Bass Highway (Victoria)

The Bass Highway^[2][3] is an 87 kilometre highway in Victoria, Australia and branches off the South Gippsland Highway at the township of Lang Lang. It runs south, along the eastern shore of Western Port to Anderson where a road turns west toward Phillip Island. The Bass Highway continues easterly to Kilcunda, Wonthaggi and Inverloch, then turns north-easterly to rejoin the South Gippsland Highway at Leongatha. Previously assigned State Route 181, it was later designated M420 for the dual carriageway sections and A420 for the single carriageway sections between the South Gippsland Highway near Lang Lang and the Phillip Island turn-off, then designated B460 onwards. The road was named due to its proximity to Bass Strait.

Duplication towards Phillip Island

A project which has commenced in the late 1990s, duplication of the highway along the Bass Highway from Lang Lang to Anderson (east of Phillip Island) is nearing completion. This project was constructed to address the high traffic demand of the route and recent crash history. It was constructed in seven stages, with Stage 7 of the project from Woolmer Road to Phillip Island Road currently under construction.

The benefits of this project include:

• reduced travel times to Phillip Island which hosts some of Victoria's favourite tourist and sporting attractions
• eliminating the roundabout at Anderson, and providing a direct route between Melbourne and Phillip Island
• bypassing a winding section of Phillip Island Road and providing two added lanes along Bass Highway. This will help address the crash history in this area. There have been 13 crashes in a recent five-year period.
• an overpass, which will be constructed near Netherwood will provide smoother and safer movements at the connection of the Bass Highway and the new link road, for Phillip Island and Wonthaggi-bound traffic
• helping traffic to exit Phillip Island after major events such as the MotoGP

The project is schueduled to be completed by late 2013 / early 2014.^[4]

Major intersections

LGA	Location	km[5]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Cardinia	Lang Lang	0	0	South Gippsland Highway (M420 north / A440 south-east) – Melbourne, Leongatha	North-western highway terminus; combined partial y interchange and at-grade intersection for complete access
Bass Coast	The Gurdies	9.9	6.2	Gurdies–St Helier Road – Woodleigh
	Grantville	15.0	9.3	Grantville–Glen Alvie Road east / Pier Road west – Kernot, Almurta, Grantville	Traffic light intersection
	Corinella–Glen Forbes boundary	19.1	11.9	Corinella Road (C436) west / Glen Forbes Road east – Corinella, Coronet Bay, Glen Forbes
	Bass	28.8	17.9	Phillip Island Link Road (B420) – Phillip Island	Partial y interchange: no access between Phillip Island Link Road and Bass Highway south of interchange; Route transition: M420 continues south as B460
	Anderson	31.0	19.3	Phillip Island Road – Phillip Island	Roundabout
	Wonthaggi	47.9	29.8	Korumburra Road (C437) – Kongwak, Korumburra
		48.3	30.0	Graham Street west to Cape Paterson Road (C435) / McKenzie Street south – Cape Paterson, Wonthaggi	Roundabout
	Inverloch	59.9	37.2	Korumburra–Inverloch Road (C441) – Korumburra, Inverloch
		60.9	37.8	William Street (C442) south / Inverloch–Venus Bay Road (C442) east – Inverloch, Cape Paterson Venus Bay	Roundabout
South Gippsland	Leongatha	86.4	53.7	South Gippsland Highway (A440) south-east & north-west to Strzelecki Highway (B460) north-east – Melbourne, Morwell, Foster	North-eastern highway terminus; roundabout
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

References

See also

• Highways in Australia
• Highways in Victoria

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 Princes Highway (Geelong) Tourist routes Great Alpine Road Great Ocean Road Murray Valley Highway Phillip Island Road