Grand Ridge Road

Grand Ridge Road

Victoria
Grand Ridge Road; Victoria
General information
Type	Rural road
Length	132 km (82 mi)[1]
Opened	1925
Route number(s)	C457 (1998-present); (Mirboo North-Mirboo); C458 (1998-present); (Mirboo-Boolarra South); C484 (1998-present); (Balook-Willung South);
Former; route number	State Route 190(1986-1998); (Wonyip-Albert River)
Tourist routes	Tourist Route 93; Entire route; Tourist Route 94; (Balook-Willung South);
Major junctions
West end	Korumburra-Warragul Road; Seaview, Victoria
	Strzelecki Highway
East end	Hyland Highway; Carrajung, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlements	Mirboo North
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Victoria;

The Grand Ridge Road is a long tourist drive through Gippsland, in Victoria, Australia. 132 kilometres long, it runs from Seaview, to Carrajung, via Ferndale, Trida (named after Trida, New South Wales), Hallston, Mirboo North, Gunyah, Balook and Blackwarry. As the name suggests, the road primarily follows ridgelines through the heavily undulating Strzelecki Ranges.

The road is known for the attractive scenery ranging from open farmland to dense forest, especially as it passes through Mount Worth State Park and Tarra Bulga National Park. Its surface ranges from good quality sealed bitumen to heavily corrugated unsealed gravel.

It is steep and winding through the eastern Strzelecki Ranges and heavily used by logging trucks throughout the year. Large trees and branches often fall after wind. This road is not recommended for caravans.

History

The construction of (The) Ridge Road was detailed in the Country Roads Board's annual review for the 1924/25 financial year,[2] running from Seaview, Mirboo, Gunyah, Ryton, through Balook, Blackwarry to Carrajung (for a total of 66 miles), described to "play an important part in the further development of the hill country of South Gippsland";[2] it was referred to as the Grand Ridge Road from 1933.[3]

The Grand Ridge Road is signed as Tourist Route 93 for its entire route; its eastern section between Balook and Carrajung is also signed Tourist Route 94 as part of the eastern loop of the Strzelecki Trail.

Significant intersections

LGA	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Baw Baw	Seaview	0	0.0	Korumburra-Warragul Road (C425) – Korumburra, Warragul	Western terminus of road and Tourist Drive 93
		4.8	3.0	Warragul-Leongatha Road – Warragul
		8.3	5.2	McDonalds Track – Yarragon
South Gippsland	Hallston	24.2	15.0	Leongatha-Yarragon Road – Leongatha
	Allambee South	32.8	20.4	Mirboo-Yarragon Road – Yarragon
	Mirboo North	39.1	24.3	Strzelecki Highway (B460 west) – Leongatha, Inverloch	Western terminus of concurrency with route B460
		42.0	26.1	Meeniyan–Mirboo North Road (C455) – Dumbalk, Meeniyan
		42.5	26.4	Strzelecki Highway (B460 east) – Morwell	Eastern terminus of concurrency with route B460 Western terminus of route C456
		42.6	26.5	Baromi Road (Boolarra–Mirboo North Road) (C456) – Boolarra	Route C456 continues east; western terminus of route C457
	Mirboo	56.6	35.2	Foster Road – Boolarra	Eastern terminus of route C457, route C458 continues south
	Mirboo	56.6	35.2	Olsens Road – Morwell River Falls Reserve	Eastern terminus route C458
	Gunyah	69.8	43.4	Boolarra-Foster Road – Foster
Wellington	Wonyip	81.0	50.3	Woorarra Road – Welshpool
	Wonyip	85.4	53.1	Albert River Road – Alberton West
	Balook	109.0	67.7	Tarra Valley Road (C484) – Yarram	Route C484 and Tourist Route 94 continues south
	Balook	114.8	71.3	Traralgon-Balook Road (C483) – Traralgon	Tourist Route 94 continues north and east
	Willung South	132.2	82.1	Hyland Highway (C482) – Traralgon, Yarram	Eastern terminus of road, route C484 and Tourist Route 93; Tourist Route 94 continues north
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Route transition

Notes

Google (10 October 2021). "Grand Ridge Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
"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. pp. 6–7.
"Country Roads Board Victoria. Twenty-First Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1934". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 19 November 1934. pp. 8, 74.

Sources

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[gmaps-1] Google (10 October 2021). "Grand Ridge Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

[CRB12AR-2] "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. pp. 6–7.

[CRB21AR-3] "Country Roads Board Victoria. Twenty-First Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1934". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 19 November 1934. pp. 8, 74.