Remnant SR112 trailblazer at Streatham on Eurambean-Streatham Rd approaching Neerin Neerin Rd. 2012. Image © Rob Tilley.

Before the implementation of the Statewide Route Numbering Scheme (alphanumeric routes), Victoria regional routes had a system much like the Melbourne metropolitan area. These were called State Routes, to distinguish them from two-digit routes in the metropolitan region of Melbourne. ¹

The State Route Numbering System was launched on 13th December 1985, with numbers being assigned to the main roads of state significance and regional importance. They were numbered as follows: lower numbers in western Victoria gradually increasing in a clockwise direction to the east of the state. North-south routes were generally odd numbers, while east-west routes were even numbers. ¹

State route numbers lasted until 1996, when the Statewide Route Numbering Scheme was first introduced in the north east of Victoria. ¹

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