List of highways in Victoria
Victoria (Australia) hasthe highest highway densityin comparison to all other Australian states. In contrast to the other states, Victoria does not have an almost unpopulated outback , here the cities are evenly distributed over the entire area, with the exception of the northwest and the Australian Alps where hardly any people live.
The traffic density on the highways in Victoria is generally higher than most other states. The Hume Highway , the Western Highway and the Princes Highway have some of the highest traffic volumes in Australia.
Some of the highways have been converted into freeways . A freeway is basically multi-lane and has entry and exit free of intersections.
Naming and numbering
The highways in Victoria are usually named after the geographical region, certain characteristics or after cities. For some, such as the Western Highway or Northern Highway , only the direction in which they leave Melbourne was chosen as the name.
The numbering is based on the so-called ring and spoke system. The highways running through Victoria as a ring get integer multiples of hundreds, such as the Henty Highway (200), the Murray Valley Highway (400) and the Great Alpine Road (500), which marks the outermost ring. The Midland Highway (300) and the Maroondah Highway form the innermost ring.
The spokes usually get their number from the parent National Highways . Otherwise, trunk roads are given even numbers in the east-west direction and odd numbers in the north-south direction. Highways and priority roads are numbered in multiples of 10.
In addition, numerous streets in the Melbourne metropolitan area have been given numbers using this system.
National Highways
- Western Freeway
- Western Highway
- Sturt Highway
- Hume Freeway
- Goulburn Valley Highway
- Ring Road (Melbourne)
State highways
- Princes Highway
- Nepean Highway
- Mallee Highway
- Monaro Highway
- Tullamarine Freeway
- Northern Highway
- Calder Freeway
- Calder Highway
- Ring Road (Melbourne)
- Henty Highway
- Midland Highway
- Bass Highway
- South Gippsland Highway
- Westernport Highway
- Westernport Highway
Main roads
- Whitehorse Road
- Moorooduc Highway
- Surf Coast Highway
- Hopkins Highway
- Hamilton Highway
- Glenelg Highway
- Pyrenees Highway
- Henty Highway
- Sunraysia Highway
- Wimmera Highway
- Loddon Valley Highway
- McIvor Highway
- Maroondah Highway
- Maroondah Highway
- Warburton Highway
Connecting roads
- Dandenong Valley Highway
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- South Gippsland Highway
- Pound Road
- Burwood Highway
- Mountain highway
- South Gippsland Highway
- Borung Highway
- Borung Highway
- Wimmera Highway
- Burwood Highway
- Hyland Highway
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- Tarra Valley Road
- Grand Ridge Road
- Kiewa Valley Highway
- Omeo Highway
- Snowy River Road
- Melton Highway