Hamilton Highway
| Hamilton Highway Victoria | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 231 km (144 mi) |
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| Former route number |
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| Major junctions | |
| West end | |
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for full list see major intersections | |
| East end | |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Penshurst, Mortlake, Lismore, Cressy, Fyansford |
| Highway system | |
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Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Victoria | |
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The Hamilton Highway[2] in western Victoria, Australia (state route B140) runs from the Princes Highway in Geelong west to the town of Hamilton through the towns of Inverleigh, Cressy, Lismore, Derrinallum, Darlington, Mortlake, and Penshurst.
The Geelong end of the highway was once routed along Hyland Street Fyansford, until the construction of Deviation Road between 1931-32 with unemployment labour during the Great Depression. Opened in 1933, it was cut into the hillside, the surface was originally of concrete construction. The road opened 54 years after the first petition by Fyansford residents for such a road.[3]
In Hamilton, the Glenelg Highway continues across the South Australian border to Mount Gambier rendering the Hamilton Highway a popular alternative route for the Melbourne to Mount Gambier trip (being roughly 50 km shorter than a trip down Highway 1).
Major Intersections and Towns
Hamilton Highway  | |||
| Westbound | Distance to Hamilton (km) |
Distance to Geelong (km) |
Eastbound |
 Crossroads Intersection (clockwise from highway)Glenelg Highway  to Hamilton and Mount GambierHiller Lane Glenelg Highway to Dunkeld and Ballarat | |||
| End Hamilton Highway |
3 | 231 | Start Hamilton Highway |
| continues as |
31 | 203 | Port Fairy, Warrnambool Penshurst-Warrnambool Road  Macarthur Macarthur-Penshurst Road   |
| Macarthur Macarthur-Penshurst Road Port Fairy, Warrnambool Penshurst-Warrnambool Road |
Penshurst | ||
| Penshurst | duplexes with | ||
| duplexes with |
32 | 202 | Dunkeld Penshurst-Dunkeld Road |
| Dunkeld Penshurst-Dunkeld Road |
continues as | ||
| Warrnambool Warrnambool-Caramut Road  |
56 | 178 | Warrnambool Warrnambool-Caramut Road |
| Warrnambool Hopkins Highway  |
87.5 | 146.5 | Warrnambool Hopkins Highway |
| Terang, Cobden Terang-Mortlake Road  |
88.5 | 145.5 | Mortlake |
| Mortlake | Terang, Cobden Terang-Mortlake Road | ||
| Lake Bolac, Ararat Mortlake-Ararat Road  |
89 | 145 | Lake Bolac, Ararat Mortlake-Ararat Road |
| Camperdown Darlington Road  |
112 | 122 | Camperdown Darlington Road |
| Camperdown, Skipton Lismore-Skipton Road  |
137 | 97 | Skipton, Camperdown Lismore-Skipton Road |
| Camperdown Camperdown-Lismore Road  |
139 | 95 | Lismore |
| Lismore | Camperdown Camperdown-Lismore Road | ||
| Ballarat Lismore-Scarsdale Road  |
144 | 90 | Ballarat Lismore-Scarsdale Road |
| Camperdown Foxhow Road  |
162 | 72 | Camperdown Foxhow Road |
| continues as |
168 | 66 | Cressy, Colac Colac-Ballarat Road  |
| Cressy, Colac Colac-Ballarat Road |
duplexes with | ||
| duplexes with |
169 | 65 | Rokewood, Ballarat Colac-Ballarat Road |
| Rokewood, Ballarat Colac-Ballarat Road |
continues as | ||
| Shelford, Rokewood Inverleigh-Shelford Road  |
202 | 32 | Shelford Inverleigh-Shelford Road |
| Winchelsea Inverleigh-Winchelsea Road  |
206 | 28 | Inverleigh |
| Inverleigh | Winchelsea Inverleigh-Winchelsea Road | ||
| continues as |
225.3 | 8.7 | Ballarat Friend In Hand Road  |
| Ballarat Friend In Hand Road |
duplexes with | ||
| duplexes with |
225.6 | 8.4 | Ceres, Moriac Merrawarp Road |
| Ceres, Moriac Merrawarp Road |
continues as | ||
| Ballarat Fyansford-Gheringhap Road  |
228 | 6 | Ballarat Fyansford-Gheringhap Road |
| Melbourne Geelong Ring Road     |
228.3 | 5.7 | Melbourne Geelong Ring Road |
To  Great Ocean RoadColac Geelong Ring Road |
228.6 | 5.4 | To Great Ocean Road Colac Geelong Ring Road |
| Corio Hyland Street  |
230 | 4 | Corio Hyland Street |
| Belmont, Corio Shannon Avenue  |
232.5 | 1.5 | Corio, Belmont Shannon Avenue |
| Start Hamilton Highway |
234 | 0 | Geelong |
| End Hamilton Highway | |||
| Traffic Lights (clockwise from highway) Latrobe Terrace (Princes Highway)  to Corio and MelbourneRyrie Street  to City Centre and DrysdaleLatrobe Terrace (Princes Highway) to Great Ocean Road and Waurn Ponds | |||
See also
References
- ↑ State Route 106 - Hamilton Highway, Main Roads Victoria. Retrieved on 14 September 2013.
- ↑ Hamilton Highway (B140), Expressway - Paul Rands. Retrieved on 14 September 2013.
- ↑ John, McNeil (1990) A Journey to Destiny 1890-1990 100 Years of Cement Manufacturing at Fyansford by Australian Cement Limited
External links
Media related to Hamilton Highway at Wikimedia Commons
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