Calder Highway
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| Basic data | |
| Operator: | Roads and Maritime Services |
| further operator: | VicRoads |
| Start of the street: |
 Silver City HighwayCurlwaa ( NSW ) ( 34 ° 7 ' S , 141 ° 59' O ) |
| End of street: |
 Calder FreewayRavenswood South ( VIC ) ( 36 ° 57 ′ S , 144 ° 14 ′ E ) |
| Overall length: | 448 km |
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Map with all coordinates: 
The Calder Highway is a 448 km long trunk road in Victoria , Australia . It connects Ravenswood South near Melbourne with Mildura in the north on the border with New South Wales . From here the Calder Highway continues to Broken Hill , Tibooburra and the border between New South Wales and Queensland, albeit under the name Silver City Highway .
history
The street was named after William Calder. From 1913 to 1928 he was chairman of the Victorian Roads Board , formerly the Country Roads Board , now known as VicRoads .
Originally, the highway was number 79 , however, with the change to the alphanumeric naming system in the late 1990s, and is signposted as such over a large part of its length.
course
South of the Victoria / New South Wales border, the highway is an easy road with one lane in each direction. It leads through the northwest of Victoria from Abbotsford Bridge over the Murray River , on through Merbein to the largest city in the northwest, Mildura . Here the Calder Highway crosses the Sturt Highway 
, which can be used to reach the two capitals, Adelaide in the west and Sydney in the east . Further south it crosses the Mallee Highway 
at Ouyen and runs from here south-east to Bendigo . The Calder Alternate Highway , 
, branches at Ravenswood and leads to the city of Bendigo around until it ends at Marong in the west of Bendigo back to the original route. From here to the end, at the junction with the Tullamarine Freeway near Melbourne, the Calder Highway is mostly four lanes.
Important junctions and junctions
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Calder Highway
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| Connections to the north | Distance to Broken Hill (km) |
Distance to Melbourne (km) |
Connections to the south |
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At the end of the Calder Highway, continue as Silver City Highway to Wentworth / Broken Hill |
273 | 565 |
Beginning of the Calder Highway off the Silver City Highway
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| Buronga Silver City Highway 
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Beginning
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273.5 | 564.5 |
The End
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| MURRAY RIVER | MURRAY RIVER | ||
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NEW SOUTH WALES STATE BORDER VICTORIA |
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The End
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273.5 | 564.5 |
Beginning
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Mildura Ranfurly Way 
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284.5 | 553.5 | Merbein |
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Mildura Ranfurly Way
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RAILWAY LINE TO MILDURA 
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285 | 553 | RAILWAY LINE TO MILDURA
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further than
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294 | 544 |
Renmark , Adelaide Sturt Highway
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Renmark , Adelaide Sturt Highway
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along with
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| Northward | Distance to Mildura (km) |
Distance to Melbourne about (km) |
South |
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along with
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2 | 541 |
Mildura , Balranald , Sydney Sturt Highway 
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Mildura , Balranald , Sydney Sturt Highway
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further than
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| Buronga Benetook Avenue (Buronga-Mildura Road) 
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4th | 539 | Buronga Benetook Avenue (Buronga-Mildura Road)
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| RAILWAY LINE TO MILDURA
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6th | 537 | Irymple |
| Irymple | RAILWAY LINE TO MILDURA
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| Red Cliffs | 15th | 528 | Red Cliffs |
| Meringur Red Cliffs-Meringur Road 
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17th | 526 | Meringur Red Cliffs-Meringur Road
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| Colignan Red Cliffs-Colignan Road 
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18th | 525 | Colignan Red Cliffs-Colignan Road
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| Robinvale Hattah-Robinvale Road 
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67 | 476 | Robinvale Hattah-Robinvale Road
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| Ouyen | 102 | 441 | Ouyen |
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further than
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102.2 | 440.8 | Piangil, Swan Hill Mallee Highway
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| Piangil, Balranald , Sydney Mallee Highway
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along with
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along with
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102.3 | 440.7 | Pinnaroo, Murray Bridge , Adelaide Mallee Highway
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| Pinnaroo, Murray Bridge , Adelaide Mallee Highway
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further than
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| Birchip Sunraysia Highway 
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113 | 430 | Birchip, Ballarat , Portland , Melbourne via Freeway Sunraysia Highway
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| RAILWAY LINE TO KULWIN
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139 | 404 | Mittyack |
| Mittyack | RAILWAY LINE TO KULWIN
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| Patchewollock Patchewollock-Sea Lake Road 
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172 | 371 | Patchewollock Patchewollock-Sea Lake Road
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| Robinvale Robinvale-Sea Lake Road 
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187 | 356 | Robinvale Robinvale-Sea Lake Road
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further than
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191 | 352 | Sea Lake |
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Swan Hill Sea Lake-Swan Hill Road 
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Swan Hill Sea Lake-Swan Hill Road
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| Sea Lake |
along with
