Maroondah Highway

Maroondah Highway Whitehorse Road Victoria
General information
Type	Highway
Length	188 km (117 mi)
Route number(s)	(1965-present) Balwyn-Lilydale (1998-present) Lilydale-Coldstream (1998-present) Coldstream-Alexandra (1998-present) Alexandra-Koriella (1998-present) Koriella-Yarck (1998-present) Yarck-Maindample (1998-present) Maindample-Mansfield
Former route number	State Route 34 (1986-1998) Lilydale-Alexandra State Route 175 (1986-1998) Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road - Healesville-Kinglake Road State Route 168 (1986-1998) Alexandra-Koriella Nil (1986-1998) Koriella-Yarck State Route 153 (1986-1998) Yarck-Maindample Alternate State Route 153 (1986-1998) Maindample-Mansfield
Major junctions
Southwest end	Cotham Road (State Route 34), Balwyn, Melbourne
	EastLink (M3) Warburton Highway (B380) Melba Highway (B300) Goulburn Valley Highway (B340) Midland Link Highway (B300)
Northeast end	Mount Buller Road (C320), Mansfield
Location(s)
Major settlements	Nunawading, Ringwood, Lilydale, Coldstream, Healesville, Buxton, Alexandra, Merton
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Victoria

Maroondah Highway (also known as Whitehorse Road from Balwyn to Croydon), is a major east-west thoroughfare in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne and a highway servicing the lower alpine region Victoria, Australia.

History

In the 1850s, Whitehorse Road was built to be the primary route from Melbourne to Gippsland, a rather circuitous route which went via the Dandenong Ranges. The primary route to Gippsland from the CBD is now through Monash Freeway and the South Gippsland Highway.

The road, when first built, was named Three Chain Road, due to the road width being 66 yards (60 m) wide.

The traffic led to the establishment of a hotel in Box Hill named the White Horse hotel which had been named in respect to a horse belonging to Capt Elgar, a property owner in the area. It is this hotel of which the road obtained its name. However, the hotel was forced to shut its doors in 1921 when Box Hill became a dry area. A replica of the white horse from the roof of the hotel now stands in the median strip of Whitehorse Road, while the restored original is located in the Box Hill town hall.

Route

Whitehorse Road begins as a continuation of Cotham Road at Burke Road, in the suburb of Balwyn/Deepdene. At this point, it is a typical inner-Melbourne, four lane, single carriageway arterial road. The route 109 tram also runs along this stretch of the road, making the road quite congested throughout daylight hours.

The road continues through Mont Albert, until its intersection with Elgar Road in Box Hill, where the road becomes a four lane dual carriageway with trams running down the central median strip. Burke Road and Elgar Roads being the east and west boundaries of Capt Elgar's original two mile square property. The tram terminates at Market Street, a few blocks further on. From this point, Whitehorse Road is also known as Maroondah Highway, a three lane divided highway, though it retains its name through the municipals of Whitehorse and Maroondah. It passes through the suburbs of Blackburn, Nunawading, Mitcham, Ringwood and Croydon. From here, the Maroondah Highway continues on past Lilydale, as a rural highway. There is a moderately steep and moderately twisty section through forest between Healesville and Buxton, and the road then continues through farmland all the way through to Mansfield via Alexandra and Bonnie Doon.

