List of road routes in Victoria (numeric)

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Road routes in Victoria assist drivers navigating roads throughout the state, as roads may change names several times between destinations, or have a second local name in addition to a primary name. Victoria currently uses two route numbering schemes: the older, numerical shield-based system (which this article focuses on); and a newer, alphanumeric system, slowly replacing the older system.

Victoria implemented the federally-issued National Routes system between 1954 and 1955, using white-and-black shields highlighting interstate links between major regional centres; some of these routes were later upgraded into National Highways using green-and-gold shields when the National Roads Act was passed in 1974.

The original route numbering scheme, now known as the Metropolitan Route Numbering Scheme, allocated blue-and-white shields across Melbourne as metropolitan routes, numbered to fit around existing National Routes;^[1] this system received a major refurbishment in the late 1980s,^[2] with the creation of Tourist Routes as a result. Freeway Routes were spun off from this system between 1970 and 1987, and it was extended into a system covering rural Victoria as the State Route Numbering Scheme in 1985.^[3]

The Statewide Route Numbering Scheme, introduced in late 1996,^[4] has effectively replaced the previous scheme across regional Victoria, and is progressively replacing routes across Melbourne. It consists of alphanumeric routes, a one-to-three digit number prefixed with a letter (M, A, B, or C) that denotes the grade and importance of the road,^[5] and is now the state's default road route numbering system.

Some routes, in part or in their entirety, may have been made obsolete by the alphanumeric designation: these replacement routes are noted but not listed in full here. Some also may follow older alignments or routes later changed even after the new system was introduced, and are included here for the sake of completion. Roads are described in either a west–east or north–south alignment.

For a list of major highways and freeways in Melbourne, see List of highways in Melbourne and List of freeways in Victoria.

National Routes[]

National Routes were the first type of route numbering to be attempted in Australia on a large scale, signed with a white shield and black writing (similar in shape to the shield that appears on the Australian coat of arms), with Victoria receiving routes in 1954. They highlighted the interstate links connecting major population, industrial and principal regions of Victoria to the rest of the Australia, in a way that was readily identifiable to interstate travellers. The system was prepared by COSRA (Conference of State Road Authorities), held between 1953 and 1954: once each state road authority agreed to the scheme, it was rolled out federally.

In 1954, the Hume Highway was trialled as National Route 31, chosen due to its prominence as a transport corridor connecting Australia's largest cities (Melbourne and Sydney). Soon after, other National Routes across the state were allocated. Selected routes were later upgraded into National Highways when the National Roads Act was passed in 1974.

Victoria's National Routes were eventually replaced with the Statewide Route Numbering Scheme, introduced in stages across the state beginning in late 1996: each route was converted to an alphanumeric route number, rendering the black-and-white shield redundant. Most National Routes in rural Victoria kept their number during the conversion; an exception was National Route 16, which became B400. Most routes were replaced in 1997 - unless otherwise stated in the table below - with the last of Victoria's routes, National Route 79, finally eliminated in 2013 (although a vestige of Alternative National Route 1 still exists through southeastern Melbourne).

Route	Component roads	From	Via	To	Length	Notes
National Route 1	Princes Highway (west)	VIC/SA border	Portland Warrnambool Colac Geelong Werribee Laverton South Melbourne Chadstone Dandenong Pakenham Warragul Morwell Sale Bairnsdale	VIC/NSW border	955 km (593 mi)	Replaced by (later by between Waurn Ponds and Corio when Geelong Ring Road opened in 2009)
	Princes Freeway (west) West Gate Freeway					- re-aligned through southeastern Melbourne from Kings Way, St Kilda Road, and Wellington Street to Queens Road/Queens Way when St Kilda Junction reconstruction was completed in 1969 - re-aligned through western Melbourne from Geelong and Ballarat Roads, Smithfield and Racecourse Roads, Flemington Road, Harker and Curzon Streets, King Street (replaced by ) to West Gate Freeway, Roger and Lorimer and Claredon Streets when the West Gate Bridge opened in 1978 - re-aligned through South Melbourne from Rogers and Lorimer and Claredon Streets, Market/York Streets to West Gate Freeway when its extension opened in 1988 - re-aligned through southeastern Melbourne from Kings Way, Queens Road/Queens Way, and Princes Highway (replaced by ) to Sturt/Power Streets, City Road, Alexandra Avenue, Swan Street, Batman Avenue, and South Eastern Arterial when the South Eastern Arterial link opened in 1988 - replaced by
	CityLink					- re-aligned through Southbank from Sturt/Power Streets, City Road, Alexandra Avenue, Swan Street and Batman Avenue to current alignment when CityLink tunnels opened in 1999 - replaced by
	South Eastern Freeway					Replaced by , renamed Monash Freeway in 1999
	Princes Freeway (east)					Replaced by
	Princes Highway (east)					Replaced by
Alternate National Route 1	Woolsthorpe-Heywood Road Ettrick-Tyrendarra Road	Heywood	Homerton	Tydrendarra	22 km (14 mi)	Portland bypass route, replaced by: from Heywood to Homerton; from Heywood to Tydrendarra
	Geelong Road Ballarat Road Smithfield Road Racecourse Road Flemington Road Harker Street Curzon Street King Street	Brooklyn	Footscray Flemington Parkville Melbourne	Southbank	17 km (11 mi)	- replaced when the West Gate bridge opened in 1978 - replaced by along Geelong and Ballarat Roads, Smithfield and Racecourse Roads; along Flemington Road, Harker and Curzon and King Streets when West Gate Freeway extension opened in 1988
	Kings Way Queens Road/Queens Way  Dandenong Road Lonsdale Street Princes Highway	Southbank	St. Kilda Caulfield Oakleigh Mulgrave Dandenong	Berwick	50 km (31 mi)	- replaced when South Eastern Arterial opened in 1988 along current alignment to Eumemmering - eastern end extended along Princes Highway from Eumemmering to Berwick (replacing ) when Hallam bypass opened in 2003
National Route 8	Western Highway Western Freeway Ballarat Road Smithfield Road Racecourse Road Flemington Road	VIC/SA border	Horsham Ararat Ballarat Bacchus Marsh Melton Deer Park Footscray Flemington	Parkville	440 km (273 mi)	Progressively reallocated along Western Freeway sections as they opened, replaced by in 1974
National Route 12	Mallee Highway	VIC/SA border	Ouyen Manangatang Piangil	VIC/NSW border	233 km (145 mi)	- eastern end of route extended from Ouyen to Piangil in 1990 - replaced by
National Route 16	Murray Valley Highway	VIC/NSW border	Robinvale Swan Hill Kerang Echuca Yarrawonga Wodonga Corryong	VIC/NSW border	663 km (412 mi)	- western end of route re-aligned from Hattah-Robinvale Road terminating in Hattah, to current alignment in late 20th century - replaced by
National Route 20	Sturt Highway	VIC/SA border	Mildura	VIC/NSW border	117 km (73 mi)	Replaced by in 1992
National Route 23	Cann Valley Highway	Cann River		VIC/NSW border	48 km (30 mi)	Replaced by , renamed Monaro Highway in 1996
National Route 31	Hume Freeway Hume Highway Sydney Road Royal Parade	VIC/NSW border	Wodonga Wangaratta Benalla Seymour Craigieburn Coburg Brunswick	Parkville	301 km (187 mi)	Progressively reallocated along Hume Freeway sections as they opened, replaced by in 1974
National Route 39	Goulburn Valley Highway	Seymour	Nagambie Shepparton Strathmerton	VIC/NSW border	165 km (103 mi)	Replaced by in 1992
Alternative National Route 39	River Road Moores Road Doyles Road Grahamvale Road	Kialla West	Shepparton	Congupna	19 km (12 mi)	Shepparton bypass route, replaced by
National Route 75	Northern Highway	Wallan	Kilmore Heathcote Elmore Echuca	VIC/NSW border	165 km (103 mi)	- southern end extended from Kilmore to Wallan (along former alignment) in 1976 when Kilmore bypass opened - replaced by
National Route 79	Calder Highway	VIC/NSW border	Mildura Ouyen Charlton Bendigo Kyneton Diggers Rest Keilor Essendon Parkville	Southbank	565 km (351 mi)	Replaced by
	Calder Freeway					Progressively reallocated along Calder Freeway sections as they opened, replaced by
	Tullamarine Freeway					- re-aligned between Niddrie and Flemington from Keilor and Mt. Alexander Roads (replaced by ) to current allocation when Tullamarine Freeway opened in 1970 - allocation removed in 2013, not replaced
	Flemington Road Harker Street Curzon Street King Street					- southern end of route extended from Parkville through the city to Southbank (along former alignment) when West Gate Freeway extension opened in 1988 - replaced by in 2013
Alternate National Route 79	Calder Alternative Highway	Marong	Lockwood	Ravenswood	20 km (12 mi)	Bendigo bypass route, replaced by
	Keilor Road Mt. Alexander Road	Niddrie	Essendon	Flemington	8 km (5 mi)	Replaced when Tullamarine Freeway opened in 1970, removed in 1989
Decommissioned or unsigned route

