn Flat – Kiewa boundary11.47.1 Allans Flat Road (C533) – Allans Flat, YackandandahConcurrency with route C533
IndigoKiewa14.48.9 Kiewa East Road (C533) – Omeo, Tangambalanga
AlpineDederang41.425.7 Dederang Road (C528) – Yackandandah
Running Creek53.133.0 Running Creek Road (C534) – Myrtleford, Wangaratta
Tawonga – Tawonga South boundary75.647.0 Tawonga Gap Road (C536) – Bright, Mount Buffalo
Mount Beauty79.249.2 Bogong High Plains Road (C531 southeast) – Falls Creek, Omeo
Lakeside Avenue (northeast) – Mount Beauty
Roundabout
Southern terminus of highway; route C531 continues south along Bogong High Plains Road

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Google (19 September 2015). "Kiewa Valley Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. ^ State Route Numbering System - The former route numbering in rural Victoria, Main Roads Victoria. Retrieved on 14 September 2013.[self-published source]
  3. ^ State of Victoria, An Act to make further provision with respect to Highways and Country Roads Motor Cars and Traction Engines and for other purposes 30 December 1924
  4. ^ a b "Country Roads Board Victoria. Forty-Seventh Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1960". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 21 November 1960. pp. 7–8.


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