Calder Highway
| Calder Highway New South Wales – Victoria | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 448 km (278 mi) |
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| NW end |
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for full list see major intersections | |
| SE end |
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| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Mildura, Ouyen, Charlton, Bendigo |
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Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in New South Wales Highways in Victoria | |
Calder Highway[1] is a highway in Australia, linking Ravenswood South in Victoria, to Mildura. North of the Victoria/New South Wales border, the highway continues north to Broken Hill, Tibooburra and the New South Wales/Queensland border as the Silver City Highway, as route B79 as far as Broken Hill.[2]
History
The Calder Highway was named after William Calder, who was chairman of the Country Roads Board from 1913 to 1928. The CRB was renamed Victorian Road Construction Authority and is today known as VicRoads.
The highway was originally allocated a National Route 79 shield. With Victoria's conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in the late 1990s this was altered to an A79 designation for the majority highway portion, with the New South Wales section allocated B79 in 2013.
Route
South of the Victoria/New South Wales border the highway is a two-lane, single carriageway in each direction, continuing through northwest Victoria from the Abbotsford Bridge, through Merbein to the major regional town of Mildura in the state's north-west. Here also it crosses the Sturt Highway (A20) leading to capital cities Adelaide heading west and Sydney heading east. Further south, it crosses the Mallee Highway (B12) at Ouyen and runs south-east eventually to Bendigo. Between Wycheproof and Red Cliffs the highway has a speed limit of 110 km/h.
The Calder Alternate Highway (A790) leaves the A79 just north of Ravenswood and bypasses the Bendigo suburban area, rejoining the A79 at Marong, west of Bendigo.
For most of its length from Bendigo to its end at its junction with the Tullamarine Freeway in Melbourne, the Calder Highway is a four lane dual carriageway, upgraded to freeway standard as the Calder Freeway. The Old Calder Highway has been designated C794 from where it leaves the new Calder Freeway at Ravenswood South.
Gallery of notable sights
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The Calder Highway, passing through Irymple.
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The end of the Calder Highway at the intersection of the Silver City Highway, near Curlwaa, New South Wales.
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Fruit disposal bins and warning signs along the Calder Highway, approaching the Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone near Mildura.
Major Intersections and Towns
Calder Highway   | |||
| Northbound | Distance to Broken Hill (km) |
Distance to Melbourne (km) |
Southbound |
| End Calder Highway continues as Silver City Highway to Wentworth and Broken Hill |
273 | 565 | Start Calder Highway from Silver City Highway |
| Buronga Silver City Highway  | |||
| Start |
273.5 | 564.5 | End |
| MURRAY RIVER Abbotsford Bridge | MURRAY RIVER Abbotsford Bridge | ||
| NEW SOUTH WALES STATE BORDER VICTORIA | |||
| End |
273.5 | 564.5 | Start |
| Mildura Town Centre Ranfurly Way  |
284.5 | 553.5 | Merbein |
| Merbein | Mildura Town Centre Ranfurly Way | ||
| continues as |
294 | 544 | Renmark, Adelaide Sturt Highway  |
| Renmark, Adelaide Sturt Highway |
duplexes with | ||
| Northbound | Distance to Mildura (km) |
Distance to Melbourne via  (km) |
Southbound |
| duplexes with |
2 | 541 | Mildura Town Centre, Balranald, Sydney Sturt Highway  |
| Mildura Town Centre, Balranald, Sydney Sturt Highway |
continues as | ||
| Buronga Benetook Avenue (Buronga-Mildura Road)  |
4 | 539 | Buronga Benetook Avenue (Buronga-Mildura Road) |
| Irymple | 6 | 537 | Irymple |
| Red Cliffs | 15 | 528 | Red Cliffs |
| Meringur Red Cliffs-Meringur Road  |
17 | 526 | Meringur Red Cliffs-Meringur Road |
