Mallee Highway

Mallee Highway

Victoria
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length374.4 km (233 mi)[3]
GazettedDecember 1914 (as Main Road)[1]
1947/48 (as State Highway)[2]
Route number(s) B12 (1997/1998–present)
Former
route number
National Route 12 (1955–1997/1998)
Major junctions
West end Dukes Highway
Tailem Bend, South Australia
 
East endTooleybuc Road
VIC/NSW border
Location(s)
RegionMurray and Mallee,[4] Loddon Mallee[5]
Major settlementsLameroo, Pinnaroo, Murrayville, Walpeup, Ouyen, Manangatang
Highway system
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Mallee Highway is a highway connecting Tailem Bend in south-eastern South Australia and Piangil in north-western Victoria,[6] running mostly across the Mallee plains. It forms part of the shortest route between Adelaide and Sydney.

  1. ^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 23 December 1914. p. 5856. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Country Roads Board Victoria. Thirty-Fifth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1948". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 1 November 1948. p. 7.
  3. ^ "Mallee Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Victoria's Regions". Regional Development Victoria. Victoria State Government. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference vicreg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).