McIvor Highway

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McIvor Highway

Victoria
General information
TypeHighway
Length44 km (27 mi)[1]
Route number(s) B280
Former
route number		 State Route 141
Major junctions
West end Chapel Street
Bendigo, Victoria
 
East end Northern Highway
Heathcote, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlementsAxedale
Highway system

McIvor Highway is a short Victorian highway (44 km) linking Bendigo and Heathcote. Together with Hume Freeway (until Wallan) and Northern Highway (until Heathcote), it provides an alternative route between Melbourne and Bendigo. The name 'McIvor' refers to the original name of the Heathcote region, used during the Victorian Gold Rush.

History[]

The passing of the Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924[2] 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 Eppalock Highway was declared a State Highway in the 1959/60 financial year,[3][4] from Heathcote to Bendigo (for a total of 27 miles); before this declaration, this road was referred to as Heathcote-Bendigo Road.[3] The highway was later renamed McIvor Highway in 1962.[5]

The McIvor Highway was signed as State Route 141 between Bendigo and Heathcote in 1986; with Victoria's conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in the late 1990s, this was replaced by route B280.

Major intersections and towns[]

The entire highway is in the City of Greater Bendigo local government area.

Locationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Bendigo00.0 Chapel Street (C329 northwest) – North Bendigo, Eaglehawk, KerangTraffic light intersection; western terminus of highway and route B280
McCrae Street (Midland Highway) (A300 southwest, northeast) – Mildura, Melbourne, Echuca, Shepparton
Strathdale3.11.9 Powells Avenue (Strathdale–White Hills Road) (C343 north) – White Hills
Reservoir Road (Strathdale–White Hills Road) (C353 south) – Strathdale		Traffic light intersection
Axedale21.013.0Bridge over Campaspe River
Heathcote44.027.3 Northern Highway (B75) – Elmore, Echuca, Heathcote, Kilmore, MelbourneT-intersection; eastern terminus of highway and route B280
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Route transition

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Google (14 September 2015). "McIvor Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Golden Fleece Road Map Victoria, August 1965
  5. ^ "Country Roads Board Victoria. Forty-Ninth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1962". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 1 December 1962. p. 22.


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