Goulburn Valley Freeway
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Goulburn Valley Highway Victoria |
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| Type | Highway |
| Length | 271 km (168 mi) |
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| Major settlements | Strathmerton, Shepparton, Nagambie, Seymour, Yea, Alexandra |
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Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Victoria |
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A39 (2014 to present) NSW/Vic Border - 
M39 (2014-present) Arcadia–Seymour
B340 (1998-present)
National Highway A39 (1998-2014)
National Highway M39 (part, 2001-2014)
National Highway 39 (?-1998)
State Route 168 (1986-1998)
The Goulburn Valley Highway is a highway located in Victoria, Australia. The section north of the Hume Freeway is part of the Melbourne to Brisbane National Highway (together with Hume Freeway) and is the main link between these two cities as well as a major link between Victoria and inland New South Wales. It is also the most direct route between Melbourne and the major regional centre of Shepparton in Victoria (via the Hume Freeway).
The highway roughly follows the course of the Goulburn River, a tributary of the Murray River. The Highway serves the fruit and vegetable growing areas of the Goulburn Valley in Victoria, one of Australia's most productive agricultural regions.
The highway runs from Eildon to Seymour as a two lane single carriageway sealed road with shoulders. The section from the Hume Freeway to Arcadia via Nagambie has been fully converted into a dual carriageway and has been renamed as the Goulburn Valley Freeway. The freeway upgrade has made sections of the original Goulburn Valley Highway redundant, either incorporated into the new freeway or acting as local access roads. The freeway section is covered with a speed limit of 110 km/h, the standard speed limit for rural freeways in Australia. Between Arcadia and Tocumwal the highway is a two lane single carriageway but with tactile road lines, wide shoulders and small sections of 3 or 4 lane single carriageway road for overtaking. The Goulburn Valley Highway crosses the Murray River at to join the Newell Highway in New South Wales.
The Goulburn Valley Highway is defined as a National Highway which means the Australian Government fully funds improvements to it. It is progressively being upgraded to freeway standard with the goal to ultimately bypass all towns between the Hume Freeway and the Murray River at the New South Wales border.
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