Great Alpine Road

Great Alpine Road

Victoria
Great Alpine Road; Victoria
	Map of the Great Alpine Road in eastern Victoria
General information
Type	Highway
Length	304 km (189 mi)
Opened	1923 (as Alpine Road); 1948 (as Ovens Highway); 1996 (as Great Alpine Road)
Route number(s)	B500 (1996–present)
Former; route number	State Route 156 (1986–1996); (Wangaratta–Omeo, as Ovens Highway and Alpine Road); State Route 195 (1986–1996); (Omeo–Bairnsdale, as Omeo Highway);
Major junctions
Northwest end	Old Hume Highway; Wangaratta, Victoria
	Hume Freeway; Omeo Highway; Bruthen–Nowa Nowa Road;
Southeast end	Princes Highway; Bairnsdale, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlements	Myrtleford, Ovens, Bright, Harrietville, Mount Hotham, Dinner Plain, Omeo, Swifts Creek, Ensay}, Bruthen
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Victoria;

The Great Alpine Road (B500) is a country tourist road in Victoria, Australia, running from Wangaratta in the north to Bairnsdale in the east, and passing through the Victorian Alps. The road was given its current name because it was considered the mountain equivalent to Victoria's world-famous Great Ocean Road in the south-west of the state. The road usually remains open during winter; however, vehicles travelling between Harrietville and Omeo are required to carry diamond-pattern snow chains during the declared snow season.

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