| Colignan Red Cliffs-Colignan Road  |
18 | 525 | Colignan Red Cliffs-Colignan Road |
| Robinvale Hattah-Robinvale Road  |
67 | 476 | Robinvale Hattah-Robinvale Road |
| Ouyen | 102 | 441 | Ouyen |
| continues as |
102.2 | 440.8 | Piangil, Swan Hill Mallee Highway  |
| Piangil, Balranald, Sydney Mallee Highway |
duplexes with | ||
| duplexes with |
102.3 | 440.7 | Pinnaroo, Murray Bridge, Adelaide Mallee Highway |
| Pinnaroo, Murray Bridge, Adelaide Mallee Highway |
continues as | ||
| Birchip Sunraysia Highway  |
113 | 430 | Birchip, Ballarat, Portland Melbourne via  FreewaySunraysia Highway |
| Mittyack | 139 | 404 | Mittyack |
| Patchewollock Patchewollock-Sea Lake Road  |
172 | 371 | Patchewollock Patchewollock-Sea Lake Road |
| Robinvale Robinvale-Sea Lake Road  |
187 | 356 | Robinvale Robinvale-Sea Lake Road |
| continues as |
191 | 352 | Sea Lake |
| Swan Hill Sea Lake-Swan Hill Road  |
Swan Hill Sea Lake-Swan Hill Road | ||
| Sea Lake | duplexes with | ||
| duplexes with |
191.5 | 351.5 | To  BirchipHopetoun Birchip-Sea Lake Road |
| To Birchip Hopetoun Birchip-Sea Lake Road |
continues as | ||
| Donald, Swan Hill Donald-Swan Hill Road  |
252 | 291 | Swan Hill, Donald Donald-Swan Hill Road |
| Birchip Birchip-Wycheproof Road  |
267 | 276 | Birchip Birchip-Wycheproof Road |
| Boort Boort-Wycheproof Road  |
268 | 275 | Wycheproof |
| Wycheproof | Boort Boort-Wycheproof Road | ||
| St Arnaud St Arnaud-Wycheproof Road  |
274 | 269 | St Arnaud St Arnaud-Wycheproof Road |
| Donald, Dimboola Borung Highway  |
297 | 246 | Donald, Dimboola Borung Highway |
| St Arnaud Charlton-St Arnaud Road  |
298 | 245 | Charlton |
| Charlton | St Arnaud Charlton-St Arnaud Road | ||
| Boort, Kerang Boort-Charlton Road  |
299 | 244 | Boort, Kerang Boort-Charlton Road |
| Wedderburn | 329 | 214 | Wedderburn |
| Boort, Kerang Boort-Wedderburn Road  |
329.3 | 213.7 | Boort, Kerang Boort-Wedderburn Road |
| Logan, St Arnaud Logan-Wedderburn Road |
329.5 | 213.5 | Logan, St Arnaud Logan-Wedderburn Road |
| Inglewood | 358 | 185 | Inglewood |
| Dunolly, Maryborough Bridgewater-Dunolly Road  Serpentine, Kerang Bridgewater-Serpentine Road |
365 | 178 | Serpentine, Kerang Bridgewater-Serpentine Road Dunolly, Maryborough Bridgewater-Dunolly Road |
| Bridgewater On Loddon | 365.5 | 177.5 | Bridgewater On Loddon |
| Maldon Bridgewater-Maldon Road  |
366 | 177 | Maldon, Castlemaine Bridgewater-Maldon Road |
To  St Arnaud, HorshamMelbourne via Town Bypass Calder Alternative Highway |
388 | 155 | Marong |
| Marong | To St Arnaud Melbourne via Town Bypass Calder Alternative Highway | ||
| Westbound | Distance to Mildura (km) |
Distance to Bendigo (km) |
Eastbound |
| Long Gully, Eaglehawk, Golden Square Golden Square-Long Gully Road  |
399 | 4 | Golden Square, Long Gully Golden Square-Long Gully Road |
| Eaglehawk, Kerang Loddon Valley Highway   |
401 | 2 | Eaglehawk, Kerang Loddon Valley Highway |
| White Hills Eaglehawk Road  |
401.6 | 1.4 | White Hills, Echuca, Shepparton Eaglehawk Road |
| Northbound | Distance to Bendigo (km) |
Distance to Melbourne (km) |
Southbound |
| continues as |
1 | 150 | Bendigo City Centre To  Heathcote, KilmoreEchuca, Shepparton High Street  Quarry Hill, Flora Hill Myrtle Street  |
| Bendigo City Centre To Heathcote, KilmoreEchuca, Shepparton High Street Quarry Hill, Flora Hill Myrtle Street |
duplexes with | ||
| Long Gully, Eaglehawk Golden Square-Long Gully Road Quarry Hill, Strathdale Golden Square-Quarry Hill Road  |
3.6 | 147.4 | Quarry Hill Golden Square-Quarry Hill Road Long Gully Golden Square-Long Gully Road |
| Maryborough Bendigo-Maryborough Road  |
6 | 145 | Kangaroo Flat |
| Kangaroo Flat | Maryborough Bendigo-Maryborough Road | ||
| Mildura via Town Bypass Calder Alternative Highway |
16 | 135 | Mildura via Town Bypass Calder Alternative Highway |
| Start Calder Highway from Calder Freeway  |
25 | 126 | Harcourt, Elphinstone, Taradale Old Calder Highway  Maldon Fogartys Gap Road |
| End Calder Highway continues as Calder Freeway to Castlemaine, Ballarat and Melbourne | |||
References
- ↑ Calder Freeway & Calder Highway (M/A79), Expressway - Paul Rands. Retrieved on 11 September 2013.
- ↑ Silver City Highway, Tibooburra, 2007-12-25
