Goulburn Valley Highway

Goulburn Valley Highway Victoria
General information
Type	Highway
Length	212 km (132 mi)
Route number(s)	A39 (2014 to present) NSW/Vic Border - Arcadia B340 (1998-present) Seymour - Yea B300/B340 (duplex) (1998-present) Yea - Cathkin B340 (1998-present) Cathkin- Eildon
Former route number	National Highway A39 (1998-2014) National Highway 39 (?-1998) NSW/Vic Border - Seymour State Route 168 (1986-1998) Seymour - Yea[1] State Route 153 & 168 (1986-1998) (duplex) Yea - Cathkin State Route 168 (1986-1998) Cathkin- Eildon
Major junctions
NE end	Newell Highway NSW/Vic border south of Tocumwal, New South Wales
	Murray Valley Highway Midland Highway Hume Freeway Melba Highway Maroondah Highway for full list see major intersections
SE end	Eildon Road Eildon, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlements	Strathmerton, Shepparton, Nagambie, Seymour, Yea, Alexandra
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Victoria

The Goulburn Valley Highway^[2] is a highway 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 highway roughly follows the course of the Goulburn River, a tributary of the Murray River. The Highway serves the fruit and vegetable growing areas of the Goulburn Valley in Victoria, one of Australia's most productive agricultural regions.

The highway runs from Eildon to Seymour as a two lane single carriageway sealed road with shoulders and between Arcadia to Tocumwal also as a two lane single carriageway but with tactile road lines, wide shoulders and small sections of 3 or 4 lane single carriageway road for overtaking. The section from the Hume Freeway to Arcadia via Nagambie has been fully converted into a dual carriageway and has been renamed as the Goulburn Valley Freeway.

The Goulburn Valley Highway crosses the Murray River at Tocumwal to join the Newell Highway in New South Wales.

Freeway Upgrade

The Goulburn Valley Highway is defined as a Road of National Importance (RONI) which means the Australian Government fully funds improvements to it. It is progressively being upgraded to freeway standard with the goal to ultimately bypass all towns between the Hume Freeway and north of Shepparton.

Timeline of upgrade

• 2001 - Hume Freeway to Nagambie. 16 km opened in April 2001, at a cost of $A53m. The opening ceremony was held in a new south-bound rest area and was attended by representatives of the local Taungurung Aboriginal People, who referred to the significance of the relocated ‘scarred tree’, which had been relocated as part of the project.^[3]

• 2003 - Murchison East deviation. 18 km opened to traffic on 18 February 2003, almost eleven months early, at a cost of $A88.9m.^[4]

• 2008 – 10 km Arcadia section duplication, from north of the Murchison-Violet Town Road interchange to Gribben Road, south of Shepparton. Opened in June 2008, at a cost of A$40.5m.^[5]

• 2013 - Nagambie bypass. 17 km bypass opened at the end of April, 2013.^[6]

Major Intersections and Towns

NSW/Vic Border - Arcadia

Goulburn Valley Highway
Northbound	Distance to Tocumwal (km)	Distance to Melbourne (km)	Southbound
End Goulburn Valley Highway continues as Newell Highway to Finley and Brisbane	0	270	Start Goulburn Valley Highway from Newell Highway
MURRAY RIVER			MURRAY RIVER
NEW SOUTH WALES STATE BORDER VICTORIA
Cobram Cobram-Koonoomoo Road	11	259	Cobram, Yarrawonga Cobram-Koonoomoo Road
continues as	15	255	To Benalla Cobram, Yarrawonga Murray Valley Highway
Cobram, Yarrawonga Murray Valley Highway			duplexes with
Strathmerton	25	245	Strathmerton
duplexes with	29	241	Nathalia, Echuca, Kerang, Swan Hill Murray Valley Highway
Echuca, Kerang, Swan Hill Murray Valley Highway			continues as
continues as	47	223	Nathalia Katamatite-Nathalia Road
Nathalia Katamatite-Nathalia Road			duplexes with
Numurkah	48	222	Numurkah
duplexes with	49	221	Katamatite Katamatite-Nathalia Road
Katamatite, Yarrawonga Katamatite-Nathalia Road			continues as
Katamatite Katamatite-Shepparton Road	71.5	198.5	Katamatite Katamatite-Shepparton Road
Grahamvale Road	71.6	198.4	To Euroa Melbourne via Town Bypass Grahamvale Road
Nathalia, Barmah Barmah-Shepparton Road	76	194	Barmah Barmah-Shepparton Road
Dookie Dookie-Shepparton Road	79	191	Dookie Dookie-Shepparton Road
Northbound	Distance to Shepparton (km)	Distance to Melbourne (km)	Southbound
Kyabram, Elmore, Bendigo; Benalla Midland Highway	0	189	Shepparton
Shepparton			Benalla; Kyabram, Elmore, Bendigo Midland Highway
To Euroa Benalla, Tocumwal River Road	7	182	To Euroa River Road
Goulburn Valley Highway continues from Goulburn Valley Freeway	16	173	continues as Goulburn Valley Freeway to Seymour and Melbourne

Hume Freeway (Seymour) - Eildon

Goulburn Valley Highway
Westbound	Distance to Seymour (km)	Distance to Eildon (km)	Eastbound
continues as Goulburn Valley Freeway to Shepparton	--	100	Goulburn Valley Highway continues from Goulburn Valley Freeway
Melbourne, Wodonga, Sydney Hume Freeway
To Melbourne Puckapunyal, Tooborac Seymour-Tooborac Road	--	95	To Melbourne Puckapunyal, Tooborac Seymour-Tooborac Road
Seymour	0	94	Seymour
To Melbourne Tallarook Upper Goulburn Road	10	84	To Melbourne Tallarook Upper Goulburn Road
Flowerdale, Whittlesea Whittlesea-Yea Road	37	57	Flowerdale, Whittlesea Whittlesea-Yea Road
Yea	38	56	Yea
Westbound	Distance to Melbourne via Yarra Glen (km)	Distance to Eildon (km)	Eastbound
continues as	111	56	Yarra Glen, Lilydale Melba Highway
Yarra Glen, Melbourne Melba Highway			duplexes with
duplexes with	129	38	Bonnie Doon, Mansfield, Benalla Maroondah Link Highway
Mansfield Maroondah Link Highway			continues as
Westbound	Distance to Seymour (km)	Distance to Eildon (km)	Eastbound
Bonnie Doon, Mansfield, Benalla Maroondah Highway	62	32	Mansfield Maroondah Highway
Marysville, Melbourne Maroondah Highway	69	25	Alexandra
Alexandra			Marysville, Healesville, Lilydale, Melbourne Maroondah Highway
To Melbourne Taggerty-Thornton Road	81	13	Taggerty-Thornton Road
Start Goulburn Valley Highway from Eildon Road	94	0	Eildon
			End Goulburn Valley Highway continues as Eildon Road to Lake Eildon

See also

• Highways in Australia
• Highways in Victoria

References

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