Maroondah Highway

Maroondah Highway
Basic data
Operator:	VicRoads
Start of the street:	Cotham Road Balwyn ( Melbourne ) ( VIC ) ( 37 ° 49 ′  S , 145 ° 4 ′  E )
End of street:	Midland Highway Mansfield ( VIC ) ( 37 ° 3 ′  S , 146 ° 5 ′  E )
Overall length:	188 km
States :	Victoria

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Maroondah Highway (from Balwyn to Croydon also Whitehorse Road ) is a trunk road in the south of the Australian state of Victoria . It connects Balwyn ( Melbourne ) with the Midland Highway in Mansfield north of Lake Eildon .

history

In the 1850s, Whitehorse Road was built as an important link between Melbourne and Gippsland . It was a rather awkward route through the dandenongs . Today the Monash Freeway and South Gippsland Highway take over this task .

Shortly after construction, the street was named Three Chain Road because it was 66 yards (6.03 m) wide.

The volume of traffic made it necessary to build a hotel in Box Hill, Melbourne called the White Horse Hotel . The name comes from a horse owned by Captain Elgar , who owns the land in this area. The street was named after this hotel. In 1921, however, the hotel had to close its doors because Box Hill dried up. A copy of the white horse from the roof of the hotel is now in the median of Whitehorse Road, while the original is in the Box Hill Town Hall.

course

Whitehorse Road is a continuation of Cotham Road at the junction with Burke Road in the suburb of Balwyn . At this point it is a typical four-lane downtown street without a median. The tram line 109 also runs on this street, which leads to significant traffic jams during the day.

The road continues through Mount Albert to the intersection with Elgar Road in Box Hill. From there, Whitehorse Road has four lanes with a median, on which the tram drives. Burke Road and Elgar Road were the eastern and western boundaries of Captain Elgar's two square miles of land. The tram goes to Market Street a few blocks further. From this point on, Whitehorse Road is also known as the Maroondah Highway and is a six-lane highway. The name 'Whitehorse Road' will be retained through the Local Government Areas Whitehorse City and Maroondah City . The road runs through the suburbs of Blackburn, Nunawading, Mitcham, Ringwood and Croydon .

From there the Maroondah Highway leads to Lilydale. Shortly thereafter, the Warburton Highway (B380) branches off to the east and the Melba Highway (B300) to the north. In the forest between Healesville and Buxton there is a rather winding and steep stretch of road on which the highway climbs the south flank of the Great Dividing Range . Then he follows the Acheron River north to Alexandra . From there it continues via Merton and Bonnie Doon to Mansfield at the beginning of the Midland Highway (C518).

Speed ​​limits

• Kew-Box Hill (Middleborough Road) 60 km / h
• Box Hill-Blackburn 70 km / h
• Blackburn-Ringwood 80 km / h
• Ringwood 60 km / h
• Ringwood-Lilydale 80 km / h
• Lilydale 50 km / h
• Lilydale-Coldstream 80 km / h
• Coldstream 70 km / h
• Coldstream-Healesville 100 km / h
• Healesville 50/60 km / h
• Black Spur 80 km / h
• Narbethong-Mansfield 100 km / h
• Mansfield 50 km / h

