Bass Highway (Victoria)

Bass Highway

Victoria
Bass Highway; Victoria
	Bass Highway as it passes through Kilcunda
	West end East end
Coordinates	38°17′23″S 145°32′45″E / 38.289705°S 145.545752°E (West end); 38°28′35″S 145°56′46″E / 38.476332°S 145.946237°E (East end);
General information
Type	Highway
Length	86.4 km (54 mi)
Gazetted	November 1913 (as Main Road); 1947/48 (as State Highway)
Route number(s)	M420 (1998–present); (Lang Lang–Bass); B460 (1998–present); (Bass–Leongatha);
Former; route number	A420 (1998–2013); (Grantville–Anderson); State Route 181 (1986–1998); Entire route;
Major junctions
West end	South Gippsland Highway; Lang Lang, Victoria
	Phillip Island Road; South Gippsland Highway;
East end	Strzelecki Highway; Leongatha, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlements	Grantville, Kilcunda, Wonthaggi, Inverloch
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Victoria; ; ;
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Bass Highway is an 87 kilometre highway in Victoria, Australia, running along the coasts of Western Port and Bass Strait, between Lang Lang and Leongatha via Wonthaggi.^[4] A good portion of the highway serves as a gateway from Melbourne to Phillip Island. It was named due to its proximity to Bass Strait.

^ "Bass Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 5 November 1913. p. 5155. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "Country Roads Board Victoria. Thirty-Fifth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1948". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 1 November 1948. p. 7.
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Bass Highway Victoria

Bass Highway as it passes through Kilcunda
West end East end
Coordinates	38°17′23″S 145°32′45″E / 38.289705°S 145.545752°E / -38.289705; 145.545752 (West end) 38°28′35″S 145°56′46″E / 38.476332°S 145.946237°E / -38.476332; 145.946237 (East end)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	86.4 km (54 mi)^[1]
Gazetted	November 1913 (as Main Road)^[2] 1947/48 (as State Highway)^[3]
Route number(s)	M420 (1998–present) (Lang Lang–Bass) B460 (1998–present) (Bass–Leongatha)
Former route number	A420 (1998–2013) (Grantville–Anderson) State Route 181 (1986–1998) Entire route
Major junctions
West end	South Gippsland Highway Lang Lang, Victoria
	Phillip Island Road South Gippsland Highway
East end	Strzelecki Highway Leongatha, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlements	Grantville, Kilcunda, Wonthaggi, Inverloch
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Victoria
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