National Highways[]

With the passing of the National Roads Act in 1974, selected National Routes were further upgraded to the status of a National Highway: interstate roads linking Australia's capital cities and major regional centres that received federal funding, and were of higher importance than other National Routes. These new routes were symbolised by green shields with gold writing, and the word "National" along the top of the shield. Victoria's first two National Highways, the Western and Hume Highways, were declared in 1974^[6] and their shields converted in the following years; the Sturt and Goulburn Valley Highways were declared later in 1992.^[7]

Like National Routes, Victoria's National Highways were also replaced with the Statewide Route Numbering Scheme, introduced across the state beginning in late 1996: each route was converted to an alphanumeric route number, all keeping their number during the conversion, but also initially keeping the National green-and-gold shield design; this was eventually eliminated in 2014. While most routes were replaced in 1997, the tail-ends of some routes terminating in suburban Melbourne were kept for some years afterwards, until bypassed or reallocated with the opening of a related road project: these are stated in the table below. The last of Victoria's National Highways, the tail-end of National Highway 8, was finally eliminated in 2009.

Route	Component roads	From	Via	To	Length	Notes
National Highway 8	Western Highway	VIC/SA border	Horsham Ararat Beaufort Ballarat Melton Deer Park Footscray Flemington	Parkville	440 km (273 mi)	Replaced by in 1997, progressively being replaced by from 2013
	Western Freeway					Progressively reallocated along Western Freeway sections as they opened, replaced by in 1997, progressively being replaced by from 2013
	Western Highway					Replaced by in 1997 between Ravenhall and Ardeer, later by when Deer Park bypass opened in 2009, renamed to Ballarat Road
	Ballarat Road					Replaced by when Deer Park bypass opened in 2009
	Ballarat Road Smithfield Road Racecourse Road Flemington Road					Allocation removed when Deer Park bypass opened in 2009, not replaced
National Highway 20	Sturt Highway	VIC/SA border	Mildura	VIC/NSW border	117 km (73 mi)	Replaced by in 1997, progressively being replaced by from 2013
National Highway 31	Hume Freeway	VIC/NSW border	Wodonga Wangaratta Benalla Seymour Craigieburn Coburg Brunswick Parkville Docklands	South Melbourne	305 km (190 mi)	Progressively reallocated along Hume Freeway sections as they opened, replaced by in 1997, progressively being replaced by from 2013
	Hume Highway					Replaced by in 1997 between Craigieburn and Fawkner, later by when Craigieburn bypass opened in 2005, renamed Sydney Road
	Hume Highway Sydney Road Royal Parade Peel Street Dudley Street Wurundjeri Way Montague Street					- southern end extended from Parkville to South Melbourne along Peel and Dudley Streets, then along Footscray Road to Montague Street when West Gate Freeway extension opened in 1988 - re-aligned from Footscray Road to current alignment when Wurundjeri Way opened in 1999 - replaced by when Craigieburn bypass opened in 2005, Hume Highway renamed Sydney Road
National Highway 39	Goulburn Valley Freeway	Seymour	Nagambie Shepparton Strathmerton	VIC/NSW border	165 km (103 mi)	Progressively reallocated along Goulburn Valley Freeway sections as they opened, replaced by in 1997, later by in 2001, progressively being replaced by from 2013
	Goulburn Valley Highway					Replaced by in 1997, progressively being replaced by from 2013
Decommissioned or unsigned route

State Routes[]

Melbourne[]

Early in 1964, planning by the Traffic Commission (and consulting with 43 municipal councils and the Country Roads Board),^[1] the Metropolitan Route Numbering Scheme - a new route numbering system for the Greater Melbourne area - was unveiled in 1965; Victoria was the first mainland state to adopt this system. The route numbering scheme was symbolised by blue rounded shields with white writing: east–west routes were to be even-numbered, while north–south routes were to be odd-numbered; the numbers allotted to routes were to be complementary to the existing National Routes system;^[1] a year later, most of the urban municipalities were either cooperating in the project or had agreed to do so, with 18 having completed or substantially completed the erection of route markers.^[8] The scheme had a significant refurbishment during the late 1980s:^[2] between 1987 and 1990, many existing routes through Melbourne were modified and new routes were introduced (noted in the table below) to cover new growth areas of Melbourne, involving consultation with over 54 metropolitan municipalities as well as road user groups. A total of 76,000 signs were installed at 1,060 intersections and other locations at a cost of $530,000, with the last signs installed in April 1990.^[9]

The most recent change to the system was the introduction of the Statewide Route Numbering System into regional Victoria, beginning in late 1996. While many routes on the outer urban fringes of Melbourne were incorporated into the new alphanumeric system (some only introduced less than 10 years earlier), the majority of the system across suburban Melbourne still survives to the current day. While some metropolitan routes are still being allocated (like in 2016), the expectation is their eventual replacement in the near-future by the new alphanumeric system, with a small number of routes currently undergoing conversion.

