Strzelecki Highway is a short 55 kilometre highway that connects the towns of Leongatha and Morwell in the western Gippsland region of Victoria.[4] It was named after the Strzelecki Ranges, the set of low mountain ridges the road travels through.
Strzelecki Highway | |
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  Southwest end Northeast end | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 55.7 km (35 mi)[1] |
| Gazetted | November 1913 (as Main Road)[2] December 1990 (as State Highway)[3] |
| Route number(s) |  B460 (1998–present) |
| Former route number |  State Route 182 (1990–1998) |
| Major junctions | |
| Southwest end | Bass Highway Leongatha, Victoria |
| Northeast end | Commercial Road Morwell, Victoria |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Mirboo North |
| Highway system | |
Route
editStrzelecki Highway commences at the intersection with South Gippsland Highway and Bass Highway in Leongatha, Victoria and heads in a north-easterly direction as a two-lane, single carriageway road, winding with gentle curves through the Strzelecki Ranges to form the main street through the town of Mirboo North, and linking both sections of Grand Ridge Road through the town. It continues north-east, tracing west around the Hazelwood Power Station open-cut coal mine, to eventually terminate at the interchange with Princes Freeway on the western outskirts of Morwell.
History
editThe passing of the Country Roads Act of 1912[5] through the Parliament of Victoria provided for the establishment of the Country Roads Board (later VicRoads) and their ability to declare Main Roads, taking responsibility for the management, construction and care of the state's major roads from local municipalities. Leongatha-Yarragon Road from Leongatha via Hallston and Allambee to Yarragon, was declared a Main Road, on 10 November 1913.[2] The passing of the Country Roads Act of 1958[6] updated the definition of Main Roads. Mountain Hut Road was declared a Main Road on 9 May 1983,[7] from the intersection with Mirboo North-Thorpdale Road in Delburn to the intersection with Morwell-Thorpdale Road in Driffield.
The passing of the Transport Act of 1983[8] (itself an evolution from the original Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924[9]) provided for the declaration of State Highways, roads two-thirds financed by the State government through the Country Roads Board. Strzelecki Highway was declared a State Highway in December 1990,[3] from Leongatha to Morwell, subsuming the original declarations of Mountain Hut Road, and of Leongatha-Yarragon Road between Leongatha and Leongatha North, as Main Roads; before this declaration, the road was also referred to as Morwell-Thorpdale Road.[3]
Strzelecki Highway was signed as State Route 182 between Leongatha and Morwell in 1990; with Victoria's conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in the late 1990s, it was replaced by route B460.
The passing of the Road Management Act 2004[10] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2008, VicRoads re-declared the road as Strzelecki Highway (Arterial #6180) between South Gippsland Highway in Leongatha and Commercial Road at Morwell.[4]
The Morwell end of the highway was deviated westwards in 2006 as part of the Hazelwood Power Station West Field open cut mine expansion.[11]
Major intersections
edit| LGA | Location[1][4] | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| South Gippsland | Leongatha | 0.0 | 0.0 | Bass Highway (B460) – Inverloch, Phillip Island | South-western terminus of highway, route B460 continues south-west along Bass Highway |
 South Gippsland Highway (A440) – Korumburra, Yarram | |||||
| Mirboo North | 22.3 | 13.9 | Grand Ridge Road (west) – Warragul | ||
| 25.0 | 15.5 |  Meeniyan–Mirboo North Road (C455) – Dumbalk, Meeniyan | |||
| 25.5 | 15.8 |  Boolarra South–Mirboo North Road (C456) – Boolarra, Churchillto Grand Ridge Road (east) – Carrajung, Gormandale | |||
| Delburn | 33.5 | 20.8 |  Mirboo North–Trafalgar Road (C469) – Thorpdale, Trafalgar | ||
| Latrobe | Driffield | 47.2 | 29.3 |  Morwell–Thorpdale Road (C464) – Thorpdale | |
| Morwell | 55.7 | 34.6 |  Princes Freeway (M1) – Melbourne, Warragul, Traralgon, Sale | ||
| Commercial Road (Morwell–Thorpdale Road) (B460) – Morwell | North-eastern terminus oh highway, route B460 continues along Commercial Road to Morwell | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Strzelecki Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 5 November 1913. p. 5155. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 19 December 1990. pp. 3783, 3785. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ a b c VicRoads. "VicRoads – Register of Public Roads (Part A) 2015" (PDF). Government of Victoria. pp. 958–9. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ An Act relating to Country Roads State of Victoria, 23 December 1912
- ^ An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Country Roads State of Victoria, 30 September 1958
- ^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 30 June 1983. p. 1984. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ State of Victoria, An Act to Re-enact with Amendments the Law relating to Transport including the Law with respect to Railways, Roads and Tramways... 23 June 1983
- ^ State of Victoria, An Act to make further provision with respect to Highways and Country Roads Motor Cars and Traction Engines and for other purposes 30 December 1924
- ^ State Government of Victoria. "Road Management Act 2004" (PDF). Government of Victoria. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ "Hazelwood West Field Project - International Power Australia". www.ipplc.com.au. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2008.