Pyrenees Highway

Pyrenees Highway

The Pyrenees Highway begins at the large town of Ararat, located at the eastern end of the Grampians. It heads in an easterly direction winding its way through rich dairying countryside before passing through the Pyrenee Range to reach the town of Avoca. Continuing east, the highway enters the Goldfields region, passing through the large historic towns of Maryborough and Castlemaine before reaching the Calder Highway at the small town of Elphinestone.

State: Victoria
Name Origin: The Pyrenees Highway is named after the Pyrenees mountain range, of which is passes through.
Start: Western Highway (Ararat)
Principal Towns: Ararat, Avoca, Maryborough, Castlemaine
Finish: Calder Highway (Elphinstone)
Length: 149km
Road Standard: All bitumen.
Road Quality: Generally good - occasional overtaking lanes. Road can be windy between Maryborough and Elphinestone.
Speed Limit (outside built up areas): 100km/hr

Photos from the Pyrenees Highway:

Heading west on the Pyrenees Highway from Castlemaine (2002).