Important junctions and junctions

Maroondah Highway
Connections to the west	Distance to Kew (km)	Distance to Alexandra (km)	Connections to the east
End of Whitehorse Road (Maroondah Highway) further than Cotham Road to Kew / Melbourne	2.5	119.5	Start Whitehorse Road (Maroondah Highway) from Cotham Road
Camberwell, Heidelberg Burke Road			Heidelberg , Camberwell Burke Road
Balwyn	4.3	117.7	Balwyn
Canterbury , Doncaster Balwyn Road			Doncaster , Canterbury Balwyn Road
Burwood, Doncaster ; Melbourne via Elgar Road Freeway	7.3	114.7	Doncaster , Burwood Elgar Road
Connections to the west	Distance to Box Hill (km)	Distance to Alexandra (km)	Connections to the east
Box Hill	0	114	Box Hill
Huntingdale, Doncaster Station Street	0.1	113.9	Doncaster , Huntingdale Station Street
Mount Waverley, Doncaster ; Melbourne via Middleborough Road Freeway	1.4	112.6	Doncaster , Mount Waverley Middleborough Road
Blackburn , Edithvale Chapel Street (Blackburn Road)	2.9	111.1	Blackburn , Edithvale Chapel Street (Blackburn Road)
Doncaster East, Warrandyte ; Melbourne via Freeway Surrey Road (Blackburn Road)	3	111	Doncaster East, Warrandyte Surrey Road (Blackburn Road)
Nunawading	4.8	109.2	Nunawading
Glen Waverley, Donvale; Melbourne via Freeway Springvale Road			Donvale, Glen Waverley Springvale Road
Mitcham	6.4	107.6	Mitcham
Wantirna, Donvale, Doncaster Mitcham Road			Donvale, Wantirna, Boronia Mitcham Road
Doncaster , Melbourne EastLink Ringwood Bypass	8.4	105.6	Doncaster , Melbourne EastLink Ringwood Bypass
Dandenong , Frankston EastLink			Dandenong , Frankston EastLink
Wantirna Wantirna Road	9.4	104.6	Wantirna Wantirna Road
Ringwood	9.5	104.5	Ringwood
Warrandyte Warrandyte Road	9.7	104.3	Warrandyte Warrandyte Road
Connections to the west	Distance to Melbourne about (km)	Distance to Alexandra (km)	Connections to the east
Croydon, Mount Dandenong Mount Dandenong Road Melbourne , Frankston via EastLink Ringwood Bypass	28.4	103.6	Croydon, Montrose, Mount Dandenong Mount Dandenong Road to Ringwood Bypass
Croydon, Bayswater Kent Avenue	32.8	99.2	Croydon Kent Avenue
Wonga Park, Warrandyte Yarra Road	33	99	Wonga Park Yarra Road
further than Whitehorse Road (Maroondah Highway)	34	98	further than Maroondah Highway
Boronia , Ferntree Gully Dorset Road	35.5	96.5	Boronia Dorset Road
RAILWAY LINE TO LILYDALE	40.9	91.1	RAILWAY LINE TO LILYDALE
Lilydale	41	91	Lilydale
Monbulk, Belgrave , Narre Warren, Cranbourne; Montrose, Bayswater , Vermont Anderson Street	41.5	90.5	Monbulk, Belgrave ; Montrose Anderson Street
End start	43.5	88.5	Woori Yallock, Warburton Warburton Highway
Woori Yallock, Warburton Warburton Highway			End start
Coldstream	46	86	Coldstream
End further than	47	85	Yarra Glen, Yea Melba Highway
Yarra Glen Melba Highway			further than
Woori Yallock, Cockatoo, Pakenham , Koo Wee Rup Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road	61	71	Woori Yallock, Cockatoo Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road
Yarra Glen, Kinglake , Yea Healesville-Kinglake Road	63	69	Yarra Glen, Kinglake , Yea Healesville-Kinglake Road
Healesville	63.5	68.5	Healesville
Badger Creek Badger Creek Road	64	68	Badger Creek Badger Creek Road
Mount Donna Buang, Yarra Junction Don Road	64.5	67.5	Mount Donna Buang, Yarra Junction Don Road
Narbethong	87	47	Narbethong
Marysville ; to Mount Donna Buang, Warburton Marysville Road	88	44	Marysville , Lake Mountain, Cambarville; to Warburton Marysville Road
Marysville ; to Lake Mountain Buxton-Marysville Road	102.5	29.5	Marysville Buxton-Marysville Road
Buxton	103	29	Buxton
Eildon Taggerty-Thornton Road	114	18th	Eildon, Jamieson Taggerty-Thornton Road
Alexandra	132	0	Alexandra
Connections to the south	Distance to Alexandra (km)	Distance to Mansfield (km)	Connections to the north
further than	0	69	Eildon Goulburn Valley Highway
Eildon Goulburn Valley Highway			End further than
End further than	7th	62	Yea, Seymour Goulburn Valley Highway
Yea, Seymour Goulburn Valley Highway			further than
Connections to the west	Distance to Melbourne via Yarra Glen (km)	Distance to Mansfield (km)	Connections to the east
further than	133	56	no connection
Yea, Seymour , Yarra Glen, Melbourne Maroondah Link Highway			End further than
Euroa, Shepparton Euroa-Mansfield Road	152	37	Euroa, Shepparton Euroa-Mansfield Road
Merton			Merton
Bonnie Doon	167	22nd	Bonnie Doon
End further than	177	12	to Wodonga , Sydney via freeway ; Benalla , Shepparton Midland Link Highway
Benalla Midland Link Highway			further than
Mansfield	189	0	Mansfield
Start of the Maroondah Highway			End of Maroondah Highway
Roundabout (clockwise from Highway) Midland Highway to Benalla and Shepparton Mount Buller Road to Mount Buller ; to Whitfield; and to Jamieson Highett Street

source

• Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007, ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 , pp. 43 + 48.