Melba Highway

Melba Highway

Melba Highway is located in Victoria
North end
North end
South end
South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length64.9 km (40 mi)[3]
GazettedOctober 1913 (as Main Road)[1]
May 1983 (as State Highway)[2]
Route number(s) B300 (1998–present)
Entire route (via Yarra Glen bypass)
Former
route number
  • B300 (1998–2010)
    (via Yarra Glen)
  • State Route 153 (1986–1998)
    Entire route (via Yarra Glen)
Major junctions
North end Goulburn Valley Highway
Yea, Victoria
 
  • Healesville-Kinglake Road
  • Healesville–Yarra Glen Road
South end Maroondah Highway
Coldstream, Victoria
Location(s)
RegionHume, Greater Melbourne[4]
Major settlementsGlenburn, Dixons Creek, Yarra Glen, Yering
Highway system
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Melba Highway is a semi-rural highway that connects the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne to the town of Yea,[5] in Victoria's Upper Goulburn region. It is named after Dame Nellie Melba, a famed Australian opera singer of the early 20th century, whose former country estate lies at the southern end of the highway in Coldstream.

  1. ^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 5 November 1913. p. 4812. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 30 June 1983. p. 1972. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Melba Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Victoria's Regions". Regional Development Victoria. Victoria State Government. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference vicreg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).