Maroondah Highway
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Victoria
The Maroondah Highway (from Balwyn to Croydon and Whitehorse Road) is a highway in the southern Australian state of Victoria. It connects Balwyn (Melbourne ) with the Midland Highway in Mansfield north of Lake Eildon.
History
In the 1850s the White Horse Road was built as an important link road from Melbourne to Gippsland. It was a rather circuitous route through the Dandenongs. Today this task to the Monash Freeway and the South Gippsland Highway accept.
Shortly after the building was called the street Three Chain Road, because ( 6.03 m) was 66 yards wide.
The volume of traffic made the construction of a hotel in Box Hill (Melbourne ) called White Horse Hotel necessary. The name goes on a horse of Captain Elgar, the owner of the land in this area back. The street was named after this place. 1921, however, the hotel was forced to close its doors because Box Hill dried up. A copy of the white horse from the roof of the hotel stands today on the median strip of Whitehorse Road, while the original is in the town hall of Box Hill.
Course
The White Horse Road is a continuation of Cotham Road at the junction with the Burke Road in the suburb of Balwyn. At this point, it is a typical, four-lane city street with no markings. Tram 109 is running on these road, which leads to significant traffic congestion during the day.
The road continues through Mount Albert to the intersection with the Elgar Road, Box Hill. From there, the White Horse Road is four lanes with median strip on which the tram. The Burke Road and Elgar Road were the eastern and western borders of Captain Elgar's two square miles of land. The tram runs to Market Street, a few blocks. From this point is called the White Horse Road also ' Maroondah Highway and is a six-lane highway. The name 'White Horse Road ' but is retained through the Local Government Areas City and Whitehorse Maroondah City. The road passes through the suburbs of Blackburn, Nunawading, Mitcham, bark Wood and Croydon.
From there, the Maroondah Highway leads to Lilydale Shortly thereafter branch of the Warburton Highway ( B380 ) to the east and the Melba Highway ( B300 ) to the north. In the forest between Healesville and Buxton there is a pretty curvy and steep road section on which the highway climbs the southern flank of the Great Dividing Range. Then he follows the Acheron River north to Alexandra. From there, he continues about Merton and Bonnie Doon to Mansfield at the beginning of the Midland Highway ( C518 ).
Speed limits
- Kew Box Hill ( Middleborough Road) 60 km / h
- Box Hill Blackburn 70 km / h
- Blackburn Ringwood 80 km / h
- Ringwood 60 km / h
- Ringwood - Lilydale 80 km / h
- Lilydale 50 km / h
- Lilydale, Coldstream 80 km / h
- Coldstream 70 km / h
- Coldstream Healesville 100 km / h
- Healesville 50 / 60 km / h
- Blackspur 80 km / h
- Narbethong - Mansfield 100 km / h
- Mansfield 50 km / h
Major intersections and connections
Source
Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007 ISBN. 978-1-74193-232-4. Page 43 48
- Street in Victoria