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, Australia, serving to link the

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with the Princes Highway (and the western end of the

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nearby) at the port city of

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Route

Hopkins Highway begins at the intersection with

on the western edge of

and runs in a south-westerly direction as a dual-lane, single-carriageway road, running in close proximity to the

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(and crossing it in Ellerslie). It eventually ends in the centre of

History

The passing of the '' Transport Act of 1983'' (itself an evolution from the original ''Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924''State of Victoria, ''An Act to make further provision with respect to Highways and Country Roads Motor Cars and Traction Engines and for other purposes'' 30 December 1924
/ref>) provided for the declaration of State Highways, roads two-thirds financed by the State government through the

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(later

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). The Hopkins Highway was declared a State Highway in December 1990, from

; before this declaration, the road was referred to as Warrnambool-Mortlake Road. The Hopkins Highway was signed as State Route 104 between Mortlake and Warrnambool in 1990; with Victoria's conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in the late 1990s, it was replaced by route B120. The passing of the ''Road Management Act 2004'' granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to

: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared the road as Hopkins Highway (Arterial #6010) between the

and the Princes Highway at

Upgrades

*1867 – Ellerslie Bridge, a large timber and masonry bridge over the

at Ellerslie, at the crossing place then known as Letts Ford; it is Victoria's second-oldest positively dated timber-beam road bridge, originally opened 30 May 1867 *1967 – Ellerslie Bridge replacement, a five-span prestressed concrete beam and reinforced concrete bridge, constructed adjacent to, and replacing, the timber version at 100 years old

Major intersections

References

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Route

History

Upgrades

Major intersections

See also

References