Surf Coast Highway

Surfcoast Highway (and its northern section within Geelong as Torquay Road, and its southern section as Surf Coast Highway)^[2] is a semi-rural highway in Victoria, Australia, connecting the city of Geelong with the coastal town of Torquay. The highway runs through the Armstrong Creek Growth Area, which is the subject of extensive residential development; closer to Torquay, tourist attractions the Narana Creations indigenous centre, Surf Coast Plaza retail centre, and the Surfworld museum are located along the highway.^[3][4]

Surfcoast Highway Torquay Road Victoria
North end South end
Coordinates	38.182340°S 144.344867°E / -38.182340; 144.344867 (North end) 38.338131°S 144.314679°E / -38.338131; 144.314679 (South end)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	17.8 km (11 mi)[1]
Route number(s)	B100 (1996–present)
Former route number	State Route 100 (1986–1996)
Tourist routes	Tourist Drive 21
Major junctions
North end	Torquay Road Belmont, Geelong
	Princes Highway Pioneer Road Baanip Boulevard Lower Duneed Road
South end	Great Ocean Road Torquay, Victoria
Highway system
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Route

Surfcoast Highway commences at the intersection with Settlement Road in Belmont and runs south as Torquay Road as a four-lane, dual-carriageway road through the southern Geelong suburb of Grovedale and crossing the Warrnambool railway line, continuing south until it reaches the intersection of Lower Duneed Road in Mount Duneed. It changes name to Surf Coast Highway and continues south, eventually running through central Torquay, before ending at the bridge over Spring Creek, where the road continues west as the Great Ocean Road.

History

Construction to duplicate the Surfcoast Highway, 13.2km total between Grovedale and Torquay, commenced in November 1990, to aid higher traffic levels due to tourism and holidays and the growth of Torquay and neighbouring Jan Juc. Work was completed and opened in June 1993, for a total cost of $13.3 million.^[5] A link between Surfcoast Highway and Geelong Ring Road, named Baanip Boulevard, was completed in June 2015.^[6]

Surfcoast Highway was signed as State Route 100 between Grovedale and Torquay in 1986; with Victoria's conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in the late 1990s, this was updated to route B100 in 1996.^[7]

The passing of the Road Management Act 2004^[8] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared the road as Surfcoast Highway (Arterial #6190), beginning at Corio-Waurn Ponds Road (today Settlement Road) at Belmont and ending at Great Ocean Road in Torquay;^[2] this declaration formally includes today's Torquay Road, but signposts along this section have kept its original name.

Major intersections

LGA	Location[1][2]	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Greater Geelong	Belmont	0.0	0.0	Torquay Road (north) – Belmont	Northern terminus of Surfcoast Highway (declared) and route B100 Northern end of Torquay Road (sign-posted)
				Settlement Road (A10 west, A10/Tourist Drive 21 east) – Colac, Geelong
Warn Ponds Creek		1.0	0.62	Bridge (name unknown)
Greater Geelong	Grovedale	2.3	1.4	Pioneer Road (C133) – Highton
	Grovedale–Mount Duneed–Charlemont tripoint	3.2	2.0	Warrnambool railway line
	Mount Duneed–Charlemont boundary	3.5	2.2	Baanip Boulevard (B130) – Waurn Ponds, to Geelong Ring Road (M1) – Colac, Melbourne
Greater Geelong–Surf Coast boundary	Mount Duneed	7.4	4.6	Lower Duneed Road (C122 east) – Barwon Heads, Ocean Grove Mount Duneed Road (west) – Mount Duneed	Southern end of Torquay Road, northern end of Surf Coast Highway (sign-posted)
Thompsons Creek		10.1	6.3	Bridge (name unknown)
Surf Coast	Torquay	17.8	11.1	Great Ocean Road (B100/Tourist Drive 21) – Lorne, Apollo Bay, Warrnambool	Southern terminus of Surfcoast Highway (declared), southern end of Surf Coast Highway (sign-posted) Route B100 continues west over Spring Creek along Great Ocean Road
Spring Creek				Bridge (name unknown)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Route transition

See also

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