Murray Valley Highway

Murray Valley Highway New South Wales – Victoria

Murray Valley Highway at Nathalia

General information
Type	Highway
Length	663 km (412 mi)
Route number(s)	Nil (Within New South Wales) B400 (Within Victoria)
Former route number	National Route 16 (1955–1998) (Vic.) (1955–2013) (NSW) Entire route
Major junctions
NW end	Sturt Highway Euston, New South Wales
	Mallee Highway Loddon Valley Highway Northern Highway Goulburn Valley Highway Hume Freeway Kiewa Valley Highway Omeo Highway for full list see major intersections
SE end	Alpine Way NSW/Vic border east of Towong, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlements	Robinvale, Swan Hill, Kerang, Echuca, Yarrawonga, Wodonga, Tallangatta
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in New South Wales Highways in Victoria

The start of the Murray Valley Highway at Euston, New South Wales.

The end of the Murray Valley Highway at the Bringenbrong Bridge near Corryong.

The Murray Valley Highway^[1]^[2] is a state highway that is located in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia.

Route

The Murray Valley Road was built in the late 1920s and early 1930s by the Country Roads Board of Victoria as part of a program of rural roads to facilitate development of the more remote parts of the state and provide connections between communities in addition to the roads and railways radiating out from Melbourne. It is one of a number of roads designated as a State Highway in 1933.^[3] At that time, the highway ran from Corryong to the South Australian border. The western end of this route is now part of the Sturt Highway.

The popular tourist route follows the south side of the Murray River and effectively acts as the northern-most highway in Victoria. The western end of route B400 is the Murray River bridge at Robinvale, although the Murray Valley Highway crosses that bridge without the B400 designation (formerly as National Route 16^[4]) to connect with the Sturt Highway 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) further north. Historically, the Murray Valley Highway continued west to connect with the Calder Highway at Hattah instead of crossing the river. The eastern end is in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range at Corryong. There has also been a contemporary re-alignment of the eastern end; whereby the highway used to go through Thologogong, Walwa and Towong (the current Murray River Road C546).

The route also extends further east and crosses the border into New South Wales as the Alpine Way.

Most of the highway is fairly straight and flat, much of it through irrigated farmland. It becomes hillier and more winding east of Wodonga, with a moderately steep mountain pass near Koetong, between Tallangatta and Corryong.

The major towns along the route are Robinvale, Swan Hill, Kerang, Cohuna, Echuca, Nathalia, Strathmerton, Cobram, Yarrawonga, Rutherglen, Wodonga, Tallangatta and Corryong.