Route	Component roads	From	Via	To	Length	Notes
State Route 2	Footscray Road Montague Street City Road Alexandra Avenue Grange Road, Burnley Loyola Grove / Madden Grove Yarra Boulevard (I) Church Street / High Street, Kew Stevenson Street Hodgson Street McEvoy Street Yarra Boulevard (II) Chandler Highway Heidelberg Road The Boulevard	Docklands	Southbank Burnley Kew Ivanhoe	Eaglemont	32 km (20 mi)	- Northern end extended along Montague Street and Footscray Road when Charles Grimes Bridge opened in 1978 - Decommissioned, replaced by Yarra Scenic Drive in 1989
State Route 3	St. Kilda Road Brighton Road Nepean Highway	Melbourne	St. Kilda Moorabbin Mordialloc Frankston	Mornington	51.7 km (32 mi)	- northern end along Swanston and Elizabeth Streets terminating in Parkville truncated to current alignment in 1989 - concurrencies with: along Nepean Highway through Mentone; along Nepean Highway through Brighton East
	Nepean Highway Point Nepean Road	Mornington	Dromana Rosebud Sorrento	Point Nepean	42.1 km (26 mi)	Replaced by from Mornington to Sorrento in 1999
State Route 4	Cranbourne-Frankston Road	Frankston	Langwarrin Skye	Cranbourne	17 km (11 mi)	- allocated in 1989 - eastern end along Pattersons Road terminating in Clyde replaced by , renamed to Berwick-Cranbourne Road
State Route 5	Dorset Road Burwood Highway Glenfern Road Lysterfield Road	Croydon	Boronia Ferntree Gully	Lysterfield	19 km (12 mi)	- allocated in 1989 - concurrency with along Burwood Highway through Ferntree Gully
State Route 6	McLeod Road Thompson(s) Road	Carrum	Patterson Lakes Cranbourne North Cranbourne East	Clyde North	19 km (12 mi)	Allocated in 1989
State Route 7	Croydon Road Wonga Road Warranwood Road Plymouth Road Yarra Road Kent Avenue Wicklow Avenue Bayswater Road Scoresby Road	Warrandyte South	Croydon Bayswater Scoresby	Knoxfield	18 km (11 mi)	Allocated in 1989
State Route 8	Ballarat Road	Caroline Springs	Deer Park Sunshine Maidstone	Footscray	21 km (13 mi)	Allocated when Deer Park bypass opened in 2009, replacing (from Ravenhall to Ardeer) and (from Ardeer to Footscray)
State Route 9	Kangaroo Ground-Wattle Glen Road Eltham-Yarra Glen Road Kangaroo Ground-Warrandyte Road Ringwood-Warrandyte Road Warrandyte Road Wantirna Road Boronia Road Stud Road Foster Street Lonsdale Street, Dandenong Frankston-Dandenong Road Dandenong Road West Fletcher Road	Wattle Glen	Kangaroo Ground Warrandyte Ringwood Wantirna Scoresby Rowville Dandenong Carrum Downs	Frankston	63 km (39 mi)	- southern end re-aligned through Frankston from Dandenong Road East and Beach Street to current alignment in 1991 when Beach Street rail crossing closed - concurrencies with: along Lonsdale Street through Dandenong; along Boronia Road through Wantirna; along Ringwood-Warrandyte Road through Warrandyte
State Route 10	Balcombe Road Nepean Highway Lower Dandenong Road Cheltenham Road Foster Street	Black Rock	Mentone Braeside Keysborough	Dandenong	18 km (11 mi)	Concurrency with along Nepean Highway through Mentone
State Route 11	Mornington Peninsula Freeway (I)	Chelsea Heights	Seaford Frankston Moorooduc Mount Martha Dromana	Rosebud	51 km (32 mi)	- northern end via Springvale Road terminating in Donvale truncated to current alignment (replaced by ) in 1989 - progressively re-aligned from Wells Road as sections of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway opened through the late 1970s - replaced by when Peninsula Link opened in 2013
	Frankston Freeway					- progressively re-aligned from Wells Road as sections of the Frankston Freeway (initially called Wells Road By-pass) opened through the early 1970s - replaced by when Peninsula Link opened in 2013
	Moorooduc Highway					- southern end extended along Moorooduc Highway and Mornington Peninsula Freeway from Frankston South to Rosebud (replacing ) in 1989 - replaced by: from Frankston to Frankston South; from Frankston South to Tuerong when Peninsula Link opened in 2013; unallocated from Tuerong to Mount Martha, renamed Old Moorooduc Road
	Mornington Peninsula Freeway (II)					- re-aligned from (Old) Moorooduc Road to Mornington Peninsula Freeway when eastern extension opened (from Mount Martha to Moorooduc) in 1994 - replaced by when Peninsula Link opened in 2013
State Route 12	Governor Road Hutton Road Greens Road South Gippsland Highway Pound Road Shrives Road Centre Road Fullard Road	Mordialloc	Keysborough Hampton Park	Narre Warren	19 km (12 mi)	Allocated in 1989
State Route 13	Andersons Creek Road Blackburn Road (I) Surrey Road Whitehorse Road Chapel Street, Blackburn Railway Road Blackburn Road (II)	Doncaster East	Blackburn Mount Waverley	Clayton	20 km (12 mi)	Northern end re-aligned through Doncaster East from Blackburn Road to current alignment in 1989
State Route 14	Dingley Bypass Kingston Road Heatherton Road Robinson Road	Brighton	Moorabbin Heatherton Springvale Endeavour Hills	Narre Warren North	35 km (22 mi)	- eastern end extended along Kingston and Heatherton Roads from Heatherton to Harkaway in 1989 - re-aligned through Heatherton from Warrigal and Heatherton Roads when Dingley Bypass opened in 2016 - concurrency with along Dingley Bypass through Clarinda
State Route 15	Warrigal Road	Surrey Hills	Burwood Oakleigh Moorabbin	Parkdale	19 km (12 mi)
State Route 16	Centre Road Police Road	Brighton East	Bentleigh Clayton Springvale	Mulgrave	17 km (11 mi)	Allocated in 1989
State Route 17	Burke Road Princes Highway Grange Road, Glenhuntly Jasper Road	Eaglemont	Camberwell Caulfield Bentleigh	Moorabbin	18 km (11 mi)	Concurrencies with: along Princes Highway through Caulfield; along Burke Road through Hawthorn East
State Route 18	North Road Wellington Road	Brighton	Ormond Huntingdale Wheelers Hill	Rowville	21 km (13 mi)	- eastern end extended along Wellington Road from Lysterfield to Clematis in 1989 - replaced along Wellington Road from Rowville to Clematis by
State Route 19	Glenferrie Road Hawthorn Road Nepean Highway Cummins Road Bluff Road	Kew	Malvern Caulfield Brighton East	Black Rock	19 km (12 mi)	Concurrency with along Nepean Highway through Brighton East
State Route 20	City Road Alexandra Avenue Swan Street Wallen Road Riversdale Road	South Melbourne	Richmond Burnley Camberwell	Box Hill South	16 km (10 mi)	- allocated in 1989 - western end along Montague Street and Footscray Road terminating in Docklands truncated to current alignment when Wurundjeri Way opened in 1999 - concurrency with along Swan Street and Wallen Road through Burnley
