Road Photos & Information: Victoria: Alphanumeric Routes
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| Rassurance directional sign on the Princes Hwy (A1) at Colac. Image © Rob Tilley. |
VicRoads explanation of the alphanumeric system is as follows (taken from the Linking Victoria brochure):
'M' Routes:
‘M’ roads (duplicated motorways) provide the
primary road links that sustain economic and
regional development. They connect Melbourne
and other capital cities and major provincial
centres, and they link major centres of
production and manufacturing with Victoria’s
export terminals. ‘M’ roads provide a consistent high
standard of driving conditions with divided
carriageways, four traffic lanes, sealed shoulders
and with delineation and linemarking that is
easily visible in all weather conditions.
'A' Routes:
'A' roads serve the same role as 'M' roads but
carry less traffic. These roads are usuall built as
single carriageways.
‘A’ roads provide a similar consistently
high standard of driving conditions on a single
carriageway.
'B' Routes:
‘B’ roads provide the primary link between
major regions not served by ‘A’ roads, and
highly significant tourism regions. They have
strategic significance for Victoria.
B’ roads have sealed pavements wide
enough for two traffic lanes, with good
centreline and edge linemarking, shoulders and
a high standard of guidepost delineation.
Additional overtaking lanes are provided
on higher traffic volume ‘B’ roads.
'C' Routes:
‘C’ roads provide the more important links
between other centres of population, and
between these centres and the primary
transport network.
‘C’ roads generally are two lane sealed
roads with shoulders.
Below are the various roads that this site has photos of. The routes are sorted by their route number.
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National Highway A20 (NSW Border To SA Border): Sturt Highway |
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National Highway M31 (NSW Border To Thomastown): Hume Freeway |
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B100 (Geelong to Warrnambool): Surf Coast Highway & Great Ocean Road |
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M-A-B420 (Dandenong to Phillip Island): South Gippsland Freeway, South Gippsland Highway, Bass Highway & Phillip Island Road |
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