South Gippsland Highway
| South Gippsland Highway Victoria | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 255 km (158 mi) |
| Route number(s) |
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| Former route number |
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| Major junctions | |
| West end |
 Princes Highway, Dandenong, Victoria |
| East end |
 Princes Highway,Sale, Victoria |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Cranbourne, Koo Wee Rup, Lang Lang, Korumburra, Leongatha, Foster, Yarram, Longford |
| Highway system | |
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Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Victoria | |
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The South Gippsland Highway is a partially divided highway in Victoria, Australia which connects the city of Melbourne with the South Gippsland region of Victoria, ending in the town of Sale. The highway begins without a route number (formerly State Route 180), until the junction of Greens Road where it carries State Route 12 to Pound Road, then continues until the South Gippsland Freeway / Western Port Highway interchange where it becomes the M420. The M420 continues through Cranbourne and Koo Wee Rup until the Bass Highway turnoff, at which point the road is then designated A440 onwards to Sale. From the Bass Highway junction, the highway is undivided. The South Gippsland Highway is the gateway from Melbourne to many attractions including Wilsons Promontory and Phillip Island as well as being an important road for farmers in Gippsland.
Route
The highway commences in Dandenong, branching from the Princes Highway, and heads in a general south-east direction at first. It is mostly a dual carriageway with two lanes in either direction, until the Bass Highway turnoff to Phillip Island, after which it is entirely an undivided highway. Conversion to dual carriageways at the western end began in 1975, initially between the South Gippsland Freeway and Cranbourne; a distance of 17 km.[1] The final link in the duplication of the highway between the Princes Highway, Dandenong and Bass Highway opened in the early 1990s between Princes Highway and Pound Road.[2] It passes through the Cranbourne area, and then through or close to the Gippsland towns of Tooradin, Koo Wee Rup, Lang Lang, Nyora, Korumburra, Leongatha, Foster, Welshpool and Yarram, before heading north to rejoin the Princes Highway at Sale.
Timeline of duplication
- 1975 – Conversion to dual carriageways at the western end began in 1975, between the South Gippsland Freeway and Cranbourne; a distance of 17 km.[1]
- 1987 – Duplication works completed on three sections. Cranbourne to Five Ways, Tooradin to Dalmore Road, and Monomeith Road to Bass Highway.[3]
- 1989 – 3 km of dual carriageways opened between Manks Road and Lynes Road, Tooradin in December 1989.[4]
- 1990 – 3 km of dual carriageways opened between Lynes Road, Tooradin and Dore Road in April 1990. At this stage, ’27 km of the planned 32 km length of duplication between Cranbourne and Bass Highway has now been completed’.[4]
- 1990/1991 – Duplication of 6 km south of Tooradin completed at a cost of $A9.9m. No exact date was given, however VicRoads Annual Reports cover the previous financial year. This completed the duplication of the highway between Cranbourne and the Bass Highway.[5] An interesting anomaly is that the kilometre lengths quoted in this annual report[5] and the previous annual report [4] do not match!
- 1991/1992 – 2.8 km duplication opened between Princes Highway and Pound Road. This was the final link in the duplication of the highway from the Princes Highway to Bass Highway, Again, no exact date was given, however VicRoads Annual Reports cover the previous financial year.[2]
Major intersections and towns
South Gippsland Highway    | |||
| Northwestbound | Distance to Dandenong (km) |
Distance to Phillip Island (km) |
Southeastbound |
 Traffic Lights (clockwise from highway)Princes Highway to Dandenong and MelbournePrinces Highway to Berwick and Warragul | |||
| End South Gippsland Highway | 2 | 103 | Start South Gippsland Highway |
GIPPSLAND RAIL LINE |
2.2 | 102.8 | GIPPSLAND RAIL LINE |
To  Ringwood, Melbourne; KeysboroughDandenong Bypass   |
2.7 | 102.3 | To Frankston, Portsea; Keysborough Dandenong Bypass |
| Mordialloc Greens Road |
4 | 101 | Mordialloc Greens Road |
| continues as | |||
| continues as |
5 | 100 | Hampton Park, Narre Warren Pound Road Pound Road West |
| Hampton Park, Narre Warren Pound Road West Pound Road | |||
| Northwestbound | Distance to Melbourne via Freeway(km) |
Distance to Phillip Island (km) |
Southeastbound |
