McIvor Highway
McIvor Highway Victoria | |
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General information | |
Type | Highway |
Length | 44 km (27 mi)[1] |
Route number(s) | ![]() |
Former route number | ![]() |
Major junctions | |
West end | ![]() Bendigo, Victoria |
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East end | ![]() Heathcote, Victoria |
Location(s) | |
Major settlements | Axedale |
Highway system | |
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McIvor Highway is a short Victorian highway (44 km) linking Bendigo and Heathcote. Together with Hume Freeway (until Wallan) and Northern Highway (until Heathcote), it provides an alternative route between Melbourne and Bendigo. The name 'McIvor' refers to the original name of the Heathcote region, used during the Victorian Gold Rush.
History
The passing of the Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924[2] through the Parliament of Victoria provided for the declaration of State Highways, roads two-thirds financed by the State government through the Country Roads Board (later VicRoads). The Eppalock Highway was declared a State Highway in the 1959/60 financial year,[3][4] from Heathcote to Bendigo (for a total of 27 miles); before this declaration, this road was referred to as Heathcote-Bendigo Road.[3] The highway was later renamed McIvor Highway in 1962.[5]
The McIvor Highway was signed as State Route 141 between Bendigo and Heathcote in 1986; with Victoria's conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in the late 1990s, this was replaced by route B280.
Major intersections and towns
The entire highway is in the City of Greater Bendigo local government area.
Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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Bendigo | 0 | 0.0 | ![]() | Traffic light intersection; western terminus of highway and route B280 | |
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Strathdale | 3.1 | 1.9 | ![]() ![]() | Traffic light intersection | |
Axedale | 21.0 | 13.0 | Bridge over Campaspe River | ||
Heathcote | 44.0 | 27.3 | ![]() | T-intersection; eastern terminus of highway and route B280 | |
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See also
References
- ^ a b Google (14 September 2015). "McIvor Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ State of Victoria, An Act to make further provision with respect to Highways and Country Roads Motor Cars and Traction Engines and for other purposes 30 December 1924
- ^ a b "Country Roads Board Victoria. Forty-Seventh Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1960". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 21 November 1960. pp. 7–8.
- ^ Golden Fleece Road Map Victoria, August 1965
- ^ "Country Roads Board Victoria. Forty-Ninth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1962". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 1 December 1962. p. 22.
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