Glenelg Highway

Glenelg Highway

South Australia
–Victoria
Glenelg Highway; South Australia–Victoria
General information
Type	Highway
Length	300 km (186 mi)[1]
Route number(s)	B160 (1998-present)
Former; route number	State Route 112 (1986-1998)[2]
Major junctions
West end	Princes Highway; Glenburnie, South Australia
	Henty Highway; Hamilton Highway; Pyrenees Highway;
East end	Midland Highway; Sebastopol, Ballarat
Location(s)
Major settlements	Casterton, Coleraine, Hamilton, Dunkeld, Glenthompson, Lake Bolac, Skipton
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in South Australia; Highways in Victoria;

The Glenelg Highway[3] is a 301 kilometre highway in south-eastern Australia, linking Mount Gambier with Ballarat.[4][5][6][7] Most of the highway is located within the Western part of the state of Victoria; except for a short, 15 km stretch from the South Australia/Victoria state border near Ardno to Glenburnie (6 km east of central Mount Gambier) is located in South Australia. Some maps identify the South Australian stretch as Casterton Road. Major towns along its route include Casterton, Coleraine and Hamilton.[4][5][6][7]

History

The passing of the Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924[8] 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 Glenelg Highway was declared a State Highway in the 1947/48 financial year,[9] from Ballarat via Skipton, and Hamilton to Casterton (for a total of 149 miles); before this declaration, the roads were referred to as Hamilton-Coleraine-Casterton Road and Ballarat-Hamilton Road.[10]

A new bridge over Hopkins River in Wickcliffe was opened in 1996, replacing an older, flood-prone structure and the last on the highway wit a timber deck, at a cost of $145,000, with bridge approaches costing $700,000.[11]

The Glenelg Highway was signed as State Route 112 between Glenburnie and Ballarat in 1986; with Victoria's conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in the late 1990s, this was replaced by route B160.

Major Intersections and Towns

State	LGA	Location[1]	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
South Australia	Grant	Glenburnie	0.0	0.0	Princes Highway (A1 west, east) – Portland, Mount Gambier Attiwill Road (south) – Murrawa	Western terminus of highway and route B160
State border			15.3	9.5	Victoria – South Australia state border
Victoria	Glenelg	Casterton	58.4	36.3	Casterton-Penola Road (C198) – Penola, Robe
			61.6	38.3	Casterton-Naracoorte Road (C211) – Naracoorte
			63.4	39.4	Portland-Casterton Road (C195) – Portland
			67.7	42.1	Casterton-Edenhope Road (C207 north) – Edenhope Lodge Road (south) – Sandford
	Southern Grampians	Coleraine	89.2	55.4	Coleraine-Balmoral Road (C203/C206) – Balmoral, Harrow, Nhill
		Coleraine	90.7	56.4	Coleraine-Merino Road (C196) – Merino
		Hamilton	121.5	75.5	Henty Highway – Horsham, Warracknabeal, Mildura	Concurrency with route A200
			123.8	76.9	Henty Highway – Heywood, Portland	Concurrency with route A200
			124.9	77.6	Lonsdale Street (west) – Hamilton Thompson Street (south) – Hamilton	Roundabout
			127.7	79.3	Hamilton Highway (B140) – Mortlake, Warrnambool, Geelong
		Dunkeld	152.9	95.0	Penshurst-Dunkeld Road (C178 north) – Penshurst, Warrnambool Dunkeld-Cavendish Road (C188 south) – Cavendish, Balmoral
		Dunkeld	156.1	97.0	Grampians Road (C216) – Halls Gap, Stawell
		Glenthompson	174.6	108.5	Pyrenees Highway (B180) – Ararat, Avoca, Castlemaine
	Ararat	Lake Bolac	203.0	126.1	Mortlake-Ararat Road (C148) – Mortlake, Ararat
	Ararat	Streatham	223.5	138.9	Rossbridge-Streatham Road (C182) – Ararat
	Corangamite	Skipton	250.8	155.8	Skipton Road (C172) – Beaufort	Concurrency with route C172
			251.3	156.2	Lismore-Skipton Road (C172) – Lismore	Concurrency with route C172
			251.8	156.5	Rokewood-Skipton Road (C143) – Rokewood, Geelong
	Golden Plains	Scarsdale	279.5	173.7	Lismore-Scarsdale Road (C171) – Lismore
	Ballarat	Delacombe	297.1	184.6	Delacombe-Wendouree Road (C307 north) – Alfredton, Wendouree Cherry Flat Road (south) – Bonshaw	roundabout
	Ballarat	Sebastopol	299.8	186.3	Midland Highway (A300 north, south) – Ballarat City Centre, Bendigo, Geelong Sayle Street (east) – Sebastopol	Roundabout; eastern terminus of highway and route B160
Concurrency terminus