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along with
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191.5 | 351.5 | after  Birchip; Hopetoun Birchip-Sea Lake Road
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| after Birchip; Hopetoun Birchip-Sea Lake Road
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further than
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| Donald, Swan Hill Donald-Swan Hill Road 
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252 | 291 |
Swan Hill , Donald Donald-Swan Hill Road
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| Birchip Birchip-Wycheproof Road 
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267 | 276 | Birchip Birchip-Wycheproof Road
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| Boort Boort-Wycheproof Road 
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268 | 275 | Wycheproof |
| Wycheproof | Boort Boort-Wycheproof Road
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| RAILWAY LINE TO KULWIN
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268.5 | 274.5 | RAILWAY LINE TO KULWIN
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| St. Arnaud St Arnaud-Wycheproof Road 
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274 | 269 | St. Arnaud St Arnaud-Wycheproof Road
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| RAILWAY LINE TO KULWIN
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288 | 255 | RAILWAY LINE TO KULWIN
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| RAILWAY LINE TO KULWIN
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297 | 246 | RAILWAY LINE TO KULWIN
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| Donald, Dimboola Borung Highway 
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Donald, Dimboola Borung Highway
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| St. Arnaud Charlton-St Arnaud Road 
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298 | 245 | Charlton |
| Charlton | St. Arnaud Charlton-St Arnaud Road
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| Boort, Kerang Boort-Charlton Road 
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299 | 244 | Boort, Kerang Boort-Charlton Road
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| Wedderburn | 329 | 214 | Wedderburn |
| Boort, Kerang Boort-Wedderburn Road 
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329.3 | 213.7 | Boort, Kerang Boort-Wedderburn Road
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| Logan, St. Arnaud Logan-Wedderburn Road
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329.5 | 213.5 | Logan, St. Arnaud Logan-Wedderburn Road
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| RAILWAY LINE TO ROBINVALE
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344 | 199 | RAILWAY LINE TO ROBINVALE
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| RAILWAY LINE TO ROBINVALE
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357.5 | 185.5 | RAILWAY LINE TO ROBINVALE
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| Inglewood | 358 | 185 | Inglewood |
| RAILWAY LINE TO ROBINVALE
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359 | 184 | RAILWAY LINE TO ROBINVALE
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| Dunolly, Maryborough Bridgewater-Dunolly Road Serpentine, Kerang Bridgewater-Serpentine Road 
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365 | 178 | Serpentine, Kerang Bridgewater-Serpentine Road Dunolly, Maryborough Bridgewater-Dunolly Road
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| Bridgewater on Loddon | 365.5 | 177.5 | Bridgewater on Loddon |
| Maldon Bridgewater-Maldon Road 
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366 | 177 | Maldon, Castlemaine Bridgewater-Maldon Road
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| RAILWAY LINE FROM EAGLEHAWK TO INGLEWOOD
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373 | 170 | RAILWAY LINE FROM EAGLEHAWK TO INGLEWOOD
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to  St. Arnaud, Horsham ; Melbourne via Bendigo Calder Alternative Highway
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388 | 155 | Marong |
| Marong |
to St. Arnaud; Melbourne via Bendigo Calder Alternative Highway
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| Connections to the west | Distance to Mildura (km) |
Distance to Bendigo (km) |
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| RAILWAY LINE FROM EAGLEHAWK TO INGLEWOOD
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389 | 14th | RAILWAY LINE FROM EAGLEHAWK TO INGLEWOOD
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| Long Gully, Eaglehawk, Golden Square Golden Square-Long Gully Road 
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399 | 4th | Golden Square, Long Gully Golden Square-Long Gully Road
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| Eaglehawk, Kerang Loddon Valley Highway  
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401 | 2 | Eaglehawk, Kerang Loddon Valley Highway
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| White Hills Eaglehawk Road 
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401.6 | 1.4 | White Hills, Echuca , Shepparton Eaglehawk Road
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| Connections to the north | Distance to Bendigo (km) |
Distance to Melbourne (km) |
Connections to the south |
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further than
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1 | 150 |
Bendigo ; to Heathcote , Kilmore, Echuca , Shepparton High Street Quarry Hill, Flora Hill Myrtle Street   
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Bendigo ; to Heathcote , Kilmore, Echuca , Shepparton High Street Quarry Hill, Flora Hill Myrtle Street
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along with
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| Long Gully, Eaglehawk Golden Square-Long Gully Road Quarry Hill, Strathdale Golden Square-Quarry Hill Road 
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3.6 | 147.4 | Quarry Hill Golden Square-Quarry Hill Road Long Gully Golden Square-Long Gully Road
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| Maryborough Bendigo-Maryborough Road 
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6th | 145 | Kangaroo Flat |
| Kangaroo Flat | Maryborough Bendigo-Maryborough Road
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Mildura via Bendigo Calder Alternative Highway
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16 | 135 |
Mildura via Bendigo Calder Alternative Highway
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Beginning of the Calder Highway from the Calder Freeway 
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25th | 126 | Harcourt, Elphinstone, Taradale Old Calder Highway  Maldon Fogartys Gap Road
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At the end of the Calder Highway, continue as the Calder Freeway to Castlemaine / Ballarat / Melbourne |
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source
- Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . Pp. 45-47