Major intersections and towns

Murray Valley Highway
Northbound	Distance to Mildura (km)	Distance to Melbourne (km)	Southbound
T-intersection (clockwise from highway) Sturt Highway to Mildura, Renmark and Adelaide Sturt Highway to Balranald, Hay and Sydney
End Murray Valley Highway	81	475	Start Murray Valley Highway
Murray River	84	472	Murray River
NEW SOUTH WALES STATE BORDER VICTORIA
End	84	472	Start
Robinvale	85	471	Robinvale
Manangatang, Sea Lake Robinvale-Sea Lake Road	87	469	Manangatang, Sea Lake Robinvale-Sea Lake Road
Hattah Hattah-Robinvale Road	102	454	Hattah Hattah-Robinvale Road
continues as	175	381	Tooleybuc, Balranald, Sydney Tooleybuc Road
Tooleybuc, Balranald, Sydney Tooleybuc Road	175	381	duplexes with
duplexes with	177	379	Ouyen, Adelaide Mallee Highway
Ouyen, Adelaide Mallee Highway	177	379	continues as
Nyah	192	364	Nyah
Northbound	Distance to Swan Hill (km)	Distance to Melbourne (km)	Southbound
Town Centre, Sea Lake Sea Lake-Swan Hill Road Moulamein, Deniliquin Moulamein Road	0	337	Swan Hill
Swan Hill	0	337	Moulamein, Deniliquin Moulamein Road Town Centre, Sea Lake Sea Lake-Swan Hill Road
Wycheproof, Donald Donald-Swan Hill Road	5	332	Wycheproof, Donald Donald-Swan Hill Road
Lake Boga	16	321	Lake Boga
To Boort Quambatook, Donald Kerang-Quambatook Road	57	280	To Boort Quambatook, Donald Kerang-Quambatook Road
To Murrabit Town Centre, Koondrook Kerang-Koondrook Road	59	278	Kerang
Kerang	59	278	To Murrabit Town Centre, Koondrook Kerang-Koondrook Road
Bendigo, Melbourne Loddon Valley Highway	62	275	Bendigo, Melbourne Loddon Valley Highway
Westbound	Distance to Swan Hill (km)	Distance to Echuca (km)	Eastbound
Koondrook, Barham Cohuna-Koondrook Road	89	63	Koondrook, Barham Cohuna-Koondrook Road
Leitchville Cohuna-Leitchville Road	91	61	Cohuna
Cohuna	91	61	Leitchville, Pyramid Hill Cohuna-Leitchville Road
Leitchville, Pyramid Hill Kerang-Leitchville Road	106	46	Leitchville, Pyramid Hill Kerang-Leitchville Road
Town Centre, Moama Warren Street	152	0	Echuca
Town Centre, Moama Warren Street	152	0	Town Centre, Moama Warren Street
Westbound	Distance to Swan Hill (km)	Distance to Wodonga (km)	Eastbound
continues as	154	236	Rochester, Bendigo, Melbourne Northern Highway
Rochester, Bendigo, Melbourne Northern Highway	154	236	duplexes with
duplexes with	156	234	Town Centre, Moama, Deniliquin Northern Highway
Town Centre, Moama, Deniliquin Northern Highway	156	234	continues as
Westbound	Distance to Echuca (km)	Distance to Wodonga (km)	Eastbound
Kyabram Echuca-Kyabram Road	0	233	Kyabram Echuca-Kyabram Road
Echuca	0	233	Kyabram Echuca-Kyabram Road
Tongala, Kyabram Kyabram-Tongala Road	18	215	Tongala, Kyabram Kyabram-Tongala Road
Kyabram John Allen Road	28	205	Kyabram John Allen Road
To Tatura Shepparton Echuca-Mooroopna Road	30	203	To Tatura Shepparton Echuca-Mooroopna Road
GOULBURN RIVER	36	197	GOULBURN RIVER
Shepparton, Barmah Barmah-Shepparton Road	51	182	Barmah, Shepparton Barmah-Shepparton Road
Numurkah, Katamatite Katamatite-Nathalia Road	54	179	Numurkah, Katamatite Katamatite-Nathalia Road
Nathalia	55	178	Nathalia
continues as	89	144	Numurkah, Shepparton, Melbourne Goulburn Valley Highway
Numurkah, Shepparton, Melbourne Goulburn Valley Highway	89	144	duplexes with
Strathmerton	93	140	Strathmerton
duplexes with	103.2	129.8	Tocumwal, Brisbane Goulburn Valley Highway
Tocumwal, Brisbane Goulburn Valley Highway	103.2	129.8	continues as
Benalla Benalla-Tocumwal Road	103.3	129.7	Katamatite, Benalla Benalla-Tocumwal Road
Katamatite, Benalla Cobram South Road	107	126	Benalla Cobram South Road
To Barooga Town Centre, Tocumwal Cobram-Koonoomoo Road	108	125	Cobram
Cobram	108	125	To Barooga Town Centre, Tocumwal Cobram-Koonoomoo Road
continues as	144	89	To Katamatite Benalla Benalla-Yarrawonga Road
To Katamatite Benalla Benalla-Yarrawonga Road	144	89	duplexes with
duplexes with	145	88	Yarrawonga
Town Centre, Mulwala, Corowa Belmore Street			Town Centre, Mulwala, Corowa Belmore Street
Yarrawonga			continues as
Wangaratta Wangaratta-Yarrawonga Road	164	69	Wangaratta Wangaratta-Yarrawonga Road
Wangaratta, Corowa Three Chain Road	186	47	Wahgunyah, Corowa, Wangaratta Three Chain Road
continues as	190	43	Rutherglen
Wahgunyah, Corowa Rutherglen-Wahgunyah Road			Wahgunyah, Corowa Rutherglen-Wahgunyah Road
Wahgunyah, Corowa Rutherglen-Wahgunyah Road			duplexes with
duplexes with	191	42	Springhurst, Chiltern Chiltern-Rutherglen Road
Springhurst, Chiltern Chiltern-Rutherglen Road			Springhurst, Chiltern Chiltern-Rutherglen Road
Rutherglen			continues as
Chiltern, Howlong Chiltern-Howlong Road	206	27	Howlong, Chiltern Chiltern-Howlong Road
Howlong Barnawartha-Howlong Road	212	21	Howlong Barnawartha-Howlong Road
Murray Valley Highway continues from Hume Freeway	218	15	Wangaratta, Melbourne Hume Freeway
Murray Valley Highway continues from Hume Freeway	218	15	continues as Hume Freeway to Wodonga
Westbound	Distance to Melbourne (km)	Distance to Corryong (km)	Eastbound
continues as Hume Freeway to Melbourne	319	123	Murray Valley Highway duplexes with Old Hume Highway and continues from Hume Freeway
Albury Old Hume Highway Bandiana Link Sydney Hume Freeway	319	123
duplexes with	320	122	Wodonga
Town Centre, Beechworth Old Hume Highway			Town Centre, Beechworth Old Hume Highway
Wodonga			continues as
Albury, Sydney Bandiana Link	324	118	Albury, Sydney Bandiana Link
Mount Beauty, Falls Creek Kiewa Valley Highway	326	116	Mount Beauty, Falls Creek Kiewa Valley Highway
Hume Dam Bonegilla Road	333	109	Hume Dam Bonegilla Road
To Dartmouth, Omeo Tangambalanga Kiewa East Road	349	93	Tangambalanga, Yackandandah Kiewa East Road
Tallangatta	361	81	Tallangatta
Omeo, Bairnsdale Omeo Highway	367	75	Omeo, Bairnsdale Omeo Highway
Granya Murray River Road	377	65	Granya Murray River Road
Walwa, Jingellic Shelley-Jingellic Road	404	38	Walwa, Jingellic Shelley-Jingellic Road
Cudgewa, Tintaldra Cudgewa-Tintaldra Road	425	17	Cudgewa, Tintaldra Cudgewa-Tintaldra Road
Benambra, Omeo, Mount Hotham, Bairnsdale Benambra-Corryong Road	435	7	Benambra, Omeo Benambra-Corryong Road
Corryong	442	0	Corryong
Westbound	Distance to Melbourne (km)	Distance to Jindabyne (km)	Eastbound
Towong, Tintaldra Murray River Road	449	129	Towong, Tintaldra Murray River Road
Start Murray Valley Highway from Alpine Way	456	122	End Murray Valley Highway
VICTORIA STATE BORDER NEW SOUTH WALES
Murray River	456	122	Murray River
Murray River	456	122	continues as Alpine Way to Jindabyne and Cooma