References

Google. "Glenelg Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
State Route Numbering System - The former route numbering in rural Victoria, Main Roads Victoria. Retrieved on 8 September 2013.
Glenelg Highway (B160), Expressway - Paul Rands. Retrieved on 8 September 2013.
Gange, P. H; Konings, L. F (1959), Highway record survey. Glenelg Highway, Melbourne: Country Roads Board, retrieved 23 November 2012
Royal Automobile Association of South Australia (RAA); Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) (1979), [Highway strip maps of Australia]. Ballarat-Lake Bolac, 99 km. Glenelg Highway, RAA, retrieved 23 November 2012
Royal Automobile Association of South Australia (1979), [Highway strip maps of Australia]. Lake Bolac-Dunkeld and Hamilton, 78 km., Glenelg Highway, RAA, retrieved 23 November 2012
Hema Maps; Martin, Ray (2006), Melbourne to Adelaide, Hema Maps, retrieved 23 November 2012
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
"Country Roads Board Victoria. Thirty-Fifth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1948". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 1 November 1948. p. 7.
"Country Roads Board Victoria. Twenty-Sixth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1939". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 10 November 1939. pp. 98, 101.
"VicRoads Annual Report 1995-96". VicRoads. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 18 October 1996. p. 16.

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[gmaps-1] Google. "Glenelg Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google.

[2] State Route Numbering System - The former route numbering in rural Victoria, Main Roads Victoria. Retrieved on 8 September 2013.

[3] Glenelg Highway (B160), Expressway - Paul Rands. Retrieved on 8 September 2013.

[Survey1959-4] Gange, P. H; Konings, L. F (1959), Highway record survey. Glenelg Highway, Melbourne: Country Roads Board, retrieved 23 November 2012

[RAA-5] Royal Automobile Association of South Australia (RAA); Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) (1979), [Highway strip maps of Australia]. Ballarat-Lake Bolac, 99 km. Glenelg Highway, RAA, retrieved 23 November 2012

[RAA2-6] Royal Automobile Association of South Australia (1979), [Highway strip maps of Australia]. Lake Bolac-Dunkeld and Hamilton, 78 km., Glenelg Highway, RAA, retrieved 23 November 2012

[HEMA-7] Hema Maps; Martin, Ray (2006), Melbourne to Adelaide, Hema Maps, retrieved 23 November 2012

[8] 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

[CRB35AR-9] "Country Roads Board Victoria. Thirty-Fifth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1948". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 1 November 1948. p. 7.

[CRB26AR-10] "Country Roads Board Victoria. Twenty-Sixth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1939". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 10 November 1939. pp. 98, 101.

[VR96AR-11] "VicRoads Annual Report 1995-96". VicRoads. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 18 October 1996. p. 16.

Road infrastructure in South Australia
Expressways	South Eastern Freeway Port River Expressway Northern Expressway North–South Motorway (incomplete, under construction) Southern Expressway
Interstate highways	Barrier Highway Dukes Highway Eyre Highway Mallee Highway Princes Highway Stuart Highway Sturt Highway
State highways	Augusta Highway Gawler Bypass Horrocks Highway Main South Road Port Wakefield Road Riddoch Highway Victor Harbor Road
Arterial roads	Adelaide–Mannum Road Barossa Valley Way Birdseye Highway Browns Well Highway Cameron Highway Copper Coast Highway Flinders Highway Flinders Ranges Way Glenelg Highway Gorge Road Goyder Highway Horrocks Highway Karoonda Highway Lincoln Highway Ngarkat Highway Olympic Dam Highway Onkaparinga Valley Road Playford Highway RM Williams Way Southern Ports Highway Spencer Highway St Vincent Highway Strathalbyn Road Strathalbyn–Goolwa Road The Outback Highway Thiele Highway Tod Highway Wellington Road Wilkins Highway Wimmera Highway Yorke Highway
Outback tracks	Anne Beadell Highway Birdsville Track Colson Track Gunbarrel Highway Maralinga to Emu Road Mount Davies Road Oodnadatta Track Strzelecki Track Vokes Hill Corner to Cook Road
Transport in South Australia; List of road routes in South Australia

Road infrastructure in Victoria
Freeways	Calder Freeway Goulburn Valley Freeway Hume Freeway Princes Freeway (Geelong Ring Road) Western Freeway
Highways	Bass Highway Bellarine Highway Borung Highway Calder Highway Calder Alternative Highway Glenelg Highway Goulburn Valley Highway Hamilton Highway Henty Highway Hopkins Highway Kiewa Valley Highway Loddon Valley Highway Mallee Highway Maroondah Highway McIvor Highway Melba Highway Midland Highway Monaro Highway Murray Valley Highway Nepean Highway Northern Highway Omeo Highway Princes Highway Pyrenees Highway South Gippsland Highway Strzelecki Highway Sturt Highway Sunraysia Highway Surf Coast Highway Warburton Highway Western Highway Western Port Highway Wimmera Highway
Bypass routes	Old Hume Highway Old Princes Highway
Tourist routes	Great Alpine Road Great Ocean Road Murray Valley Highway Phillip Island Road

Glenelg Highway

History

Major Intersections and Towns

See also

References