Calder Highway

Calder Highway is a rural highway in Australia, linking Mildura and the Victoria/New South Wales border to Bendigo, in North Central Victoria. South of Bendigo, where the former highway has been upgraded to freeway-standard, Calder Freeway links to Melbourne, subsuming former alignments of Calder Highway; the Victorian Government completed the conversion to freeway standard from Melbourne to Bendigo on 20 April 2009.

Calder Highway

Calder Freeway

Victoria
–New South Wales
Calder Freeway facing Mount Macedon
General information
TypeHighway
Length558 km (347 mi)
Route number(s)
  • A79 (1997–present)
    (VIC/NSW border–Ravenswood)
  • M79 (1997–present)
    (Ravenswood–Niddrie)
  • A790 (1997–present)
    (Calder Alternative Highway: Marong–Ravenswood)
  • Concurrencies:
  • A300 (1997–present)
    (Bendigo–Harcourt)
Former
route number
  • Metro Route 40 (1989–2020) (Keilor–Niddrie)
  • National Route 79 (1955–1997/2013) (VIC/NSW)
    Entire route
  • Freeway Route 90 (1972–1987)
    (Keilor–Niddrie)
  • Alternative National Route 79 (1986–1997)
    (Calder Alternative Highway: Marong–Ravenswood)
  • Concurrencies:
  • State Route 149 (1986–1997)
    (Bendigo–Harcourt)
Major junctions
NW end Silver City Highway
Curlwaa, New South Wales
 
  • Sturt Highway
  • Mallee Highway
  • Sunraysia Highway
  • Borung Highway
  • Calder Alternative Highway
  • Loddon Valley Highway
  • Midland Highway
  • Pyrenees Highway
  • Melton Highway
  • Western Ring Road
SE end Tullamarine Freeway
Niddrie, Melbourne
Location(s)
Major settlementsMildura, Ouyen, Charlton, Bendigo, Harcourt, Malmsbury, Kyneton, Woodend, Macedon, Gisborne, Diggers Rest, Sunbury
Highway system
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