Northern Highway (Victoria)

Northern Highway Victoria
North end South end
Coordinates	36°07′10″S 144°44′21″E / 36.119341°S 144.739117°E / -36.119341; 144.739117 (North end) 37°26′53″S 144°58′49″E / 37.447966°S 144.980286°E / -37.447966; 144.980286 (South end)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	164.8 km (102 mi)[1]
Gazetted	November 1914 (as Main Road)[2] July 1925 (as State Highway)[3]
Route number(s)	B75 (1997–present)
Former route number	National Route 75 (1955–1997) Entire route National Highway 31 (1974–1976) National Route 31 (1954–1974) (Kilmore–Beveridge)
Major junctions
North end	Cobb Highway VIC/NSW border
	Murray Valley Highway Midland Highway McIvor Highway
South end	Hume Freeway Beveridge, Victoria
Location(s)
Region	Loddon Mallee, Hume[4]
Major settlements	Rochester, Elmore, Heathcote, Kilmore, Wallan
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Victoria
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Northern Highway is a rural highway in northern Victoria, linking Echuca on the banks of the Murray River with Beveridge a short distance north of the northern suburban fringes of Melbourne.^[5] In conjunction with McIvor Highway, it provides an important link between Melbourne and Bendigo. It forms a significant freight route providing access to markets and ports in Melbourne and the rural primary production areas of the Murray Valley and southern New South Wales, and serves a number of agricultural and tourism-related industries along its length.