Road Photos & Information: Victoria
Bacchus Marsh Road (C802)
Statistics:
- Length:
- 7 km
- Termini:
- Eastern: Western Fwy (M8) and Old Western Hwy (unnumbered) at Merrimu
- Western: Western Fwy (M8) and Condons Ln (unnumbered), Darley
- Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:
- Darley, Bacchus Marsh and Merrimu
Route Numbering:
- Current: C802
- Former: 8 8
- Road Authority Internal Classification: 1
- 5288
General Information:
C802 is a suburban route through the Bacchus Marsh area and was once a part of the Western Hwy routing through the town.
History:
- 10 August 1918: A memorial avenue of about 390 mature English Elms over 3.3 km in length on Bacchus Marsh Road in its approach to the town from Melbourne, was planted. 2
- 30 June 1972: Bacchus Marsh bypass opened to traffic by the Hon. Sir Henry Bolte, GCMG, MP. The bypass was 6 miles in length and cost of A$4.3m to construct. 3
Merrimu to Darley
Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign facing Woolpack Rd at Bacchus Marsh, August 2015.
Image © Paul Rands
1 VIC Government, VicRoads, Road Management Plan 2020-2021, 07 December 2020.
2 VIC Government, Victorian Heritage Council, Victorian Heritage Database, Avenue of Honour, Elm Trees along Bacchus Marsh Rd.
3 VIC Government, Country Roads Board Victoria. Fifty-Ninth Report: for the year ended 30 June 1972, Burwood, Victoria: Brown, Prior, Anderson, 1972. p. 7.
2 VIC Government, Victorian Heritage Council, Victorian Heritage Database, Avenue of Honour, Elm Trees along Bacchus Marsh Rd.
3 VIC Government, Country Roads Board Victoria. Fifty-Ninth Report: for the year ended 30 June 1972, Burwood, Victoria: Brown, Prior, Anderson, 1972. p. 7.