List of highways in Victoria

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{{see also|List of highways in Melbourne|List of freeways in Victoria}}

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The highways in Victoria are the highest density in any state in Australia. Unlike Australia's other mainland states where vast areas are very sparsely inhabited "outback", population centres spread out over most of the state, with only the far north-west and the Victorian Alps lacking permanent settlement. Highways have therefore been built to service the population centres.

The highways generally radiate from Melbourne and other major cities and rural centres with secondary roads interconnecting the highways to each other.

Most routes have higher traffic than most other states. Highways such as Hume Highway, Western Highway, South Gippsland Highway and Princes Highway have some of the heaviest traffic in Australia.

Many of the highways are built to freeway standard ("M" freeways), while most others are generally sealed and of reasonable quality.

Numbering

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Victorian highway naming is straightforward. Most are generally named after the geographical regions and features, cities, towns and settlements along the way. Some are even more straightforward e.g. Western and Northern highways which radiate westwards and northwards from Melbourne. Notable exceptions include some interstate highways and some metropolitan highways.

The numbering system is based on "ring and spoke" system. The 'ring' highways (highways that circle Victoria) numbers are given in the multiple of hundreds e.g. Henty Highway (200), Murray Valley Highway (400) and Great Alpine Road (500) make the outermost ring. Midland Highway (300) and Maroondah Highway (300) is the inner ring.

The spokes generally inherit their original National Route numbers. Otherwise, east-west aligned highways are given even numbers and north-south are given odd numbers. Highways and primary roads are given numbers in multiple of tens. Other roads are given numbers which indicate their general alignment.

Freeways

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{{AUshield|VIC|M1|Toll|M1|size=45px}} M1

| Geelong Ring Road
Princes Freeway (west)
West Gate Freeway
CityLink (southern link)
Monash Freeway
Princes Freeway (east)

{{AUshield|VIC|M2|Toll|M2|size=45px}} M2

| Tullamarine Freeway
CityLink (western link)

{{AUshield|VIC|M3|Toll|M3|size=45px}} M3

| Eastern Freeway
Eastlink
Frankston Freeway

{{AUshield|Toll|M4|size=45px}} M4

|West Gate Tunnel (Under Construction)

{{AUshield|VIC|M8|size=45px}} M8

| Western Freeway

{{AUshield|VIC|M11|size=45px}} M11

| Mornington Peninsula Freeway

{{AUshield|VIC|M31|size=45px}} M31

| Hume Freeway

{{AUshield|VIC|M39|size=45px}} M39

| Goulburn Valley Freeway

{{AUshield|VIC|M79|size=45px}} M79

| Calder Freeway

{{AUshield|VIC|M80|Toll|M80|size=45px}} M80

| Western Ring Road
Metropolitan Ring Road
North East Link

{{AUshield|VIC|M420|size=55px}} M420

| South Gippsland Freeway

Primary highways

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{{AUshield|VIC|A1|size=45px}} A1

| Princes Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|A8|size=45px}} A8

| Western Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|A10|size=55px}} A10

| Princes Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|A20|size=55px}} A20

| Sturt Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|A39|size=55px}} A39

| Goulburn Valley Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|A79|size=55px}} A79

| Calder Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|A200|size=55px}} A200

| Henty Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|A300|size=55px}} A300

| Midland Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|A420|size=55px}} A420

| Bass Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|A440|size=55px}} A440
{{AUshield|VIC|A21|size=55px}} A21

| South Gippsland Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|A780|size=55px}}A780

|Western Port Highway

Secondary highways

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{{AUshield|VIC|B12|size=55px}} B12

| Mallee Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B23|size=55px}} B23

| Monaro Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B75|size=55px}} B75

| Northern Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B100|size=55px}} B100

| Great Ocean Road
Surf Coast Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B110|size=55px}} B110

| Bellarine Highway
Nepean Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B120|size=55px}} B120

| Hopkins Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B140|size=55px}} B140

| Hamilton Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B160|size=55px}} B160

| Glenelg Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B180|size=55px}} B180

| Pyrenees Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B200|size=55px}} B200

| Henty Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B220|size=55px}} B220

| Sunraysia Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B240|size=55px}} B240

| Wimmera Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B260|size=55px}} B260

| Loddon Valley Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B280|size=55px}} B280

| McIvor Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B300|size=55px}} B300

| Goulburn Valley Highway
Maroondah Highway
Melba Highway
Midland Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B320|size=55px}} B320

| Maroondah Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B340|size=55px}} B340

| Goulburn Valley Highway
Maroondah Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B360|size=55px}} B360

| Maroondah Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B380|size=55px}} B380

| Warburton Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B400|size=55px}} B400

| Murray Valley Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B420|size=55px}} B420

| Phillip Island Road

{{AUshield|VIC|B460|size=55px}} B460

| Bass Highway
Strzelecki Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|B500|size=55px}} B500

| Great Alpine Road

Tertiary highways

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{{AUshield|VIC|C119|size=55px}} C119

| Skenes Creek Rd

{{AUshield|VIC|C141|size=55px}} C141

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{{AUshield|VIC|C155|size=55px}} C155

| Colac–Lavers Hill Rd

{{AUshield|VIC|C157|size=55px}} C157

| Lighthouse Rd

{{AUshield|VIC|C159|size=55px}} C159

| Beech Forest–Lavers Hill Rd

{{AUshield|VIC|C162|size=55px}} C162

| Timboon–Port Campbell Rd

{{AUshield|VIC|C166|size=55px}} C166

| Princetown Rd

{{AUshield|VIC|C234|size=55px}} C234

| Borung Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|C239|size=55px}} C239

| Borung Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|C412|size=55px}} C412

| Burwood Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|C444|size=55px}} C444

| Wilsons Promontory Rd

{{AUshield|VIC|C482|size=55px}} C482

| Hyland Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|C524|size=55px}} C524

| Buckland Gap Rd

{{AUshield|VIC|C531|size=55px}} C531

| Kiewa Valley Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|C536|size=55px}} C536

| Tawonga Gap Rd

{{AUshield|VIC|C543|size=55px}} C543

| Omeo Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|C605|size=55px}} C605

| Swan Reach Rd

{{AUshield|VIC|C704|size=55px}} C704

| Bacchus Marsh Rd

{{AUshield|VIC|C754|size=55px}} C754

| Melton Highway

{{AUshield|VIC|C777|size=55px}} C777

{{AUshield|VIC|C784|size=55px}} C784

|Moorooduc Highway

Urban highways

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{{AUshield|S|8|size=35px}} State Route 8

| Western Highway

{{AUshield|S|9|size=35px}} State Route 9

| Dandenong Valley Highway

{{AUshield|S|10|size=35px}} State Route 10

| State (Lower Dandenong/Cheltenham) Highway

{{AUshield|S|15|size=35px}} State Route 15

| Warrigal Highway

{{AUshield|S|21|size=35px}} State Route 21

| Chandler Highway

{{AUshield|S|26|size=35px}} State Route 26

| Burwood Highway

{{AUshield|S|27|size=35px}} State Route 27

| Plenty Valley Highway

{{AUshield|S|28|size=35px}} State Route 28

| Mountain Highway

{{AUshield|S|29|size=35px}} State Route 29

| Hoddle Highway

{{AUshield|S|34|size=35px}} State Route 34

| Maroondah Highway

{{AUshield|S|40|size=35px}} State Route 40

| State (Bell/Springvale) Highway

{{AUshield|S|55|size=35px}} State Route 55

| Hume Highway

In addition, several metropolitan roads have been given highway designation, mainly in Melbourne. For details see List of highways in Melbourne

See also

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