Maroondah Highway
Maroondah Highway | |
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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 : |
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 |
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Balwyn | 4.3 | 117.7 | Balwyn |
Canterbury , Doncaster Balwyn Road |
Doncaster , Canterbury Balwyn Road |
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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 |
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Mitcham | 6.4 | 107.6 | Mitcham |
Wantirna, Donvale, Doncaster Mitcham Road |
Donvale, Wantirna, Boronia Mitcham Road |
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Doncaster , Melbourne EastLink Ringwood Bypass |
8.4 | 105.6 |
Doncaster , Melbourne EastLink Ringwood Bypass |
Dandenong , Frankston EastLink |
Dandenong , Frankston EastLink |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.