State Route 21	Broadway Boldrewood Parade Albert Street Station Street, Thornbury Darebin Road Grange Road, Alphington Chandler Highway Princess Street / Denmark Street Wallen Road / Swan Street Madden Grove / Loyola Grove Grange Road, Burnley	Reservoir	Thornbury Kew Burnley	Toorak	17 km (11 mi)	- northern end extended from Alphington to Reservoir in 1989 - concurrency with along Wallen Road and Swan Street through Burnley
State Route 22	Glen Eira Road Booran Road Neerim Road Murrumbeena Road Princes Highway Ferntree Gully Road Burwood Highway	Balaclava	Carnegie Wheelers Hill Scoresby	Upper Ferntree Gully	31 km (19 mi)	- western end extended along Neerim and Glen Eria Roads in 1989 - replaced along Mount Dandenong Tourist Road from Upper Ferntree Gully to Montrose by ; along Mount Dandenong Road from Montrose to Ringwood by - concurrencies with: along Princes Highway through Oakleigh; along Burwood Highway through Ferntree Gully
State Route 23	Wetherby Road Middleborough Road Stephensons Road Clayton Road Boundary Road, Braeside Wells Road	Doncaster East	Box Hill Burwood Clayton	Aspendale Gardens	26 km (16 mi)	Allocated in 1989
State Route 24	Lorne Street High Street (east–west) High Street Road	Windsor	Armadale Glen Iris Glen Waverley	Knoxfield	24 km (15 mi)	Western end extended along Lorne Street in 1989
State Route 25	Williams Road Hotham Street New Street, Brighton	Burnley	Prahran Brighton	Hampton	12 km (7 mi)
State Route 26	Kerferd Road Albert Road, Melbourne Kings Way Toorak Road Burwood Highway	Albert Park	Toorak Burwood East Wantirna South	Upper Ferntree Gully	34 km (21 mi)	- western end along Howe Parade, Beach Street and Beaconsfield Parade truncated to current alignment in 1989 - eastern end extended from Belgrave to Emerald along Belgrave-Gembrook Road in 1989 - replaced along Burwood Highway and Belgrave-Gembrook Road from Upper Ferntree Gully to Emerald by - concurrency with along Burwood Highway through Ferntree Gully
State Route 27	Plenty Road	Bundoora	Kingsbury	Preston	9.7 km (6 mi)	- northern end extended along Plenty Road from South Morang to Whittlesea in 1989 - northern end truncated back to South Morang, replaced by along Plenty Road from South Morang to Whittlesea in 1999 - northern end truncated further to Bundoora, replaced by along Plenty Road from Bundoora to Mernda in 2020
State Route 28	Mountain Highway	Vermont South	Bayswater The Basin	Sassafras	18 km (11 mi)
State Route 29	High Street (north-south) Hoddle Street Punt Road Barkly Street	Epping	Thomastown Preston Northcote East Melbourne Prahran	Elwood	28 km (17 mi)	Concurrency with along High Street through Epping
State Route 30	Bay Street Crockford Street City Road Montague Street Wurundjeri Way Flinders Street Wellington Parade Bridge Road Burwood Road Camberwell Road	Port Melbourne	South Melbourne Richmond	Camberwell	16 km (10 mi)	- re-aligned through central Melbourne from Flinders and Spencer Streets and Normanby Road to Flinders Street (extension), North Wharf Road, Johnson and Montague Streets and Normanby Road when Charles Grimes Bridge opened in 1978 - western end re-aligned from Johnson and Montague Streets, Normanby and Williamstown Roads, Yarra River crossing, Douglas Parade and Kororoit Creek Road terminating in Laverton North (replaced by ) to Johnson Street, Lorimer and Rogers Street (to meet the then-terminus of West Gate Freeway) in 1981 due to the closure of the Yarra River punt service in 1979 - western end truncated to terminate at North Wharf Road when West Gate Freeway extension to Montague Street opened in 1985 - western end extended to current alignment in 1989 - re-aligned through central Melbourne along Wurundjeri Way when it opened in 1999 - concurrency with along Bay Street through Port Melbourne
State Route 32	Boundary Road, Derrimutt Fairbairn Road Somerville Road Market Road Sunshine Road Buckley Street / Napier Street Footscray Road Dudley Street Peel Street Victoria Street (I) Victoria Parade Victoria Street (II) Barkers Road Burke Road Canterbury Road	Derrimut	Footscray North Melbourne Hawthorn Box Hill South Vermont	Montrose	53 km (33 mi)	- western end re-aligned from Somerville Road and Whitehall Street terminating in Yarraville (replaced by ) to current alignment in 1989 - re-aligned through central Melbourne previously along Adderley and LaTrobe Streets to current alignment in 1989 - replaced along Swansea Road and Anderson Street from Montrose to Lilydale by - concurrencies with: along Burke Road through Hawthorn East; along Dudley Street through central Melbourne
State Route 33	Graham Street Bay Street Beaconsfield Parade Jacka Boulevard Marine Parade Ormond Esplanade St. Kilda Street Esplanade Beach Road	Port Melbourne	St. Kilda Elwood Brighton Mordialloc	Mordialloc	29 km (18 mi)	- northern end re-aligned from Spencer and Claredon Streets, City Road, Crockford and Bay Streets terminating in West Melbourne to current alignment in 1989 - concurrency with along Bay Street through Port Melbourne
State Route 34	Swanston Street Elgin Street Johnston Street Studley Park Road Whitehorse Road Maroondah Highway	Carlton	Collingwood Kew Balwyn Box Hill Blackburn Ringwood	Lilydale	38.1 km (24 mi)	- eastern end extended along Maroondah Highway from Lilydale to Alexandra in 1986 - western end along Gatehouse Street and College Crescent truncated to current alignment in 1989 - eastern end truncated back to Lilydale, replaced by along Maroondah Highway from Lilydale to Alexandra in 1998
State Route 35	Somerton Road Pascoe Vale Road Ascot Vale Road Epsom Road Smithfield Road Moore Street / Hopkins Street Whitehall Street Francis Street / Hyde Street Douglas Parade Kororoit Creek Road	Somerton	Broadmeadows Ascot Vale Footscray Spotswood Williamstown	Laverton North	40 km (25 mi)	- southern end extended along Douglas Parade and Kororoit Creek Road from Spotswood to Laverton North (replacing ) in 1981 due to the closure of the Yarra River punt service in 1979 - northern end re-aligned from Barry Road terminating in Campbellfield to current alignment in 1989 - re-aligned through Footscray from Cowper and Bunbury and Hyde Streets to current alignment in 1989 - concurrencies with: along Kororoit Creek Road through Altona; along Whitehall Street through Footscray; along Somerton Road through Roxburgh Park; along Smithfield Road from Flemington to Footscray
