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The original route numbering scheme, now known as the Metropolitan Route Numbering Scheme, allocated blue-and-white shields across Melbourne as metropolitan routes, numbered to fit around existing National Routes; [1] this system received a major refurbishment in the late 1980s, [2] with the creation of Tourist Routes as a result.
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 ...
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.
Route number(s) State/Territory Mallee Highway: South Australia Mallee Highway: Victoria Marlborough Highway: Tasmania Maroondah Highway: Victoria McIvor Highway: Victoria Meander Valley Highway: Tasmania Melba Highway: Victoria Melton Highway: Victoria Midland Highway: Victoria Midland Highway: Tasmania Mid-Western Highway: New South Wales ...
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. [citation needed] The spokes generally incorporate National Route numbers.
The Great South Road through New South Wales, and North-Eastern Highway through Victoria, were renamed Hume Highway in 1928, [29] [21] after Hamilton Hume, the first European (with William Hovell) to traverse an overland route between Sydney and the Port Phillip District, in what later became the Colony of Victoria. The highway was fully sealed ...
A route (or road) number, designation or abbreviation is an identifying numeric (or alphanumeric) designation assigned by a highway authority to a particular stretch of roadway to distinguish it from other routes and, in many cases, also to indicate its classification (e.g. motorway, primary route, regional road, etc.), general geographical location (in zonal numbering systems) and/or ...
However, the routes were marked with a National Highway route marker up until 2013. These markers have "NATIONAL" printed in the upper portion of the shield, above the highway's number. The shield, text and number are coloured yellow while the background is dark green – the national colours of Australia.