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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
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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
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Victorian cities, towns, settlements and road network.
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1694:Alphanumeric road routes in Victoria
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88:"List of highways in Victoria"
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1577:List of highways in Melbourne
31:List of highways in Melbourne
1785:Highways in Victoria (state)
1148:Beech Forest–Lavers Hill Rd
393:Mornington Peninsula Freeway
35:List of freeways in Victoria
1795:Lists of roads in Australia
1745:Road Construction Authority
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1413:Dandenong Valley Highway
1757:Department of Transport
1721:Board of Land and Works
1708:Responsible authorities
1597:Australian Roads portal
958:Goulburn Valley Highway
916:Goulburn Valley Highway
648:South Gippsland Highway
573:Goulburn Valley Highway
481:South Gippsland Freeway
423:Goulburn Valley Freeway
216:South Gippsland Highway
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1689:Highways in Melbourne
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886:Loddon Valley Highway
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1274:Kiewa Valley Highway
663:Western Port Highway
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18:Highways in Victoria
1733:Country Roads Board
1106:Geelong–Ballan Road
1022:Phillip Island Road
330:Tullamarine Freeway
1715:Central Road Board
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