Melba Highway | |
Formerly | |
Length | 65 km (40 mi) |
Direction | North-South |
From | Goulburn Valley Highway, Yea, Victoria |
via | Glenburn, Dixons Creek, Yarra Glen, Yering |
To | Maroondah Highway, Coldstream, Victoria |
Major junctions | for full list see major intersections |
The Melba Highway connects the outer eastern suburb of Coldstream, near Lilydale, and the town of Yea, in Victoria's Central Highlands on the Goulburn Valley Highway.
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The highway passes through the alluvial plains of the Yarra River and the rich Yarra Valley vineyards near Yarra Glen. At Yarra Glen, the road diverts from the main town street (Bell Street) and follows a recently completed bypass of the township. After rejoining the main highway north of Yarra Glen, the road rises up a steep grade between Dixons Creek and Glenburn to the top of the Great Dividing Range at a road junction that links the highway with the nearby towns of Kinglake and Toolangi, a former home of Australian author C. J. Dennis.
From there, the road passes through forest and open agricultural land before reaching Yea, a small pastoral town.
Coldstream - Yarra Glen 100 km/h
Yarra Glen 50 km/h
Yarra Glen - Glenburn 100 km/h
Glenburn 80 km/h
Glenburn-Yea 100 km/h
Yea 60 km/h
The road is named after Dame Nellie Melba, a famed Australian opera singer of the early 20th century whose former country estate lies at the southern end of the highway, at the junction of the Melba and Maroondah highways in Coldstream.
The road is within the Shire of Yarra Ranges and Shire of Murrindindi local government areas.
In addition, the recently completed Yarra Glen bypass now diverts trucks and other through vehicles onto the new road, having been opened in May 2010. Works are continuing at the Bell Street/Melba Highway roundabout (at the Yarra Valley Tourist rail crossing) which is expected to completed by mid 2011.[1]
Melba Highway | |||
Northbound | Distance to Yea (km) |
Distance to Melbourne (km) |
Southbound |
T-Intersection (clockwise from highway) Goulburn Valley Highway to Seymour and Shepparton Goulburn Valley Highway to Alexandra and Mansfield |
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End Melba Highway | 0 | 111 | Start Melba Highway |
Yea | |||
Kinglake, Healesville Healesville-Kinglake Road |
40 | 72 | Healesville, Kinglake Healesville-Kinglake Road |
Yarra Glen Yea Road |
53 | 58 | Yarra Glen, Eltham Yea Road |
continues as | 55 | 56 | Healesville Healesville-Yarra Glen Road |
Healesville Healesville-Yarra Glen Road |
duplexes with | ||
duplexes with | 57 | 54 | Yarra Glen, Eltham Bell Street |
Yarra Glen, Eltham Bell Street |
continues as | ||
YARRA VALLEY TOURIST RAIL LINE |
YARRA VALLEY TOURIST RAIL LINE |
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YARRA RIVER | 57.5 | 53.5 | YARRA RIVER |
Start Melba Highway | 65 | 47 | End Melba Highway |
Traffic Lights (clockwise from highway) Maroondah Highway to Healesville and Alexandra Maroondah Highway to Lilydale and Melbourne |