Kiewa Valley Highway
The Kiewa Valley Highway is a minor highway of 80 kilometres (50 mi) which traverses the Kiewa Valley near the alpine regions of Victoria, Australia. In the 1950s the road was sealed and realigned to Mount Beauty to permit the transport of materials for the construction of the Kiewa Hydroelectric Scheme. From Mount Beauty the road continues as the Bogong High Plains Road, a winding and twisty route via the alpine resort of Falls Creek, which terminates at its junction with the Omeo Highway at Shannonvale south of Glen Valley.
Kiewa Valley Highway | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 79.2 km (49 mi)[1] |
| Route number(s) |  C531 (1998–present) |
| Former route number |  State Route 191 (1986–1998)[2] |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |  Murray Valley HighwayWodonga, Victoria |
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| South end | Bogong High Plains Road Mount Beauty, Victoria |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Dederang, Tawonga, Mount Beauty |
| Highway system | |
History
The passing of the Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924[3] through the Parliament of Victoria provided for the declaration of State Highways, roads two-thirds financed by the State government through the Country Roads Board (later VicRoads). The Kiewa Valley Highway was declared a State Highway in the 1959/60 financial year,[4] from Bandiana via Kiewa and Dederang to Mount Beauty (for a total of 49 miles); before this declaration, this road was referred to as the Kiewa Valley Road.[4]
The Kiewa Valley Highway was signed as State Route 191 between Bandiana and Mount Beauty in 1986; with Victoria's conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in the late 1990s, this was replaced by route C531.
Major intersections
| LGA | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wodonga | Bandiana | 0.0 | 0.0 | Murray Valley Highway (B400) – Wodonga, Tallangatta, Corryong | Northern terminus of highway and route C531 |
| Baranduda | 4.3 | 2.7 |  Yackandandah–Wodonga Road (C527) – Yackandandah, Myrtleford | ||
| Wodonga–Indigo boundary | Staghorn Flat – Kiewa boundary | 11.4 | 7.1 |  Allans Flat Road (C533) – Allans Flat, Yackandandah | Concurrency with route C533 |
| Indigo | Kiewa | 14.4 | 8.9 | Kiewa East Road (C533) – Omeo, Tangambalanga | |
| Alpine | Dederang | 41.4 | 25.7 |  Dederang Road (C528) – Yackandandah | |
| Running Creek | 53.1 | 33.0 |  Running Creek Road (C534) – Myrtleford, Wangaratta | ||
| Tawonga – Tawonga South boundary | 75.6 | 47.0 |  Tawonga Gap Road (C536) – Bright, Mount Buffalo | ||
| Mount Beauty | 79.2 | 49.2 | Bogong High Plains Road (C531 southeast) – Falls Creek, Omeo Lakeside Avenue (northeast) – Mount Beauty | Roundabout Southern terminus of highway; route C531 continues south along Bogong High Plains Road | |
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References
- Google (19 September 2015). "Kiewa Valley Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- State Route Numbering System - The former route numbering in rural Victoria, Main Roads Victoria. Retrieved on 14 September 2013.
- State of Victoria, An Act to make further provision with respect to Highways and Country Roads Motor Cars and Traction Engines and for other purposes 30 December 1924
- "Country Roads Board Victoria. Forty-Seventh Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1960". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 21 November 1960. pp. 7–8.
