Sunraysia Highway

Sunraysia Highway Victoria
Sunraysia Highway, just outside Birchip.
General information
Type	Highway
Length	344 km (214 mi)
Route number(s)	B220
Former route number	State Route 121
Major junctions
NW end	Calder Highway, Nunga, Victoria
	Henty Highway Borung Highway Borung Highway Wimmera Highway Pyrenees Highway
SE end	Western Freeway, Ballarat, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlements	Birchip, Donald, St. Arnaud, Avoca
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Victoria

The Sunraysia Highway (B220) is a 344 kilometres (214 mi) arterial north-south route in western Victoria.^[1] The highway extends north a length of 331 km starting from the Western Freeway near Ballarat to the Calder Highway near Ouyen. It is the north-west arterial road, linking Ballarat and Ouyen. (It serves as a secondary 'A' class route Calder Highway).

The Sunraysia Highway runs parallel to the Calder Highway,the primary route between Melbourne and Mildura providing an alternative route via Ballarat. The highway was known as the North-Western Highway until the 1960s, when the present name was adopted.

The Sunraysia Highway serves a number of important industries in the region such as agriculture, viticulture, food processing, winemaking and tourism. It forms an important link for these industries to markets and ports in the south of Victoria and South Australia.

The Sunraysia Highway, B220, is a two-lane, two-way road with mainly unsealed but still providing shoulders and has no overtaking lanes provided along the highway, as it is designated as a ‘B’ road for its full length.

Towns

• Avoca
• Birchip
• Donald
• Learmonth
• Ouyen
• St. Arnaud
• Stuart Mill
• Woomelang

See also

• Highways in Australia
• Highways in Victoria

References

External links

Media related to Sunraysia Highway at Wikimedia Commons

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