Sources

Murray Valley Highway on Google Maps

References

↑ Australian Towns, Cities & Highways: Murray Valley Highway, Hotkey. Retrieved on 11 May 2008.
↑ Murray Valley Highway, ExplorOz. Retrieved on 11 May 2008.
↑ Twentieth Annual Report for year ended 30th June 1933, Country Roads Board, p. 4
↑ National Route 16 – Murray Valley Highway, Ozroads. Retrieved on 22 September 2013.

Road infrastructure in regional New South Wales

Motorways	Hume Motorway Hunter Expressway Pacific Motorway (Brisbane – Brunswick Heads) Pacific Motorway (Sydney–Newcastle) Princes Motorway

National highways	Barton Highway Federal Highway Hume Highway New England Highway Newell Highway Sturt Highway

Highways	Barrier Highway Bruxner Highway Carnarvon Highway Castlereagh Highway Cobb Highway Great Western Highway Gwydir Highway Illawarra Highway Kamilaroi Highway Kings Highway Mid-Western Highway Mitchell Highway Monaro Highway Murray Valley Highway Olympic Highway Oxley Highway Pacific Highway Princes Highway Riverina Highway Silver City Highway Snowy Mountains Highway

Local highways	Alpine Way Appin Road Barry Way Bathurst-Ilford Road Bells Line of Road Bucketts Way Burley Griffin Way Bylong Valley Way Camden Valley Way Castlereagh Highway Central Coast Highway Escort Way Fossickers Way Golden Highway Goldfields Way Goulburn-Oberon Road Henry Lawson Way Irrigation Way Kidman Way Lachlan Valley Way Memorial Drive Newcastle Inner City Bypass Newcastle Link Road O'Connell Road Old Hume Highway Picton Road Princes Highway Putty Road Remembrance Drive Summerland Way Thunderbolts Way Waterfall Way Wombeyan Caves Road Yass Valley Way

Bridges	Denison Bridge Grafton Bridge Harwood Bridge Hampden Bridge Macleay River Bridge Martin Bridge Mooney Mooney Bridge Nowra Bridge Sea Cliff Bridge Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Bridge

Tunnels	Cudgen Road Tunnel St Helena Tunnel

Proposals	Sydney Bypass

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

Murray Valley Highway

Route

Major intersections and towns

Sources

See also

References