| Melbourne South Gippsland Freeway   |
41.9 | 99.1 | Melbourne South Gippsland Freeway |
| continues as | |||
| Hastings, Flinders Westernport Highway  |
42 | 99 | Hastings, Flinders Westernport Highway |
| Carrum, Berwick Thompsons Road  |
48 | 93 | Berwick, Carrum Thompsons Road |
| Cranbourne | 51 | 90 | Cranbourne |
| Frankston, Berwick Cranbourne-Frankston Road   |
51.5 | 89.5 | Berwick, Frankston Cranbourne-Frankston Road |
| Narre Warren, Belgrave, Lilydale Cameron Street |
52.5 | 88.5 | Narre Warren Cameron Street |
| Clyde, Berwick Clyde-Five Ways Road |
57.7 | 83.3 | Clyde Clyde-Five Ways Road |
| Cannons Creek Fisheries Road |
57.8 | 83.2 | Pearcedale, Cannons Creek Fisheries Road |
| Frankston, Hastings, Portsea Baxter-Tooradin Road   |
62.5 | 78.5 | Frankston, Hastings, Portsea Baxter-Tooradin Road |
| Tooradin | 67 | 74 | Tooradin |
| Cardinia Dalmore Road |
69 | 72 | Cardinia Dalmore Road |
| Koo Wee Rup, Longwarry Rossiter Road  |
74 | 67 | Koo Wee Rup, Pakenham, Longwarry Rossiter Road |
| Northwestbound | Distance to Melbourne via  Freeway(km) |
Distance to Phillip Island (km) |
Southeastbound |
| Koo Wee Rup, Pakenham, Healesville; Melbourne via FreewayKoo Wee Rup Road  |
76 | 64 | Koo Wee Rup, Pakenham Koo Wee Rup Road |
| no intersection | 82 | 58 | Lang Lang McDonalds Track |
| Lang Lang, Drouin Westernport Road  |
84 | 56 | Lang Lang, Drouin Westernport Road |
| continues as |
86 | 54 | Phillip Island, Wonthaggi Bass Highway |
| Phillip Island, Wonthaggi Bass Highway | |||
| Northwestbound | Distance to Melbourne (km) |
Distance to Leongatha (km) |
Southeastbound |
| End |
86 | 48 | Start |
| Nyora Lang Lang-Nyora Road  |
98 | 36 | Nyora, Poowong Lang Lang-Nyora Road |
| Loch Main Road Poowong Loch-Poowong Road |
105 | 29 | Poowong Loch-Poowong Road Loch Main Road |
| SOUTH GIPPSLAND TOURIST RAIL LINE | 107 | 27 | SOUTH GIPPSLAND TOURIST RAIL LINE |
| SOUTH GIPPSLAND TOURIST RAIL LINE | 114 | 20 | SOUTH GIPPSLAND TOURIST RAIL LINE |
| Poowong, Warragul Warragul-Korumburra Road  |
119 | 15 | Warragul Warragul-Korumburra Road |
| Wonthaggi Korumburra-Wonthaggi Road  |
120 | 14 | Korumburra |
| Korumburra | Wonthaggi, Inverloch Korumburra-Wonthaggi Road | ||
| Mirboo North, Morwell Strzelecki Highway  |
133.9 | 0.1 | Mirboo North, Morwell Strzelecki Highway |
| Inverloch, Wonthaggi, Phillip Island Bass Highway |
133.95 | 0.05 | Inverloch, Wonthaggi Bass Highway |
| Leongatha | 134 | 0 | Leongatha |
| Westbound | Distance to Melbourne (km) |
Distance to Yarram (km) |
Eastbound |
| Dumbalk Ogilvy Street  |
134.5 | 89.5 | Dumbalk Ogilvy Street |
| Dumbalk, Mirboo North Farmers Road  |
151 | 73 | Meeniyan |
| Meeniyan | Dumbalk, Mirboo North Farmers Road | ||
| Fish Creek, Wilsons Promontory Meeniyan-Promontory Road  |
151.5 | 72.5 | Fish Creek, Wilsons Promontory Meeniyan-Promontory Road |
| Foster, Fish Creek, Wilsons Promontory Toora Road |
172 | 52 | Foster Toora Road |
| Toora | 184 | 40 | Toora |
| Port Albert Yarram-Port Albert Road  |
194 | 30 | Welshpool |
| Welshpool | Port Albert Yarram-Port Albert Road | ||
| Yarram | 224 | 0 | Yarram |
| Southbound | Distance to Yarram (km) |
Distance to Sale (km) |
Northbound |
| Tarra Valley Tarra Valley Road  |
0 | 71 | Tarra Valley Tarra Valley Road |
| Traralgon, Melbourne via Freeway Hyland Highway  |
2 | 69 | Traralgon, Melbourne via Freeway Hyland Highway |
| Carrajung, Traralgon Carrajung-Woodside Road  |
18.5 | 52.5 | Carrajung Carrajung-Woodside Road |
| Woodside Woodside Beach Road |
18.8 | 52.2 | Woodside Woodside Beach Road |
| Seaspray Seaspray Road  |
63.5 | 7.5 | Seaspray Seaspray Road |
| Loch Sport Longford-Loch Sport Road  |
64.5 | 6.5 | Loch Sport Longford-Loch Sport Road |
| Longford | 65 | 6 | Longford |
| Rosedale Rosedale-Longford Road |
65.5 | 5.5 | Rosedale Rosedale-Longford Road |
| Start South Gippsland Highway |
71 | 0 | End South Gippsland Highway |
| Roundabout (clockwise from highway) Princes Highway to Traralgon and MelbournePrinces Highway to Bairnsdale and OrbostFoster Street | |||
See also
References
- 1 2 Country Roads Board Victoria. Sixty-Second Annual Report: for the year ended 30th June, 1975, Burwood, Victoria: Brown, Prior, Anderson, 1975. p. 7.
- 1 2 VicRoads. VicRoads Annual Report, 1991-1992, Kew, Victoria: VicRoads, 1992, p. 39.
- ↑ Road Construction Authority Victoria. Annual Report 1986-87, Kew, Victoria: Road Construction Authority, Victoria, 1987. p. 66
- 1 2 3 VicRoads. VicRoads Annual Report, 1989-1990, Kew, Victoria: VicRoads, 1990, p. 56.
- 1 2 VicRoads. VicRoads Annual Report, 1990-1991, Kew, Victoria: VicRoads, 1991, p. 37
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