State Route 36	Church Street High Street, Kew Doncaster Road Mitcham Road Boronia Road Forest Road	Hawthorn	Kew Doncaster Mitcham Wantirna	The Basin	33 km (21 mi)	Concurrencies with: along Boronia Road through Wantirna; along Doncaster Road from Doncaster to Donvale
State Route 37	Bulla Road Lincoln Road Waverley Street Raleigh Road Van Ness Avenue Gordon Street Williamstown Road Melbourne Road	Essendon North	Moonee Ponds Footscray Newport	Williamstown	16 km (10 mi)	- northern end extended from Essendon to Essendon North along Bulla Road (replacing ) when Tullamarine Freeway extension opened in 1970 - concurrency with along Raleigh Road through Maribyrnong
State Route 38	Durham Road Monash Street Cornwall Road Devonshire Road / Churchill Avenue Hampstead Road Raleigh Road / Maribyrnong Road Ormond Road Brunswick Road Holden Street St. Georges Road Merri Parade / Westgarth Street	Sunshine	Maidstone Maribyrnong Moonee Ponds Brunswick Northcote	Fairfield	19 km (12 mi)	- western end extended from Sunshine to Maidstone in 1989 - concurrencies with: along Raleigh Road through Maribyrnong; along Churchill Avenue and Hampstead Road through Maidstone; along St. Georges Road through Fitzroy North
State Route 39	Mickleham Road Melrose Drive / Sharps Road Keilor Park Drive Milleara Road / Military Road Canning Street / Cordite Avenue Hampstead Road Churchill Avenue Ashley Street Sredna Street (northbound) Dempster Street (southbound) Paramount Road Somerville Road McDonald Road Geelong Road Grieve Parade Kororoit Creek Road Maidstone Street	Greenvale	Keilor Park Maribyrnong Sunshine Altona North	Altona	37 km (23 mi)	- allocated in 1989 - replaced along Mickleham Road from Yuroke to Greenvale by - concurrencies with: along Kororoit Creek Road through Altona; along Churchill Avenue and Hampstead Road through Maidstone; along Geelong Road through Brooklyn; along Grieve Parade through Altona North
State Route 40	Bell Street Bell-Banksia Link Banksia Street Manningham Road Williamsons Road Doncaster Road Mitcham Road Springvale Road Edithvale Road Green Gully Road Taylors Road Station Road Mt Derrimut Road Boundary Road Fitzgerald Road	Pascoe Vale South	St. Albans Coburg Heidelberg Doncaster Springvale	Edithvale	52 km (32 mi)	- western end re-aligned from Lancefield and Bulla Roads, Woodland Street, Reynolds Parade to Bell Street terminating in Bulla to Tullamarine Bypass Road when it opened in 1968 - re-aligned through Pascoe Vale South from Lancefield and Bulla Roads, Woodland Street and Reynolds Parade to Tullamarine Freeway when it opened in 1970 - re-aligned through Airport West from Lancefield Road to Tullamarine Freeway when last stage converted in 1979 - western end re-aligned from Sunbury Road and Tullamarine Freeway terminating in Bulla (replaced by ) to Calder Freeway, Green Gully and Taylors and Station and Mt. Derrimut, Boundary and Fitzgerald Roads terminating in Laverton North in 1989 - eastern end re-aligned from Station Street and Huntingdale Road (replaced by ) to current alignment in 1989 - southern end extended from Doncaster to Edithvale (replacing from Donvale to Chelsea Heights) in 1989 - removed from Calder Freeway in 2020, route split into two sections - concurrencies with: along Doncaster Road from Doncaster to Donvale; along Williamsons Road through Doncaster
State Route 41	Sunshine Avenue McIntyre Road Anderson Road Wright Street Market Road Somerville Road McDonald Road Millers Road Queen Street, Altona Central Avenue	Keilor North	Taylors Lakes St. Albans Sunshine Brooklyn Altona	Altona Meadows	30 km (19 mi)	Northern end re-aligned from Green Gully Road, Arthur Street and St Albans Road terminating in Keilor to current alignment in 1989
State Route 42	Bulleen Road Thompsons Road, Bulleen Foote Street Williamsons Road Porter Street / Newmans Road Warrandyte Road Heidelberg-Warrandyte Road Ringwood-Warrandyte Road Jumping Creek Road	Balwyn North	Templestowe Warrandyte	Wonga Park	27 km (17 mi)	- re-aligned through Templestowe from Parker and Anderson Streets (replaced by ) to current alignment in 1989 - eastern end extended to Wonga Park via Jumping Creek Road in 1989 - concurrencies with: along Ringwood-Warrandyte Road through Warrandyte; along Williamsons Road through Templestowe; along Foote Street through Templestowe
State Route 43	Tullamarine Freeway	Melbourne Airport	Gladstone Park Essendon Fields Brunswick West Flemington	Port Melbourne	23 km (14 mi)	- allocated from Melbourne Airport to Essendon Airport (replacing ) in 1989 - southern end extended to Port Melbourne when CityLink (Western link) opened in 1999 - replaced by in 2018
	CityLink (Western link)					Allocated in 1999 when CityLink (Western link) opened, toll road, replaced by in 2018
State Route 44	Lower Heidelberg Road Rosanna Road Lower Plenty Road Main Road, Eltham Eltham-Yarra Glen Road	Ivanhoe	Heidelberg Eltham	Kangaroo Ground	22 km (14 mi)	Concurrency with along Lower Plenty Road through Rosanna
State Route 45	Spring Street St. Georges Road Brunswick Street	Reservoir	Preston Fitzroy	Collingwood	11 km (7 mi)	- allocated in 1989 - concurrency with along St. Georges Road through Fitzroy North
State Route 46	Main Hurstbridge Road Chute Street Main Street, Diamond Creek Diamond Creek Road Greensborough Bypass Greensborough Road Lower Plenty Road Upper Heidelberg Road Heidelberg Road Queens Parade George Street (southbound) Alexandra Parade Princes Street, Carlton North Rathdowne Street	Hurstbridge	Diamond Creek Greensborough Heidelberg Westgarth	East Melbourne	28 km (17 mi)	- southern end along Exhibition Street to central Melbourne truncated to current alignment in 1989 - re-aligned through Greensborough from Grimshaw Street and Diamond Creek Road to current alignment in 1989 - concurrencies with: along Lower Plenty Road through Rosanna; along Diamond Creek Road through Diamond Creek; along Princes Street and Alexandra Parade through Fitzroy North
State Route 47	Fitzsimons Lane Williamsons Road Tram Road Station Street, Box Hill Highbury Road Huntingdale Road	Eltham	Templestowe Doncaster Box Hill Burwood Oakleigh	Huntingdale	21 km (13 mi)	- allocated in 1989, replaced: from Doncaster to Huntingdale; from Eltham to Doncaster - concurrencies with: along Williamsons Road through Doncaster; along Williamsons Road through Templestowe
