Northern Highway (Victoria)

Northern Highway

Victoria
Northern Highway (Victoria) is located in Victoria
North end
North end
South end
South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length164.8 km (102 mi)[1]
GazettedNovember 1914 (as Main Road)[2]
July 1925 (as State Highway)[3]
Route number(s) B75 (1997–present)
Former
route number
  • National Route 75 (1955–1997)
    Entire route
  • National Highway 31 (1974–1976)
  • National Route 31 (1954–1974)
    (Kilmore–Beveridge)
Major junctions
North end Cobb Highway
VIC/NSW border
 
South end Hume Freeway
Beveridge, Victoria
Location(s)
RegionLoddon Mallee, Hume[4]
Major settlementsRochester, Elmore, Heathcote, Kilmore, Wallan
Highway system
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Northern Highway is a rural highway in northern Victoria, linking Echuca on the banks of the Murray River with Beveridge a short distance north of the northern suburban fringes of Melbourne.[5] In conjunction with McIvor Highway, it provides an important link between Melbourne and Bendigo. It forms a significant freight route providing access to markets and ports in Melbourne and the rural primary production areas of the Murray Valley and southern New South Wales, and serves a number of agricultural and tourism-related industries along its length.

  1. ^ "Northern Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 9 December 1914. p. 5527. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Country Roads Board Victoria. Twelfth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1925". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 31 December 1925. p. 3.
  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).