Major intersections and towns

Maroondah Highway
Westbound	Distance to Kew (km)	Distance to Lilydale (km)	Eastbound
End Whitehorse Road (Maroondah Highway) continues as Cotham Road to Kew and Melbourne	2.5	28.5	Start Whitehorse Road (Maroondah Highway) from Cotham Road
Camberwell, Heidelberg Burke Road
Balwyn	4.3	26.7	Balwyn
Canterbury, Doncaster Balwyn Road			Doncaster, Canterbury Balwyn Road
Burwood, Doncaster; Elgar Road	7.3	23.7	Doncaster, Burwood Elgar Road
Westbound	Distance to Box Hill (km)	Distance to Lilydale (km)	Eastbound
Box Hill	0	23	Box Hill
Huntingdale, Doncaster Station Street	0.1	22.9	Doncaster, Huntingdale Station Street
To Melbourne Mount Waverley, Doncaster Middleborough Road	1.4	21.6	Doncaster, Mount Waverley Middleborough Road
continues as	2.9	20.1	Blackburn, Edithvale Chapel Street (Blackburn Road)
Blackburn, Edithvale Chapel Street (Blackburn Road)			continues as
continues as	3	20	To Melbourne Doncaster East, Warrandyte Surrey Road (Blackburn Road)
To Melbourne Doncaster East, Warrandyte Surrey Road (Blackburn Road)			continues as
Nunawading	4.8	18.2	Nunawading
To Melbourne Glen Waverley, Donvale Springvale Road			Donvale, Glen Waverley Springvale Road
Mitcham	6.4	16.6	Mitcham
Wantirna, Donvale, Doncaster Mitcham Road			Donvale, Wantirna, Boronia Mitcham Road
Doncaster, Melbourne EastLink Ringwood Bypass	8.4	14.6	Doncaster, Melbourne EastLink Ringwood Bypass
Dandenong, Frankston EastLink			Dandenong, Frankston EastLink
continues as	9.4	13.6	Wantirna Wantirna Road
Wantirna Wantirna Road			continues as
Ringwood	9.5	13.5	Ringwood
continues as	9.7	13.3	Warrandyte Warrandyte Road
Warrandyte Warrandyte Road			continues as
Westbound	Distance to Melbourne via (km)	Distance to Lilydale (km)	Eastbound
Croydon, Mount Dandenong Mount Dandenong Road To Melbourne Ringwood Bypass	28.4	12.6	Croydon, Montrose, Mount Dandenong Mount Dandenong Road To Ringwood Bypass
continues as	32.8	8.2	Croydon, Bayswater Kent Avenue
Croydon, Bayswater Kent Avenue			continues as
continues as	33	8	Wonga Park, Warrandyte Yarra Road
Wonga Park, Warrandyte Yarra Road			continues as
continues as Whitehorse Road (Maroondah Highway)	34	7	continues as Maroondah Highway
Boronia, Ferntree Gully Dorset Road	35.5	5.5	Boronia Dorset Road
Lilydale	41	0	Lilydale
Westbound	Distance to Melbourne via (km)	Distance to Alexandra (km)	Eastbound
To Monbulk Montrose, Bayswater Anderson Street	41.5	90.5	To Monbulk Montrose, Bayswater Anderson Street
End Start	43.5	88.5	Woori Yallock, Warburton Warburton Highway
Woori Yallock, Warburton Warburton Highway			End Start
Coldstream	46	86	Coldstream
End continues as	47	85	Yarra Glen, Yea Melba Highway
Yarra Glen Melba Highway			continues as
Woori Yallock, Cockatoo, Pakenham, Koo Wee Rup Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road	61	71	Woori Yallock, Cockatoo Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road
Yarra Glen, Kinglake, Yea Healesville-Kinglake Road	63	69	Yarra Glen, Kinglake, Yea Healesville-Kinglake Road
Healesville	63.5	68.5	Healesville
Badger Creek Badger Creek Road	64	68	Badger Creek Badger Creek Road
Mount Donna Buang, Yarra Junction Don Road	64.5	67.5	Mount Donna Buang, Yarra Junction Don Road
Narbethong	87	47	Narbethong
To Mount Donna Buang, Warburton Marysville Marysville Road	88	44	To Mount Donna Buang, Warburton Marysville, Lake Mountain Marysville Road
To Lake Mountain Marysville Buxton-Marysville Road	102.5	29.5	Marysville Buxton-Marysville Road
Buxton	103	29	Buxton
Eildon Taggerty-Thornton Road	114	18	Eildon, Jamieson Taggerty-Thornton Road
Alexandra	132	0	Alexandra
Southbound	Distance to Alexandra (km)	Distance to Mansfield (km)	Northbound
continues as	0	69	Eildon Goulburn Valley Highway
Eildon Goulburn Valley Highway			End continues as
End continues as	7	62	Yea, Seymour Goulburn Valley Highway
Yea, Seymour Goulburn Valley Highway			continues as
Westbound	Distance to Melbourne via Yarra Glen (km)	Distance to Mansfield (km)	Eastbound
continues as	133	56	no intersection
Yea, Seymour, Yarra Glen, Melbourne Maroondah Link Highway			End continues as
Euroa, Shepparton Euroa-Mansfield Road	152	37	Euroa, Shepparton Euroa-Mansfield Road
Merton			Merton
Bonnie Doon	167	22	Bonnie Doon
End continues as	177	12	To Wodonga, Sydney Benalla Midland Link Highway
Benalla Midland Link Highway			continues as
Mansfield	189	0	Mansfield
Start Maroondah Highway			End Maroondah Highway
Roundabout (clockwise from highway) Midland Highway to Benalla Mount Buller Road to Mount Buller and Whitfield Highett Street

See also

• Highways in Australia
• Highways in Victoria