Goulburn Valley Freeway

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The Goulburn Valley Highway exit to Seymour and Yea near the Hume Freeway
The Goulburn Valley Highway exit to Seymour and Yea near the Hume Freeway
Goulburn Valley Freeway
Length 45 km
General direction North-South
From Goulburn Valley Highway, Arcadia, Victoria
via Wahring
To Hume Freeway, 9 km north of Seymour, Victoria
Established 1998
Allocation National Highway M39
Major Junctions Goulburn Valley Highway

The Goulburn Valley Freeway is a 45 kilometre (two-section) freeway located in Victoria, Australia. The section north beyond the Hume Freeway is part of the Melbourne to Brisbane National Highway (together with Hume Freeway) and is the main link between these two cities as well as a major link between Victoria and inland New South Wales. The freeway roughly follows the course of the Goulburn River. This freeway has been superseded in sections from the original alignment of Goulburn Valley Highway. The entire freeway stretches has a speed limit of 110 km/h.

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[edit] Current Freeway situation

- 4 lane dual carrageway with tactile road lines, wide shoulders and rest areas

  • Between the Hume Freeway and 5 km south of Nagambie
  • Between the Wahring Roadhouse and Ross Road, Arcadia

[edit] Exits & Intersections

Goulburn Valley Freeway
Northbound exits / intersections High Speed Intersection Distance from
Goulburn Valley Highway
(km)		 Distance from
Hume Freeway
(km)		 Southbound exits / intersections High Speed Intersection
End Goulburn Valley Freeway
continues as Goulburn Valley Highway
to Shepparton / Brisbane		 0 59 Start Goulburn Valley Freeway
from Goulburn Valley Highway
Arcadia
Ross Road / Karramomus Road High Speed Intersection		 Arcadia
Ross Road / Karramomus Road High Speed Intersection
Arcadia
Doyles Road High Speed Intersection		 2 57 Arcadia
Doyles Road High Speed Intersection
Arcadia
Arcadia Road		 4 55 Arcadia
Arcadia Road
Arcadia South
Glessons Road / Zocks Road High Speed Intersection		 6 53 Arcadia South
Glessons Road / Zocks Road High Speed Intersection
Arcadia South
Baliffs Road High Speed Intersection		 8 51 Arcadia South
Baliffs Road High Speed Intersection
Arcadia South
Murchison-Violet Town Road 		10 49 Arcadia South
Murchison-Violet Town Road
SHEPPARTON RAIL LINE 20 39 SHEPPARTON RAIL LINE
Wahring
Wahring-Murchison East Road 		no exit
Wahring
Moss Road / Wahring-Euroa Road High Speed Intersection		 24 35 Wahring
Moss Road / Wahring-Euroa Road High Speed Intersection
GOULBURN VALLEY HIGHWAY VIA NAGAMBIE -- -- GOULBURN VALLEY HIGHWAY VIA NAGAMBIE
Tabilk
Mitchellstown Road / Tabilk-Monea Road High Speed Intersection		 40 19 Tabilk
Mitchellstown Road / Tabilk-Monea Road High Speed Intersection
Tabilk
Avenel-Nagambie Road High Speed Intersection		 43 16 Tabilk
Avenel-Nagambie Road High Speed Intersection
Tabilk
Aerodrome Road High Speed Intersection		 50 9 Tabilk
Aerodrome Road High Speed Intersection
Mangalore
Ferguson Lane High Speed Intersection		 52 7 Mangalore
Ferguson Lane High Speed Intersection
Mangalore
Gerrards Road High Speed Intersection		 53 6 Mangalore
Gerrards Road High Speed Intersection
Mangalore
Mangalore Road High Speed Intersection		 55 4 Mangalore
Mangalore Road High Speed Intersection
Mangalore
Nalinga Road / Selectors Road High Speed Intersection		 57 2 Mangalore
Nalinga Road / Selectors Road High Speed Intersection
59 0 Mangalore
Goulburn Valley Highway
Start Goulburn Valley Freeway
from Hume Freeway 		End Goulburn Valley Freeway
continues as Hume Freeway
to Sydney / Melbourne

[edit] Past and future development

The Goulburn Valley Highway is defined as a National Highway which means the Australian Government fully funds improvements to it. It is progressively being upgraded to freeway standard and will ultimately bypass all towns between the junction with the Hume Freeway and the New South Wales border.

[edit] Arcadia Duplication

The duplication is a $40.55 million project funded by the Australian Government as part of its Auslink Program. The works involve duplication of 11km of the existing Goulburn Valley Highway between the Murchison East deviation and the proposed Shepparton Bypass, just north of Ross Road.

The highway will carry an estimated 6,500 vehicles per day, including more than 2,000 commercial vehicles. The freeway will cut travel time and significantly improve the safety of this section of the Goulburn Valley Highway.

It will incorporate four at-grade intersections, frontage access roads, a rest area with full facilities, and installation of wire rope safety barriers.

The Arcadia section runs adjacent to the Calder Woodburn Memorial Avenue of Honour. A Conservation Management Plan has been developed in consultation with Heritage Victoria to ensure that impact on the significant Calder Woodburn Memorial Avenue of Honour is minimised. The plans included measures to enhance and highlight the avenue of trees.

Start Date: June 2006 Completion Date: Open to traffic February 2008, with final completion of all works in April 2008 Cost: $40.55 million funded by the Australian Government

[edit] Nagambie Bypass

A decision on the Nagambie bypass alignment was supposed to be made in late 2006. A program for construction of the Nagambie Bypass has not been agreed on.

[edit] Shepparton Bypass

An alignment for the Shepparton bypass has been decided. The bypass will cross the Goulburn River at Toolamba and travel west of Mooroopna rejoining the existing highway north of Congupna.

A program for construction has not been agreed on.

[edit] Strathmerton Deviation

This realignment will bypass the small townships of Strathmerton and Yarroweyah and avoid dangerous bends south of the Murray River crossing at Tocumwal.

This project is not scheduled for several years.