Great Alpine Road

Great Alpine Road

Victoria
Great Alpine Road; Victoria
Coordinates	36°21′05″S 146°20′01″E / 36.351303°S 146.333581°E (Northwest end); 37°49′08″S 147°38′58″E / 37.818843°S 147.649329°E (Southeast end);
General information
Type	Highway
Length	303.7 km (189 mi)
Gazetted	November 1914 (as Main Road); 1947/48 (as State Highway)
Route number(s)	B500 (1996–present)
Former; route number	State Route 156 (1986–1996); (Wangaratta–Omeo); State Route 195 (1986–1996); (Omeo–Bairnsdale);
Major junctions
Northwest end	Wangaratta Road; Wangaratta, Victoria
	Hume Freeway; Omeo Highway; Bruthen–Nowa Nowa Road;
Southeast end	Princes Highway; Bairnsdale, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlements	Myrtleford, Ovens, Eurobin, Bright, Harrietville, Mount Hotham, Dinner Plain, Omeo, Swifts Creek, Ensay, Bruthen
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Victoria; ; ;
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The Great Alpine Road is a country tourist road in Victoria, Australia, running from Wangaratta in the north to Bairnsdale in the east, passing through the Victorian Alps.^[4] 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.^{[citation needed]} The road usually remains open during winter; however, vehicles travelling between Harrietville and Omeo are required to carry diamond-pattern^[5] snow chains during the declared snow season.^[6]

^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 25 November 1914. p. 5287. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ "Country Roads Board Victoria. Thirty-Fifth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1948". Country Roads Board. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 1 November 1948. p. 7.
^ "Great Alpine Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
^ Cite error: The named reference vicreg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Mount Hotham, Wheel Chains
^ Travel Victoria, Great Alpine Road

[vicgovgaz14-1] "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 25 November 1914. p. 5287. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

[CRB35AR-2] "Country Roads Board Victoria. Thirty-Fifth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1948". Country Roads Board. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 1 November 1948. p. 7.

[gmaps-3] "Great Alpine Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

[vicreg-4] Cite error: The named reference vicreg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[wheelchains-5] Mount Hotham, Wheel Chains

[greatalpineroad-6] Travel Victoria, Great Alpine Road

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Great Alpine Road

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