Length:

109 km

Termini:

Eastern: Hume Fwy (M31) and Harrys Ck Rd (unnumbered), Violet Town

Western: Midland Hwy (A300), Goornong

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Goornong, Colbinabbin, Rushworth, Murchison, Moorilim and Violet Town

Current: C345

Multiplexed with: C357

Former: 39

Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹

5376 (Bendigo to Murchison)

5414 (Murchison to Violet Town)

General Information:

C345 is a rural route which as a connector between Bendigo and the Hume Freeway. It passes through mostly rural areas, with a few pockets of residential and commercial. The section between Murchison East and Moorilim was once National Route 39.

C357, for 1.5 km, between Murchison and Murchison East.

1939: Country Roads Board constructed Fergusons Bridge, which is a four-span composite timber and steel road bridge with curving timber deck. It crosses over the Campaspe River, approximately 4 kilometres east of the Midland Highway. The deck 56 metres long and 7.1 metres wide. Span lengths between timber piers average 13.8 metres. ²

Goornong to Violet Town

Distance Sign:

RD sign at Murchsion, heading eastbound, April 2006.

Image © Rob Tilley

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign on the corner of Murchison-Violet Town Rd (C345) and Lily St (C365) in Violet Town, August 2015.

Image © Paul Rands

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign on the corner of Murchison-Violet Town Rd (C345) and Lily St (C365) in Violet Town, August 2015.

Image © Paul Rands

Level Crossing:

Murchison-Violet Town Rd (C345) as it crosses the railway line in Violet Town, August 2015.

Image © Paul Rands

Violet Town to Goornong

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign assembly at the junction of Murchison-Violet Town Rd (C345), Hume Fwy (M31) and Harrys Creek Rd at Violet Town, August 2015.

Image © Paul Rands

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign at the junction of Murchison-Violet Town Rd (C345), Hume Fwy (M31) and Harrys Creek Rd at Violet Town, August 2015.

Image © Paul Rands

Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Violet Town near Hume Fwy (M31), August 2015.

Image © Paul Rands

Level Crossing:

Murchison-Violet Town Rd (C345) as it crosses the railway line in Violet Town, August 2015.

Image © Paul Rands

Violet Town:

Murchison-Violet Town Rd (C345) as it passes through the Violet Town CBD, August 2015.

Image © Paul Rands

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign on the corner of Murchison-Violet Town Rd (C345) and Lily St (C365) in Violet Town, August 2015.

Image © Paul Rands