Wimmera Highway

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Wimmera Highway

Victoria
–South Australia
Rupanyup Main Street.JPG
Wimmera Highway passing through Rupanyup
General information
TypeHighway
Length345 km (214 mi)[1]
Opened1960
Route number(s)
  • B240 (2003-present)
    (Marong-VIC/SA border)
  • C240 (1998-2003)
    (VIC/SA border-Naracoorte    }
Former
route number
  • C240 (1998-2003)
    (Marong-VIC/SA border)
  • State Route 130 (1986-1998)
    (St Arnaud-Naracoorte)
Major junctions
East end Calder Alternative Highway
Marong, Victoria
 
West end Riddoch Highway
Naracoorte, South Australia
Location(s)
Major settlementsNewbridge, St Arnaud, Rupanyup, Murtoa, Horsham, Natimuk, Edenhope, Apsley
Highway system

Wimmera Highway is a 345 kilometre highway that connects the towns of Marong, Victoria and Naracoorte, South Australia, through the major junctions of Sunraysia Highway, Henty Highway and Western Highway.

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 Wimmera Highway was declared a State Highway in the 1959/60 financial year,[3] from St Arnaud via Rupanyup, Horsham and Edenhope to the South Australian border (for a total of 146 miles); before this declaration, these roads were referred to as Hamilton-Edenhope-Aspley Road, Edenhope-Horsham Road, Horsham-Murtoa Road, Rupanyup-Murtoa Road, Marnoo-St. Arnaud Road and Navarre Road.[3] The highway was extended a further 90km east (along the former Bendigo-St Arnaud Road[4]) to Marong, just outside Bendigo, in the late 1990s.

A new bridge over Loddon River in Newbridge (on the then-Bendigo-St Arnaud Road) was opened in 1996, replacing an older, flood-prone structure that could no longer be maintained in a cost-effective manner, at a cost of $1.4 million.[4]

The Wimmera Highway was signed as State Route 130 between Naracoorte and St Arnaud in 1986; with Victoria's conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in the late 1990s, this was replaced by route C240 between Naracoorte and Marong. Subsequent road upgrades allowed the Victorian section to be reallocated route B240 in 2003.

Major intersections[]

StateLGALocation[1]km[1]miDestinationsNotes
VictoriaGreater BendigoMarong00.0 Calder Alternative Highway (A790) – Bendigo, RavenswoodEastern terminus of highway and route B240
LoddonNewbridge2012 Bridgewater-Maldon Road (C282) – BridgewaterConcurrency with route C282
2113 Bridgewater-Maldon Road (C282) – Maldon
Llanelly2616 Bridgewater-Dunolly Road (C274) – BridgewaterConcurrency with route C274
Tarnagulla3019 Bridgewater-Dunolly Road (C274) – Dunolly
Moliagul4629 Dunolly-Moliagul Road (C278) – Dunolly
Logan6742 Logan-Wedderburn Road (C273) – Wedderburn
Northern GrampiansSt Arnaud8955 Sunraysia Highway (B220) – Donald, OuyenConcurrency with route B220
9056 Sunraysia Highway (B220) – Avoca, Ballarat
9660 Ararat-St Arnaud Road (C241) – Ararat
Marnoo12980 Donald-Stawell Road – Donald, Stawell
Rupanyup15294 Stawell-Warracknabeal Road (B210) – StawellConcurrency with route B210
15395 Stawell-Warracknabeal Road (B210) – Warracknabeal
YarriambiackMurtoa168104 Murtoa-Glenorchy Road (C237) – GlenorchyConcurrency with route C237
169105 Donald-Murtoa Road (C237) – Minyip
HorshamDooen188117 Henty Highway (B200) – Warracknabeal, HopetounConcurrency with route B200 from Dooen to Horsham
Concurrency with routes A8, A200 through Horsham
Horsham197122 Western Highway (A8) – Nhill, Bordertown
198123 Western Highway (A8/200) – Stawell, Ballarat, to Henty Highway (A200) – Portland
Vectis207129 Horsham-Noradjuha Road (C214) – Toolondo
Natimuk220140 Natimuk-Hamilton Road (C219) – Toolondo, Balmoral
224139 Natimuk-Frances Road (C213) – Goroke
West WimmeraMiga Lake253157 Nhill-Harrow Road (C206) – Nhill, Harrow
Edenhope289180 Kaniva-Edenhope Road (C208) – KanivaConcurrency with route C208
291181 Coleraine-Edenhope Road (C208) – Harrow, Casterton
297185 Edenhope-Penola Road (C212) – Langkoop
Aspley313194 Casterton-Naracoorte Road (C211) – Langkoop, CastertonWestern terminus of route B240
State border323201Victoria – South Australia state border
South AustraliaNaracoorte LucindaleHynam335208Frances Road – FrancesEastern terminus of route C240
Naracoorte345214 Riddoch Highway (A66) – Mount Gambier, KeithWestern terminus of highway and route C240
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Google (9 December 2021). "Wimmera Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  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. ^ a b "VicRoads Annual Report 1995-96". VicRoads. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 18 October 1996. p. 16.

External links[]

Media related to Wimmera Highway at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 36°58′16″S 140°57′55″E / 36.97111°S 140.96528°E / -36.97111; 140.96528


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