Wimmera Highway

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Wimmera Highway
Australian Alphanumeric State Route B240.svg Australian Alphanumeric State Route C240.png
Basic data
Operator: VicRoads
further operator: Transport SA
Start of the street: A790 Calder Alternative Highway
Marong ( VIC )
( 36 ° 45 ′  S , 144 ° 8 ′  E )
End of street: AA66 Riddoch Highway
Naracoorte ( SA )
( 36 ° 58 ′  S , 140 ° 44 ′  E )
Overall length: 345 km

States :

Victoria / South Australia

The Wimmera Highway is a trunk road in the west of the Australian state of Victoria and in the southeast of South Australia . It connects the Calder Alternative Highway in Marong , about 15 km west of Bendigo , with the Riddoch Highway in Naracoorte .

course

The Wimmera Highway branches off from the Calder Alternative Highway (A790) to the west in Marong . In St. Arnaud it crosses the Sunraysia Highway (B220) and continues on its way west until it meets the Henty Highway (B200) north of Horsham . Together with this it runs southwest to Horsham.

In Horsham he crosses the Western Highway and turns west again. In Natimuk it turns west-southwest and leads to Edenhope . There he takes another westerly direction and crosses the border to South Australia 10 km west of Apsley . Soon after, it reaches the Riddoch Highway (A66) in Naracoorte and ends.

numbering

  • AB240 from Marong to Horsham
  • C240 from Horsham to Naracoorte

source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . Pp. 44 + 45