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518:Speed Limits
504:Yarra Valley
492:C. J. Dennis
476:Dixons Creek
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448:Nellie Melba
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374:Dixons Creek
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220:route number
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1069:17 November
1063:Google Maps
1037:30 December
931:Concurrency
905:Healesville
864:Yarra River
822:Healesville
745:Healesville
723:Murrindindi
666:Murrindindi
500:Yarra River
345:Location(s)
246:(1986–1998)
233:(1998–2010)
143: /
131:145°22′46″E
110: /
98:145°25′23″E
83:Coordinates
1643:Categories
1269:19 October
1134:19 October
1119:VicRoads.
989:References
945:transition
885:Coldstream
844:Yarra Glen
796:Yarra Glen
779:Yarra Glen
626:Coldstream
608:Coldstream
604:Yarra Glen
569:Yarra Glen
512:Coldstream
496:Yarra Glen
378:Yarra Glen
128:37°43′16″S
95:37°12′43″S
909:Alexandra
707:Yea River
695:Alexandra
468:Yea River
432:Melbourne
317:South end
262:North end
190:May 1983
70:South end
56:North end
1399:Highways
1349:Freeways
1342:Victoria
1288:VicRoads
1260:Archived
1128:Archived
956:See also
933:terminus
767:Kinglake
728:Castella
648:Location
581:Glenburn
561:VicRoads
488:Toolangi
484:Kinglake
472:Glenburn
370:Glenburn
181:Gazetted
30:Victoria
1099:16 June
1060:(Map).
691:Seymour
559:(later
543:History
434:to the
428:highway
167:Highway
1170:1 July
1012:4 June
848:Eltham
800:Eltham
382:Yering
351:Region
290:
218:Former
172:Length
1263:(PDF)
1256:(PDF)
1124:(PDF)
943:Route
660:Notes
575:from
454:Route
231:B300
208:B300
1271:2021
1172:2024
1136:2021
1101:2022
1071:2021
1039:2021
1014:2024
892:40.3
889:64.9
871:35.9
868:57.8
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831:57.6
812:34.5
809:55.6
786:33.7
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754:40.1
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732:40.0
714:13.2
711:21.2
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602:via
486:and
436:town
356:Hume
164:Type
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671:Yea
644:LGA
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