State Route 48	Mickleham Road Broadmeadows Deviation Johnstone Street / Camp Road Mahoneys Road Keon Parade Dalton Road / Wood Street Settlement Road Grimshaw Street The Circuit Para Road Sherbourne Road Bridge Street, Eltham	Gladstone Park	Broadmeadows Thomastown Greensborough	Eltham	29 km (18 mi)	- eastern end along Main Road, Fitzsimons Lane and Williamsons Road terminating in Doncaster truncated to current alignment (replaced by ) in 1989 - re-aligned through Thomastown from High Street and Settlement Road to current alignment in 1989
State Route 49	Westall Road Dandenong Bypass	Clayton	Keysborough	Dandenong South	15 km (9 mi)	- allocated in 1989 - extended south to Keysborough when extension opened in 1995, extended north to Clayton when extension opened in 2001 - eastern end extended along Dandenong Bypass when its second stage opened in 2012
State Route 50	Somerville Road Whitehall Street Hopkins Street Dynon Road Spencer Street Clarendon Street	Yarraville	Footscray West Melbourne	Southbank	10 km (6 mi)	- allocated in 1989 - concurrency with along Whitehall Street through Footscray
State Route 52	Bulleen Road Templestowe Road Foote Street Reynolds Road Springvale Road	Bulleen	Templestowe	Donvale	15 km (9 mi)	- allocated in 1989 - concurrency with along Foote Street through Templestowe
State Route 54	Keilor-Melton Road	Melton	Sydenham	Keilor	18 km (11 mi)	Allocated in 1989, replaced by , renamed Melton Highway
State Route 55	Hume Highway Sydney Road Royal Parade Peel Street Dudley Street Wurundjeri Way Montague Street	Craigieburn	Campbellfield Coburg Brunswick Parkville Docklands	South Melbourne	34 km (21 mi)	- allocated when the Craigieburn bypass opened in 2005, replacing (from Craigieburn to Fawkner) and (from Fawkner to South Melbourne) - concurrency with along Dudley Street through central Melbourne
State Route 56	Blackshaws Road	Altona North		Newport	5.0 km (3 mi)	- allocated in 1989 - replaced along Dohertys Road from Laverton North to Altona North by in 2020
State Route 57	Bridge Inn Road Yan Yean Road Diamond Creek Road Ryans Road Wattletree Road	Mernda	Diamond Creek	Eltham	19 km (12 mi)	- allocated in 1989 - concurrency with along Diamond Creek Road through Diamond Creek
State Route 58	Oaklands Road Somerton Road Cooper Street High Street (north–south) Memorial Avenue / McDonalds Road Gorge Road Kurrak Road	Bulla	Roxburgh Park Epping South Morang	Yarrambat	28 km (17 mi)	- allocated in 1989 - concurrency with: along High Street through Epping; along Somerton Road through Roxburgh Park
State Route 60	Sages Road Baxter-Tooradin Road	Frankston South	Baxter Pearcedale	Devon Meadows	19 km (12 mi)	Allocated in 1989, replaced by
	Flemington Road Harker Street Curzon Street King Street	Parkville	West Melbourne	Southbank	6 km (4 mi)	- reallocated in 2013, replaced southern end of through central Melbourne
State Route 61	Berwick Road Harkaway Road Lyall Road	Narre Warren East	Harkaway	Berwick	10.6 km (7 mi)	- allocated in 1989 - southern end along Clyde and Berwick-Cranbourne and Clyde-Fiveways Road terminating in Five Ways truncated to current alignment in 1999 - replaced by: from Berwick to Clyde North; from Clyde North to Clyde; from Clyde to Five Ways
State Route 62	Main Street, Mornington Mornington-Tyabb Road	Mornington	Moorooduc	Tyabb	13 km (8 mi)	Allocated in 1989, replaced by
	Ringwood Bypass Mount Dandenong Road	Ringwood	Croydon	Montrose	12 km (7 mi)	Reallocated in 2008, replaces eastern end of
State Route 63	Hereford Road Monbulk Road Belgrave-Hallam Road Narre Warren North Road Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road Cameron Street	Lilydale	Mount Evelyn Monbulk Belgrave Narre Warren	Cranbourne	52 km (32 mi)	Allocated in 1989, replaced by
State Route 64	Bittern-Dromana Road	Dromana	Merricks North	Bittern	15 km (9 mi)	Allocated in 1989, replaced by
State Route 65	South Gippsland Freeway	Doveton	Hampton Park Skye Tyabb	Hastings	31 km (19 mi)	Allocated in 1989, replaced by
	Dandenong-Hastings Road					Allocated in 1989, replaced by from Hampton Park to Cranbourne South; from Cranbourne South to Hastings; renamed Westernport Highway
State Route 67	Davey Street Hastings Road Frankston-Flinders Road Cook Street Boneo Road	Frankston	Baxter Somerville Hastings Balnarring Flinders	Rosebud	70 km (43 mi)	Allocated in 1989, replaced by ; some shields still seen at Frankston end
State Route 69	Balnarring Road	Tuerong	Merricks North	Balnarring	11 km (7 mi)	Allocated in 1989, replaced by
State Route 71	Mornington-Flinders Road	Dromana	Main Ridge	Flinders	20 km (12 mi)	Allocated in 1989, replaced by
	Cook Street					Allocated in 1989, replaced by
State Route 73	Coolart Road	Baxter	Bittern	Balnarring	18 km (11 mi)	Allocated in 1989, replaced by
State Route 77	Kings Road	Keilor North	Taylors Lakes	Delahey	5 km (3 mi)	Allocated in 2015
State Route 80	South Eastern Freeway	Richmond	Burnley	Kooyong	9 km (6 mi)	Replaced by when extension from Burnley to Kooyong opened in 1970, later by in 1988, eventually by and rebuilt as CityLink (Southern link) in 1999
	Western Ring Road Metropolitan Ring Road	Altona North	Derrimut Ardeer Keilor East Airport West Thomastown	Greensborough	38 km (24 mi)	- allocated when first section opened in 1992; some shields quickly replaced by shields - replaced by when final section completed in 1997, progressively being replaced by from 2013
State Route 83	Princes Highway Smithfield Road Racecourse Road Elliott Avenue Macarthur Road Cemetery Road West College Crescent Cemetery Road East Princes Street, Carlton North Alexandra Parade	Altona North	Footscray Carlton	Clifton Hill	18 km (11 mi)	- allocated in 1989, replacing along Eastern Freeway to Balwyn North - eastern end extended from Balwyn North to Donvale when Eastern Freeway extension opened in 1997 - eastern end along Eastern Freeway terminating in Donvale truncated to current alignment, replaced by when Eastlink opened in 2008 - concurrencies with: along Smithfield Road from Flemington to Footscray; along Geelong Road through Brooklyn; along Princes Street and Alexandra Parade through Fitzroy North
State Route 87	Dingley Bypass	Oakleigh South	Clarinda Heatherton Dingley	Springvale South	6 km (4 mi)	- allocated when Dingley Bypass opened in 2016 - concurrency with along Dingley Bypass through Clarinda
Decommissioned or unsigned route

