Length:

21 km

Termini:

Northern: Maroondah Highway (B360), Healesville

Southern: Warburton Highway (B380), Launching Place

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Healesville, Badger Creek, Mount Toolebewong, Don Valley and Launching Place

Current: C506

Multiplexed with: C505

Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹

4831 (Badger Creek and Mt Toolebewong)

5521 (Healesville to Badger Creek and Mt Toolebewong to Launching Place)

General Information:

C506 is a rural route in the Yarra Ranges east of Melbourne that passes through residential and bushland surrounds. During the winter months it's an alternative route for C505 (Donna Buang Rd).

C505, for 5 km, between Badger Creek and Mt Toolebewong.

1930: Country Roads Board constructed the current Myrtle Creek Bridge replacing a World War 1 structure. ²

December 2013: Work began on 1200 m of shared paths along Don Rd from Harberts Road to Warburton Highway in Don Valley. ³

Launching Place to Healesville

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Dalry Rd in Don Valley, July 2012.

Image © Rob Tilley

Distance Sign:

Reassurance directional sign as C506 leaves Don Valley, July 2012.

Image © Rob Tilley

Intersection Directional Signs:

ID signs at the junction of Don Rd (C506) and Donna Buang Rd (C505) in Badger Ck, July 2012. The C505 duplex begins at this intersection.

Image © Rob Tilley

Intersection Directional Signs:

ID signs at the junction of Don Rd (C506) and Donna Buang Rd (C505) in Badger Ck, July 2012. The C505 duplex begins at this intersection, July 2012.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Donna Buang Rd (C506) and Badger Weir Rd at Badger Ck, July 2012. The C505 duplex ends at this junction.

Image © Rob Tilley

Trailblazer:

C506 trailblazer at Badger Creek, July 2012.

Image © Rob Tilley

Healesville to Launching Place

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Donna Buang Rd (C506) and Badger Weir Rd at Badger Ck, July 2012. The C505 duplex starts at this junction.

Image © Rob Tilley