Length:

52 km

Termini:

Northern: Hamilton Hwy (B140), Caramut

Southern: Princes Hwy (A1) and Giffen St, Warrnambool

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Warrnambool, Woodford, Mailors Flat, Winslow, Woolsthorpe and Caramut

Current: C174

Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹

5111

General Information:

C174 is a mostly rural route connecting Princes Hwy (A1) with Hamilton Hwy (B140). It also links the southwest of Victoria with Great Ocean Rd (B100).

1856: Youl's Creek Road Bridge constructed. The bridge is a small, single-span bluestone bridge built to a design by Dilmond John Howes, who was engineer of the Belfast District Roads Board and later the Shire of Belfast. ²

1864: Installation of triangular bluestone posts with a shaved top. The mileposts were erected when the Victorian Roads and Bridges Office requested local shires to erect mileposts along major roads. ³

Caramut to Warrnambool

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Minjah, approaching Minjah-Hawkesdale Rd, January 2017.

Image © Huang-Milton Collection

Minjah-Hawkesdale Road:

Corner of Warrnambool-Caramut Rd (C174) and Minjah-Hawkesdale Rd at Minjah, January 2017.

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Woolsthorpe-Hexham Road:

Corner of Warrnambool-Caramut Rd (C174) and Woolsthorpe-Hexham Rd at Woolsthorpe, January 2017.

Image © Huang-Milton Collection

Entering Woolsthorpe:

Warrnambool-Caramut Rd (C174) as it enters the town of Woolsthorpe, January 2017.

Image © Huang-Milton Collection

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Woolsthorpe approaching Woolsthorpe-Heywiood Rd (C176) and Nicholson St, January 2017.

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Woolsthorpe-Heywood Road & Nicholson Street:

Corner of Warrnambool-Caramut Rd (C174), Woolsthorpe-Heywood Rd (C176) and Nicholson St in Woolsthorpe, January 2017.

Image © Huang-Milton Collection

Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Woolsthorpe, January 2017.

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Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Woolsthorpe approaching Koroit-Woolsthorpe Rd (C175), January 2017.

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Koroit-Woolsthorpe Road:

Corner of Warrnambool-Caramut Rd (C174) and Koroit-Woolsthorpe Rd (C175) at Woolsthorpe, January 2017.

Image © Huang-Milton Collection

Entering Winslow:

Warrnambool-Caramut Rd (C174) as it enters the town of Winslow, January 2017.

Image © Huang-Milton Collection

Trailblazer:

Trailblazer near Rutledge St in Winslow, January 2017.

Image © Huang-Milton Collection

Entering Mailors Flat:

Warrnambool-Caramut Rd (C174) as it enters the town of Mailors Flat, January 2017.

Image © Huang-Milton Collection

¹ VIC Government, VicRoads, Road Management Plan, 2020-2021, 07 December 2020.
² VIC Government, Heritage Council Victoria, Victorian Heritage Database, Bridge.
³ VIC Government, Heritage Council Victoria, Victorian Heritage Database, Stone Mileposts.

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