Rural Victoria[]

After the success of the Metropolitan Route Numbering Scheme across the Greater Melbourne area, an extension of the system was rolled out across regional Victoria from late 1985 as the State Route Numbering System; the South Gippsland Highway was the first road in Victoria signed with a State Route,^[3] with others following through 1986^[3] and 1987,^[2] at an estimated cost of $400,000.^[10] The designated routes were considered major significant intra-state and regional links that weren't already National Routes. The allocation of State Routes occurred with lower numbers in western Victoria gradually increasing in a clockwise direction to eastern Victoria. Like their suburban Melbourne counterparts, east–west routes were to be even-numbered, while north–south routes were to be odd-numbered, with reservations between 91-99 for the Greater Geelong area, and 100-199 for all of rural Victoria.^[10]

The system lasted just over a decade, before the Statewide Route Numbering Scheme was first introduced in north–eastern Victoria in late 1996. Most State Routes were converted into the alphanumeric system by 1998, with the rest completed by 2000; none now exist.

Route	Component roads	From	Via	To	Length	Notes
State Route 91	Ryrie Street	Geelong	Newcomb Leopold Marcus Hill	Queenscliff	31 km (19 mi)	Replaced by
	Sydney Parade					Unallocated, not replaced
	Ormond Road Bellarine Highway Flinders Street, Queenscliff Bethune Street King Street, Queenscliff Hesse Street Wharf Street Harbour Street Larkin Parade					Replaced by
State Route 100	Surf Coast Highway Great Ocean Road	Belmont	Torquay Anglesea Lorne Apollo Bay Port Campbell	Allansford	255 km (158 mi)	Replaced by
State Route 104	Hopkins Highway	Warrnambool	Ellerslie	Mortlake	50 km (31 mi)	- allocated when highway declared in 1990 - replaced by
State Route 106	Hamilton Highway	Hamilton	Penshurst Mortlake Cressy	Geelong	231 km (144 mi)	Replaced by
State Route 107	Henty Highway	Lascelles	Warracknabeal Horsham Hamilton Heywood	Portland	231 km (144 mi)	Replaced by: from Horsham to Portland; from Lascelles to Horsham
State Route 111	Grampians Road	Stawell	Halls Gap	Dunkeld	90 km (56 mi)	Replaced by
State Route 112	Glenelg Highway	VIC/SA border	Casterton Hamilton Casterton Dunkeld Skipton	Ballarat	289 km (180 mi)	Replaced by
State Route 121	Sunraysia Highway	Ouyen	Lascelles Birchip Donald St. Arnaud Avoca	Ballarat	344 km (214 mi)	Replaced by
State Route 122	Pyrenees Highway	Ararat	Avoca Maryborough Castlemaine	Elphinstone	149 km (93 mi)	Replaced by
State Route 124	Northern Grampians Road Lake Fyans Road Ararat-Pomonal Road	Bungalally	Halls Gap Pomonal Moyston	Ararat	94 km (58 mi)	Replaced by
State Route 130	Wimmera Highway	VIC/SA border	Edenhope Horsham	St. Arnaud	238 km (148 mi)	Replaced by
State Route 138	Borung Highway	Dimboola	Warracknabeal Donald	Charlton	133 km (83 mi)	Replaced by: from Dimboola to Litchfield; Donald to Gil Gil; Gil Gil to Charlton
State Route 141	Loddon Valley Highway	Kerang	Durham Ox Bendigo	Heathcote	176 km (109 mi)	Replaced by
	McIvor Highway					Replaced by
State Route 148	Hattah-Robinvale Road	Hattah	Wemen	Lake Powell	62 km (39 mi)	- allocated when road declared in 1990 - replaced by
State Route 149	Midland Highway	Geelong	Ballarat Castlemaine Bendigo Shepparton	Benalla	400 km (249 mi)	Replaced by
State Route 153	Midland Highway Midland Link Highway Maroondah Highway Maroondah Link Highway Goulburn Valley Highway Melba Highway	Benalla	Barjang Maindample Yea Yarra Glen	Coldstream	181 km (112 mi)	Replaced by
Alternative State Route 153	Midland Highway	Barjang	Mansfield	Maindample	26.7 km (17 mi)	Replaced by from Barjang to Mansfield
	Maroondah Highway					Replaced by: from Mansfield to Maindample
State Route 154	Beechworth-Wangaratta Road Wodonga-Beechworth Road	Tarrawingee	Beechworth	Wodonga	61 km (38 mi)	Replaced by
State Route 156	Ovens Highway Alpine Road	Wangaratta	Myrtleford Bright Dinner Plain	Omeo	185 km (115 mi)	Replaced by , renamed Great Alpine Road
State Route 160	Glenrowan-Myrtleford Road	Glenrowan	Myrtleford	Running Creek	88 km (55 mi)	Replaced by
	Happy Valley Road Running Creek Road					Replaced by
State Route 164	Mount Buller Road	Mansfield	Merrijig	Mount Buller	58 km (36 mi)	Replaced by
State Route 168	Goulburn Valley Highway	Seymour	Yea Alexandra	Eildon	106 km (66 mi)	Replaced by
State Route 172	Marysville Road Marysville-Woods Point Road Lake Mountain Road	Narbethong	Marysville	Lake Mountain	30 km (19 mi)	Replaced by
State Route 173	Taggerty-Thornton Road	Taggerty		Thornton	12 km (7 mi)	Replaced by
State Route 174	Warburton Highway	Lilydale	Seville Woori Yallock Yarra Junction	Warburton	75 km (47 mi)	Replaced by
State Route 175	Healesville-Kinglake Road	Castella	Healesville Yarra Junction Neerim Drouin Poowong	Korumburra	169 km (105 mi)	Replaced by
	Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road					Replaced by
	Dalry Road					Unallocated, not replaced
	Don Road					Replaced by
	Yarra Junction-Noojee Road					Replaced by
	Main Neerim Road					Replaced by: from Rokeby to Drouin West; from Drouin West to Drouin
	Drouin-Warragul Road					Replaced by
	Drouin-Korumburra Road					Replaced by: from Drouin to Drouin South; from Douin South to Ranceby
	Warragul-Korumburra Road					Replaced by
State Route 176	Donna Buang Summit Road	Mount Donna Buang		Warburton	18 km (11 mi)	Unallocated, not replaced
	Donna Buang Road					Replaced by
	Acheron Way					Replaced by
State Route 180	South Gippsland Highway	Dandenong	Cranbourne Koo Wee Rup Leongatha Foster Yarram	Sale	258 km (160 mi)	- allocated December 1985, the first road in Victoria to be signed with a State Route[3] - replaced by: through Dandenong South; from Lynbrook to Lang Lang; from Lang Lang to Sale - old signage remains at the Lonsdale Street (Princes Highway) intersection in Dandenong
State Route 181	Bass Highway	Lang Lang	Grantville Wonthaggi	Leongatha	87 km (54 mi)	- extended from Inverloch to Leongatha in 1990 - replaced by: from Lang Lang to Anderson; from Anderson to Leongatha - a faded shield is still visible at the McKenzie Street and White Road intersection in Wonthaggi
State Route 182	Strzelecki Highway	Leongatha	Mirboo North	Morwell	56 km (35 mi)	- allocated when highway declared in 1990 - replaced by
State Route 186	Phillip Island Road	Anderson	Newhaven	Cowes	23 km (14 mi)	Replaced by
State Route 188	Hyland Highway	Traralgon	Gormandale	Yarram	56 km (35 mi)	- allocated when highway declared in 1990 - replaced by
State Route 189	Meeniyan-Promontory Road Wilsons Promontory Road	Meeniyan	Fish Creek	Wilsons Promontory	72 km (45 mi)	Replaced by
State Route 190	Monash Way	Morwell	Churchill Boolarra Welshpool	Port Welshpool	88 km (55 mi)	Replaced by
	Budgeree Road Grand Ridge Road Woorarra Road					Unallocated, not replaced
	Welshpool Road					Replaced by
State Route 191	Kiewa Valley Highway Bogong High Plains Road	Bandiana	Kiewa Mount Beauty Falls Creek	Glen Valley	151 km (94 mi)	Replaced by
State Route 195	Omeo Highway	Tallangatta	Mitta Mitta Omeo Bruthen	Bairnsdale	285 km (177 mi)	Replaced by: from Tallangatta to Omeo; from Omeo to Bairnsdale, renamed Great Alpine Road
State Route 199	Bonang Road	VIC/NSW border	Goongerah	Orbost	114 km (71 mi)	Replaced by
Decommissioned or unsigned route

Freeway Routes[]

After the success of the Metropolitan Route Numbering Scheme across the Greater Melbourne area, a new route number system specifically for suburban freeways was rolled out in 1970, following the opening of the first section of the Tullamarine Freeway. Freeway Routes were symbolised by green rounded shields with white writing, with route numbers prefixed by the letter F. They were the first type of route numbering in Victoria based solely on road classification alone, providing a clear separation to other route numbering systems across Melbourne. Route numbers were adapted from the Metropolitan Route Numbering System, with numbers 80 to 90 exclusively reserved for Freeway Routes.

The system was decommissioned between 1987 and 1990: routes were either replaced by a metropolitan route or a National Route number, or simply removed if allocations already existed concurrent to the Freeway Route. Some of these route numbers have been subsequently reallocated as metropolitan routes across Melbourne (like and ).

