McIvor Highway

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McIvor Highway
Australian Alphanumeric State Route B280.svg
Basic data
Operator: VicRoads
Start of the street: AB300 Midland Highway
Bendigo ( VIC )
( 36 ° 45 ′  S , 144 ° 17 ′  E )
End of street: AB75 Northern Highway
north of Heathcote ( VIC )
( 36 ° 54 ′  S , 144 ° 42 ′  E )
Overall length: 44 km

States :

Victoria

The McIvor Highway is a trunk road in the center of the Australian state of Victoria . It connects the Midland Highway in Bendigo with the Northern Highway in Heathcote .

Origin of name

The McIvor Highway got its name after the name of the Landesum Heathcote from the time of the gold rush .

course

From the Midland Highway (A300) in Bendigo, the McIvor Highway branches off to the east. It crosses the Campaspe River at Axedale and turns to the southeast.

Via Knowsley it leads to Heathcote, where it meets the Northern Highway (B75), the connection from Melbourne to Echuca .

meaning

Together with the Hume Freeway (NM31) and the Northern Highway, the McIvor Highway forms an alternative connection from Melbourne to Bendigo.

Important junctions and junctions

McIvor Highway Australian Alphanumeric State Route B280.svg
Connections to the west Distance to
Bendigo
(km)
Distance to
Melbourne
(km)
Connections to the east
Australia road sign W3-3.svg Traffic lights (clockwise from the highway)
McCrae Street to Bendigo City Center , Mildura and Melbourne (via Freeway ) Chapel Street to Eaglehawk and Kerang Midland Highway to Elmore, Echuca and SheppartonAustralian Alphanumeric State Route A300.svg Australian Alphanumeric State Route M79.svg
Australian Alphanumeric State Route C329.png
Australian Alphanumeric State Route A300.svg
End of McIvor Highway Australian Alphanumeric State Route B280.svg 0 169 Start of the McIvor Highway Australian Alphanumeric State Route B280.svg
Bendigo
RAILWAY LINE TO SWAN HILL / RAILWAY LINE TO ECHUCA 0.7 168.3 RAILWAY LINE TO SWAN HILL / RAILWAY LINE TO ECHUCA
Strathdale, White Hills
Strathdale-White Hills Road Australian Alphanumeric State Route C353.png Australian Alphanumeric State Route C343.png Australia road sign W3-3.svg
3.2 165.8 White Hills, Strathdale
Strathdale-White Hills Road Australian Alphanumeric State Route C343.png Australian Alphanumeric State Route C353.png Australia road sign W3-3.svg
Axedale 20th 149 Axedale
CAMPASPE RIVER 21st 148 CAMPASPE RIVER
Start of the McIvor Highway from the Northern HighwayAustralian Alphanumeric State Route B280.svg
Australian Alphanumeric State Route B75.svg
44 125 Elmore, Echuca
Northern Highway Australian Alphanumeric State Route B75.svg High speed intersection
At the end of McIvor Highway, continue as Northern Highway to Heathcote / Kilmore / MelbourneAustralian Alphanumeric State Route B280.svg
Australian Alphanumeric State Route B75.svg

source

  • Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007, ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 , p. 45.