- Melba Highway
-
Melba Highway 
Formerly 
Length 65 km (40 mi) Direction North-South From 
Goulburn Valley Highway, Yea, Victoriavia Glenburn, Dixons Creek, Yarra Glen, Yering To 
Maroondah Highway, Coldstream, VictoriaMajor junctions for full list see major intersections The Melba Highway connects the outer eastern suburb of Coldstream, near Lilydale, and the town of Yea, in Victoria's Central Highlands on the Goulburn Valley Highway.
Contents
Route
The highway passes through the alluvial plains of the Yarra River and the rich Yarra Valley vineyards near Yarra Glen. At Yarra Glen, the road diverts from the main town street (Bell Street) and follows a recently completed bypass of the township. After rejoining the main highway north of Yarra Glen, the road rises up a steep grade between Dixons Creek and Glenburn to the top of the Great Dividing Range at a road junction that links the highway with the nearby towns of Kinglake and Toolangi, a former home of Australian author C. J. Dennis.
From there, the road passes through forest and open agricultural land before reaching Yea, a small pastoral town.
Speed Limit
Coldstream - Yarra Glen 100 km/h
Yarra Glen 50 km/h
Yarra Glen - Glenburn 100 km/h
Glenburn 80 km/h
Glenburn-Yea 100 km/h
Yea 60 km/h
History
The road is named after Dame Nellie Melba, a famed Australian opera singer of the early 20th century whose former country estate lies at the southern end of the highway, at the junction of the Melba and Maroondah highways in Coldstream.
The road is within the Shire of Yarra Ranges and Shire of Murrindindi local government areas.
In addition, the recently completed Yarra Glen bypass now diverts trucks and other through vehicles onto the new road, having been opened in May 2010. Works are continuing at the Bell Street/Melba Highway roundabout (at the Yarra Valley Tourist rail crossing) which is expected to completed by mid 2011.[1]
Major intersections and towns
Melba Highway 
Northbound Distance to
Yea
(km)Distance to
Melbourne
(km)Southbound 
T-Intersection (clockwise from highway)
Goulburn Valley Highway
to Seymour and Shepparton
Goulburn Valley Highway
to Alexandra and MansfieldEnd Melba Highway 0 111 Start Melba Highway Yea Kinglake, Healesville
Healesville-Kinglake Road _
40 72 Healesville, Kinglake
Healesville-Kinglake Road _ Yarra Glen
Yea Road
53 58 Yarra Glen, Eltham
Yea Roadcontinues as 55 56 Healesville
Healesville-Yarra Glen Road _
Healesville
Healesville-Yarra Glen Road _ _duplexes_with_ duplexes with _duplexes_with_ duplexes with 57 54 Yarra Glen, Eltham
Bell StreetYarra Glen, Eltham
Bell Streetcontinues as YARRA VALLEY TOURIST RAIL LINE
YARRA VALLEY TOURIST RAIL LINE
YARRA RIVER 57.5 53.5 YARRA RIVER Start Melba Highway 65 47 End Melba Highway 
Traffic Lights (clockwise from highway)
Maroondah Highway
to Healesville and Alexandra
Maroondah Highway to Lilydale and MelbourneSee also
- Highways in Australia
- Highways in Victoria
References
- ^ Yarra Glen Bypass, VicRoads Site. Retrieved on 15 March 2011.
Road infrastructure in VictoriaFreeways 
Highways Bass Highway • Bellarine Highway • Borung Highway • Calder Highway • Glenelg Highway • Goulburn Valley Highway • Hamilton Highway • Henty Highway • Hopkins Highway • Kiewa Valley Highway • Loddon Valley Highway • Mallee Highway • Maroondah Highway • Melba Highway • Midland Highway • Monaro Highway • Murray Valley Highway • Nepean Highway • Northern Highway • Omeo Highway • Princes Highway • Pyrenees Highway • South Gippsland Highway • Strzelecki Highway • Sturt Highway • Sunraysia Highway • Surf Coast Highway • Warburton Highway • Western Highway • Western Port Highway • Wimmera HighwayBypass routes Old Hume Highway • Old Princes Highway • Princes Highway (Geelong)Tourist routes Categories:- Highways in Victoria (Australia)
- Australia road stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
