4'n £ Hume Highway ?!* s' SPRINGHURST I yjff TO WODONGA -xm©O o 133U1S 3H1AHIS Cost .. /*0 esnoH The estimated costs and completion dates of the four stages of the project are (at 1987 prices): 3Ama Stage Completion Cost 3SOU13M $ million 9 i * Bypass of Springhurst 1990 16 £ r AO 3 Chiltern to Barnawartha 1990 31 avou 1 '°9UjUu /y avon "Gy 4 # SH3HAV3HS I SU3>WVd Barnawartha to Wodonga Late 1987 26 s *3 r I © e- Q Wodonga Bypass March 1985 21 § sa I J inOCIAD r 20 §* Total $ 94 avob SHVUONI a As at June 1987 expenditure on the project since x* - 1 «o _v 5* commencement in 1981 totals $5 million. 8 JL avob The Environment /i SNAQOUd E ro ITS3 a The freeway has been designed to blend with the E existing environment. Stands of trees have been 9J £J retained where possible, and planting along the route K will reinforce and complement the local species. Landscaping design will minimise noise and visual intrusion to residential areas, preserve the natural z character of the area and provide motorists with 2 H pleasant vistas along the route. O Rest areas with water and toilet facilities will be § built east of Chiltern adjacent to and integrated with III s the Chiltern State Park. S S g III s t o The Future !!'ll 1 Close liaison between the RCA, Rural City of II inO 3 u. v Wodonga, Chiltern Shire; Rutherglen Shire, __ II I ! *4) Wangaratta Shire, the Albury Wodonga Development II I • Corporation and the Ministry for Planning and !!s i ! v Environment has enabled the project to be integrated i rf. into the planning and development for future growth i along the Hume corridor. i In future, the Bypass Wodonga planned to the of is avob 1’ a.j K be extended easterly from the Lincoln Causeway to a I / / second crossing of the Murray River. )|Lj s The Bypass will then link with the proposed relief k slf K V * .jr/f+Z. V ] route of Albury to be constructed by the New South Q SI

Department • Wales of Main Roads. ,/ M ! - s V'.r,-i-Ji I /I111 T?* -.Vt Further Information ° ° ii * For further information contact: * V . H. ii - r 4 w ✓ • - * A * .• / 4 The Project Manager, V. % Road Construction Authority, avon

Post Office Box 822, fr~§ . T • . § r * ' Ti - \ Wodonga 3690, % k ‘O avou .o w MV Telephone (060) 24 3577 SN3Sam3My or the Corporate Relations Officer, •\ 0) »• t (A Wt Road Construction Authority, / #* |£«&4 03 _ 60 Denmark Street, CD » * » • C n i L 3101, a X cTP'v Kew Ihn *i o V >• N/ Fi Telephone (03) 860 2584. '.-ÿV ll '»2 3? % V.OATES GAP ROAD / » otrotf Nnmvuj AQvi < \\ I / x 03 s % cr -c t ' 1 i S \\?o X 2 \V y* a 1 ! RCA 3 2 NO. 00 Road Construction Authority 5 z 03 $ £ 1 o RCA September 1987 Road Construction c o II o V* 0) I &A \% V) sp I »OOu % Melbourne and The work involves duplication of the existing highway and % c r: 0interchange near Quarry Road, 0) CREEK \ upgrading the 285 km Hume Highway between the *° h— approximately 6 km west of the old intersection. )an Melbourne metropolitan area and Wodonga to dual A 4 km section at the eastern end of this length is 6 % I cdiamond interchange at Melrose I 2 Rutherglen district. I 2 Drive. I 5 Ifl:A*0H . s S I Work on this 20.9 km section involves duplicating the ' V.r 5 existing Hume Highway from west of Gilmours Road, near UJ V II the Chiltern Shire Boundary, to east of Barnawartha. It Other Features m * includes the construction of 2 km of dual carriageway - p £ •! adjacent to the township of Barnawartha. Construction of the 46 km project involves the following •o The duplicate carriageway will be along the south side of features: - % the existing highway except for a 3 km section through the • Provision of more than 30 km of associated frontage Chiltern State Park, which will be constructed to the north road for local access and stock movement. of the existing highway. • Twin bridges over Indigo Creek Barnawartha, House ' °s°* Initially, full diamond interchanges will be built at Chiltern- Creek Wodonga and the North Eastern Railway just west ex" i z Road, Chiltern and at Barnawartha. An at-grade of Wodonga. cc 4 Beechworth — Overpass bridges for local traffic at Springhurst, UJ % intersection will also be constructed at Old Cemetery Road • n 'J 3.5 km west of Chiltern, the site of a future overpass. Barnawartha and the Melrose Drive, Wodonga, URSE 5 RACECOBA interchanges. ! O BOAD • Two major structures taking the deviated Murray Valley r Barnawartha to Wodonga Highway over the North Eastern Railway and the Hume .... The Barnawartha to Wodonga Section extends 12.6 km Freeway east of Barnawartha. *0 - from Hansens Road, east of Barnawartha, to Ingrams Road, • Duplicate bridge over Black Dog Creek and over Chiltern- :: A West Wodonga, where it joins the Bypass of Wodonga. Beechworth Road at Chiltern Interchange. 4iA TirJ

O Io IIj Structures ..• > avoti C jP IV Major culverts or small bridges constructed or to be constructed ns % for drainage crossings of the \ I-J ' I project / 1 I|1 include Diddah Diddah '1 x ~ I \ Creek, Creek, UJ •f 4e Daddah Daddah 5 I-c I TV** Rocky Water Holes Creek, several Z • * I / unnamed creeks between S 9 Springhurst and Chiltern, Stockyard O Creek. Frying Pan Creek, Fell i C/) DC Timber Creek, the South Wodonga Q z *O Flood Channel and the Lagoon w O Uu uj U V Relief structure on the Bypass of Wodonga. n Is- \ Several stock underpasses which 8 12 double as access for local traffic 1 r ii have also been provided. v 1 j : • Above : Construction of the duplicate carriageway at the Murray Valley Highway Interchange • Cover : Bridges over the North East railway at Wodonga *o_*