Length:

81 km

Termini:

Northern: Glenelg Hwy (B160) and Dunkeld-Cavendish Rd (C188), Dunkeld

Southern: Princes Highway (A1), Killarney

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Killarney, Crossley, Kirkstall, Warrong, Hawkesdale, Minhamite, Penshurst, Croxton East and Dunkeld

Current: C178

Multiplexed with: B140 C183

Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹

5116 (Penshurst to Dunkeld)

5117 (Killarney to Kirkstall)

5122 (Kirkstall to Penshurst)

6780 (Penshurst)

General Information:

C178 is a rural north-south route, which acts as a connector for several small rural communities between the Princes Highway and Glenelg Highway.

B140 (Hamilton Highway), for 1 km, Penshurst.

C183, for 150 m, Kirkstall.

Killarney to Dunkeld

Distance Sign:

RD sign heading northbound at Kirkstall after the intersection with Spencer Road & Penshurst-Warrnambool Road (C183), October 2006.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

Northbound AD sign at Warrong, approaching the intersection with Woolsthorpe-Heywood Road (C176), October 2006.

Image © Rob Tilley

Woolsthorpe-Heywood Road Intersection:

Northbound intersection directional sign at Hawkesdale, approaching the intersection with Woolsthorpe-Heywood Road (C176), October 2006.

Image © Rob Tilley

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign facing eastbound traffic at the staggered intersection with Woolsthorpe-Heywood Road (C176) at Hawkesdale, October 2006.

Image © Rob Tilley

Distance Sign:

Northbound RD sign after the intersection with Woolsthorpe-Heywood Road (C176) at Hawkesdale, October 2006.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

Northbound AD sign approaching Macarthur-Hawkesdale Road at Hawkesdale, October 2006.

Image © Rob Tilley

Intersection Directional Sign:

Northbound ID sign at the junction with Macarthur-Hawkesdale Road at Hawkesdale, October 2006.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign for the roundabout at the junction of Hamilton Highway (B140) and Bell Street (C185) at Penshurst, October 2006.

Image © Rob Tilley