South Gippsland Highway

South Gippsland Highway

Victoria
South Gippsland Highway; Victoria
	West end East end
Coordinates	38°00′03″S 145°13′37″E / 38.000718°S 145.227005°E (West end); 38°06′41″S 147°04′06″E / 38.111406°S 147.068393°E (East end);
General information
Type	Highway
Length	256 km (159 mi)
Gazetted	November 1913 (as Main Road); 1933 (as State Highway)
Route number(s)	M420 (1998–present); (Lynbrook–Lang Lang); A440 (2003–present); (Lang Lang–Sale); Concurrencies:; Metro Route 12 (1989–present); (through Dandenong South);
Former; route number	B440 (1998–2003); (Lang Lang–Sale); State Route 180 (1985–1998); Entire route;
Major junctions
West end	Princes Highway; Dandenong South, Melbourne
	South Gippsland Freeway; Western Port Highway; Bass Highway; Strzelecki Highway; Hyland Highway;
East end	Princes Highway; Sale, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlements	Cranbourne, Koo Wee Rup, Lang Lang, Korumburra, Leongatha, Foster, Yarram, Longford
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Victoria; ; ;
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South Gippsland Highway is a partially divided highway connecting the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne through the South Gippsland region of in Victoria, Australia to the town of Sale. The highway serves as a gateway from Melbourne to many attractions including Wilsons Promontory and Phillip Island as well as being an important road for farmers in Gippsland.

^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 3 December 1913. p. 5155. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "Country Roads Board Victoria. Twentieth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1933". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 10 November 1933. p. 4.
^ Google (10 October 2021). "South Gippsland Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

[vicgovgaz13-1] "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 3 December 1913. p. 5155. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[CRB20AR-2] "Country Roads Board Victoria. Twentieth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1933". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 10 November 1933. p. 4.

[gmaps-3] Google (10 October 2021). "South Gippsland Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

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South Gippsland Highway Victoria

West end East end
Coordinates	38°00′03″S 145°13′37″E / 38.000718°S 145.227005°E / -38.000718; 145.227005 (West end) 38°06′41″S 147°04′06″E / 38.111406°S 147.068393°E / -38.111406; 147.068393 (East end)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	256 km (159 mi)^[3]
Gazetted	November 1913 (as Main Road)^[1] 1933 (as State Highway)^[2]
Route number(s)	M420 (1998–present) (Lynbrook–Lang Lang) A440 (2003–present) (Lang Lang–Sale) Concurrencies: Metro Route 12 (1989–present) (through Dandenong South)
Former route number	B440 (1998–2003) (Lang Lang–Sale) State Route 180 (1985–1998) Entire route
Major junctions
West end	Princes Highway Dandenong South, Melbourne
	South Gippsland Freeway Western Port Highway Bass Highway Strzelecki Highway Hyland Highway
East end	Princes Highway Sale, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlements	Cranbourne, Koo Wee Rup, Lang Lang, Korumburra, Leongatha, Foster, Yarram, Longford
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Victoria
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South Gippsland Highway

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