Melba Highway

Melba Highway
Basic data
Operator:	VicRoads
Start of the street:	/ Goulburn Valley Highway Yea ( VIC ) ( 37 ° 13 ′ S , 145 ° 25 ′ E ) ; ;
End of street:	/ Maroondah Highway north of Coldstream ( VIC ) ( 37 ° 43 ′ S , 145 ° 23 ′ E ) ; ;
Overall length:	65 km
States :	Victoria

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Melba Highway is a trunk road in the south of the Australian state of Victoria . It connects the Goulburn Valley Highway in Yea with the Maroondah Highway north of Coldstream .

course

The Melba Highway branches off in the country town of Yea from the Goulburn Valley Highway (B300 / B340) to the south and leads south through forests, fields and meadows to Glenburn on the ridge of the Great Dividing Range .

From Glenburn, the road continues south and drops steeply to Dixons Creek . Yarra Glen bypasses them in the new bypass, which joins the old main road south of town. The Melba Highway leads through the vineyards in the area further south into the valley of the Yarra River , where it meets the Maroondah Highway (B3000 / B360) about 500 m north of the village of Coldstream .

Speed limits

in yea: 60 km / h
from Yea to Glenburn: 100 km / h
in Glenburn: 80 km / h
from Glenburn to Yarra Glen: 100 km / h
in Yarra Glen: 50 km / h
from Yarra Glen to Coldstream: 100 km / h

history

The street was named after Dame Nellie Melba , a well-known Australian opera singer from the early 20th century. Their previous land holdings were at the southern end of what is now Coldstream.

The Melba Highway runs in the Local Government Areas Yarra Ranges Shire and Murrindindi Shire .

The Yarra Glen bypass , which diverts heavy traffic around the city, opened in May 2010.

Important junctions and junctions

Melba Highway
Connections to the north	Distance to Yea (km)	Distance to Melbourne (km)	Connections to the south
Junction (clockwise from the highway) Goulburn Valley Highway to Seymour and Shepparton Goulburn Valley Highway to Alexandra and Mansfield
End of Melba Highway	0	111	Beginning of Melba Highway
Yea	0	111	Beginning of Melba Highway
Kinglake , Healesville Healesville-Kinglake Road	40	72	Healesville , Kinglake Healesville-Kinglake Road
Yarra Glen Yea Road	53	58	Yarra Glen, Eltham Yea Road
further than	55	56	Healesville Healesville-Yarra Glen Road
Healesville Healesville-Yarra Glen Road	55	56	duplexes with
along with	57	54	Yarra Glen, Eltham Bell Street
Yarra Glen, Eltham Bell Street			further than
TOURIST RAILWAY THROUGH YARRA VALLEY TO HEALESVILLE			TOURIST RAILWAY THROUGH YARRA VALLEY TO HEALESVILLE
YARRA RIVER	57.5	53.5	YARRA RIVER
Beginning of Melba Highway	65	47	End of Melba Highway
Traffic lights (clockwise from the highway) Maroondah Highway to Healesville and Alexandra Maroondah Highway to Lilydale and Melbourne