Great Alpine Road

Great Alpine Road

Victoria
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length303.7 km (189 mi)[3]
GazettedNovember 1914 (as Main Road)[1]
1947/48 (as State Highway)[2]
Route number(s) B500 (1996–present)
Former
route number
  • State Route 156 (1986–1996)
    (Wangaratta–Omeo)
  • State Route 195 (1986–1996)
    (Omeo–Bairnsdale)
Major junctions
Northwest end Wangaratta Road
Wangaratta, Victoria
 
Southeast end Princes Highway
Bairnsdale, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlementsMyrtleford, Ovens, Eurobin, Bright, Harrietville, Mount Hotham, Dinner Plain, Omeo, Swifts Creek, Ensay, Bruthen
Highway system
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The Great Alpine Road is a country tourist road in Victoria, Australia, running from Wangaratta in the north to Bairnsdale in the east, passing through the Victorian Alps.[4] The road was given its current name because it was considered the mountain equivalent to Victoria's world-famous Great Ocean Road in the south-west of the state.[citation needed] The road usually remains open during winter; however, vehicles travelling between Harrietville and Omeo are required to carry diamond-pattern[5] snow chains during the declared snow season.[6]

  1. ^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 25 November 1914. p. 5287. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Country Roads Board Victoria. Thirty-Fifth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1948". Country Roads Board. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 1 November 1948. p. 7.
  3. ^ "Great Alpine Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference vicreg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Mount Hotham, Wheel Chains
  6. ^ Travel Victoria, Great Alpine Road