Route	Component roads	From	Via	To	Length	Notes
Freeway Route 80	South Eastern Freeway	Richmond	Burnley	Kooyong	9 km (6 mi)	Replaced when extension from Burnley to Kooyong opened in 1970; replaced by in 1988 (later by as part of CityLink (southern link) in 1999)
Freeway Route 81	Tullamarine Freeway	Melbourne Airport	Essendon Fields Moonee Ponds	Flemington	18 km (11 mi)	Replaced by: - from Melbourne Airport to Essendon Airport in 1989 (later by in 2018) - removed from Essendon Airport to Flemington in 1989 (later replaced by as part of CityLink (western link) in 1999, then in 2018)
	Mulgrave Freeway South Gippsland Freeway	Chadstone	Mulgrave Endeavour Hills	Lyndhurst	25 km (16 mi)	- western end progressively extended as sections opened eventually to Chadstone in 1981 - replaced by: from Chadstone to Eumemmering in 1988 (later by in 1997); from Eumemmering to Lyndhurst in 1988 (later by in 1997)
Freeway Route 82	West Gate Freeway	Brooklyn	Spotswood	South Melbourne	12 km (7 mi)	- eastern end progressively extended as sections opened eventually to South Melbourne in 1986 - removed in 1987
Freeway Route 83	Eastern Freeway	Clifton Hill	Bulleen	Balwyn North	11 km (7 mi)	- eastern end extended when section opened to Balwyn North in 1982 - replaced by in 1989 (later by in 2008)
Freeway Route 87	Mornington Peninsula Freeway	Safety Beach	Dromana	Rosebud	9 km (6 mi)	- southern end extended when section opened to Rosebud in 1975 - replaced by in 1989 (later by in 2013)
Freeway Route 90	Calder Freeway	Taylors Lakes	Keilor	Niddrie	9 km (6 mi)	- western end progressively extended as sections opened eventually to Taylors Lakes in 1984 - removed in 1987
Decommissioned or unsigned route

Ring Road Routes[]

Route	Component roads	From	Via	To	Length	Notes
Ring Road 80	Western Ring Road	Tullamarine	Gladstone Park	Jacana	2.8 km (2 mi)	Allocated when first section opened; quickly replaced by in 1992
Decommissioned or unsigned route

Tourist Routes[]

As part of the major refurbishment of the Metropolitan Route Numbering Scheme in the late 1980s, one of Melbourne's more-scenic metropolitan routes was converted into the state's first Tourist Route in 1989,^[11] a route specifically marked as being suited for visiting tourists or linking to particular tourist attractions. Tourist Routes are symbolised by a five-sided shield and coloured brown to stand out from existing routes, and were untouched by the introduction of the Statewide Route Numbering System in late 1996.

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Route	Component roads	From	Via	To	Length	Notes
Tourist Drive 2 Yarra Scenic Drive	Battery Road / Nelson Place The Strand, Williamstown North Road, Newport Douglas Parade Hyde Street / Francis Street Williamstown Road West Gate Freeway Montague Street Wurundjeri Way Flinders Street Spencer Street Clarendon Street City Road Alexandra Avenue Grange Road, Burnley Yarra Boulevard (I) Church Street / High Street, Kew Studley Park Road Walmer Street Yarra Boulevard (II) Chandler Highway Heidelberg Road The Boulevard Burke Road North / Lower Heidelberg Road Banksia Street Manningham Road West / Bridge Street Templestowe Road Parker Street / Anderson Street Porter Street / Newmans Road Heidelberg-Warrandyte Road	Williamstown	Port Melbourne Southbank Burnley Kew Ivanhoe Heidelberg Templestowe	Warrandyte	60 km (37 mi)	Replaced in 1989
Tourist Drive 11	K Road Diggers Road Beach Road, Werribee South	Werribee South			10 km (6 mi)	Road is entirely within Werribee South
Tourist Drive 12	Cranbourne Road Moorooduc Highway Golf Links Road, Frankston South Robinsons Road McClelland Drive	Frankston Frankston South Langwarrin			10 km (6 mi)	Route is entirely a loop
Tourist Drive 21	Great Ocean Road Surf Coast Highway Settlement Road Latrobe Terrace Keera Street Melbourne Road, Geelong Princes Freeway (west) Western Ring Road	Eastern View	Anglesea Torquay Geelong Lara Werribee Laverton	Cairnlea	122 km (76 mi)
Tourist Drive 31 Grampians Scenic Drive	Ararat-Halls Gap Road	Halls Gap	Moyston Pomonal	Ararat	44 km (27 mi)
Tourist Drive 44 Fossickers Drive	Calder Highway Logan-Weddernburn Road Weddernburn-Dunolly Road Moliagul-Rheola Road High Street, Moliagul Dunolly-Moliagul Road Dunolly-Bridgewater Road Wimmera Highway Bridgewater-Dunolly Road Calder Highway (II) Inglewood-Rheola Road	Wedderburn	Rheola Moliagul Dunolly Tarnagulla Bridgewater On Loddon Inglewood	Kingower
Tourist Drive 91[12] Walhalla & Mountain Rivers Scenic Drive	Lloyd Street, Moe Waterlook Road, Moe Moore Street, Moe Moe-Walhalla Road Knotts Siding Road, Knotts Tyers-Walhalla Road Walhalla Road Main Road, Walhalla Main Road, Tyers Tyers Road	Moe	Erica Parkers Corner Knotts Walhalla Tyers	Traralgon		Route branches off by Walhalla Road to Walhalla Township Route formally extended to Cowwarr, with a branching from Toongabbie, looping to Cowwarr Weir
Tourist Drive 92 Bunurong Coastal Drive	Bass Highway McKenzie Street, Wonthaggi Graham Street, Wonthaggi Billson Street, Wonthaggi Cape Paterson Road Cape Paterson-Inverloch Road Surf Parade, Inverloch Ramsey Boulevard, Inverloch William Street, Inverloch	Kilcunda	Dalyston Wonthaggi Cape Paterson	Inverloch
Tourist Drive 93 Grand Ridge Road	Grand Ridge Road Strzelecki Highway Grand Ridge East Road, Mirboo North Boolarra South-Mirboo North Road	Seaview	Trida Hallston Allambee South Mirboo North Tarra-Bulga Blackwarry	Carrajung	132 km (82 mi)
Tourist Drive 94[13] Strzelecki Scenic Drive	Hyland Highway Grand Ridge Road Traralgon-Balook Road Traralgon Creek Road Mattingley Hill Road Sanders Road Hazelwood Road Firmins Lane Monash Way Brodribb Road Yinnar Road Switchback Road, Hazelwood Junction Road Jumbuk Road Boolarra-Mirboo North Road Strzelecki Highway Mirboo North-Trafalgar Road Morwell-Thorpdale Road McDonalds Track Narracan Connection Road Coalville Road High Street, Moe Narracan Drive John Field Drive, Newborough Princes Freeway Commercial Road, Morwell Princes Highway	Traralgon	Loy Yang Power Station Gormandale Carrajung Balock Tarra-Bulga National Park Traralgon South Hazelwood Power Station Churchill Jeeralang Junction Yinnar Boolarra Mirboo North Thorpdale Narracan Moe Morwell			Route is entirely a loop
Tourist Drive 95						Not much is signed about Tourist Route 95. Closet landmark is the Tarra Valley, and its duplex with Grand Ridge Road
Tourist Drive 96 Ninty Mile Beach	Longford-Golden Beach Road Longford-Loch Sport Road Woodside Beach Road	Longford	Loch Sport Golden Beach	Woodside Beach
Tourist Drive 97 Cape Liptrap Trail	Walkerville Road Walkerville South Road Cape Liptrap Road Fish Creek-Walkerville Road Waratah Road Meeniyan-Promotory Road	Tarwin Lower	Walkerville	Fish Creek		Route is not signed from Fish Creek junction to Walkerville
Tourist Drive 98[14] Power Drive	Hyland Highway Mattingley Hill Road Sanders Road Hazelwood Road Firmins Lane Tramway Road Switchback Road, Hazelwood Yinnar Road Brodribb Road Monash Way Commercial Road, Morwell Princes Freeway Haunted Hills Road De Campo Drive Latrobe River Road Thrid Street, Yallorn North Brown Coalmine Road Tanjil East Road Latrobe Road, Morwell	Traralgon	Loy Yang Power Station Churchill Hazelwood Power Station Haunted Hills Yallourn Power Station Yallourn North	Morwell

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