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The Great Alpine Road passing through Everton, Victoria. Princes Freeway at Lara. The highways in Victoria are the highest density in any state in Australia.Unlike Australia's other mainland states where vast areas are very sparsely inhabited "outback", population centres spread out over most of the state, with only the far north-west and the Victorian Alps lacking permanent settlement.
English: Location map with highways (in Orange) and freeways (in Green) of Victoria, Australia. Also shows state forests and national parks. Also shows state forests and national parks. Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 124 %.
Alphanumeric road routes in Victoria. Road routes in Victoria assist drivers navigating roads throughout the state, as roads may change names several times between destinations, or have a second local name in addition to a primary name. There are two main route numbering schemes in use: numeric shields, and alphanumeric routes, with the former ...
These new routes were symbolised by green shields with gold writing, and the word "National" along the top of the shield. Victoria's first two National Highways, the Western and Hume Highways, were declared in 1974 [6] and their shields converted in the following years; the Sturt and Goulburn Valley Highways were declared later in 1992. [7]
The traditional set of Vicmap Topographic maps consist of approximately 850 1:25000 and 1:50000 hardcopy topographic map sheets printed and made available for sale to the general public. These map sheets cover 80% of Victoria. Most of the mapsheets are single format at a scale of 1:25000.
The Victorian road numbering system is based on a 'ring and spoke' system. The 'ring' highways (highways that circle Victoria) numbers are given in the multiple of hundreds e.g. Henty Highway (200), Murray Valley Highway (400) and Great Alpine Road (500) make the outermost ring. Midland Highway (300) and Maroondah Highway (300) is the inner ring.
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In Victoria, Highway 1 is a 958-kilometre (595 mi) long [1] route that follows the coastline of the state, from the New South Wales border near Genoa to the South Australian border near Dartmoor. Highway 1 continues around the rest of Australia , joining all mainland state capitals , and connecting major centres in Tasmania .