Vorlage:Infobox Australian Road
Maroondah Highway (also known as Whitehorse Road from Balwyn to Croydon), is a major east-west thoroughfare in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne and a highway servicing the lower alpine region Victoria, Australia.
History
In the 1850s, Whitehorse Road was built to be the primary route from Melbourne to Gippsland, a rather circuitous route which went via the Dandenong Ranges. The primary route to Gippsland from the CBD is now through Monash Freeway and the South Gippsland Highway.
The road, when first built, was named Three Chain Road, due to the road width being Vorlage:Convert wide.
The traffic led to the establishment of a hotel in Box Hill named the White Horse hotel which had been named in respect to a horse belonging to Capt Elgar, a property owner in the area. It is this hotel of which the road obtained its name. However, the hotel was forced to shut its doors in 1921 when Box Hill became a dry area. A replica of the white horse from the roof of the hotel now stands in the median strip of Whitehorse Road, while the restored original is located in the Box Hill town hall.
Route
Whitehorse Road begins as a continuation of Cotham Road at Burke Road, in the suburb of Balwyn/Deepdene. At this point, it is a typical inner-Melbourne, four lane, single carriageway arterial road. The route 109 tram also runs along this stretch of the road, making the road quite congested throughout daylight hours.
The road continues through Mont Albert, until its intersection with Elgar Road in Box Hill, where the road becomes a four lane dual carriageway with trams running down the central median strip. Burke Road and Elgar Roads being the east and west boundaries of Capt Elgar's original two mile square property. The tram terminates at Market Street, a few blocks further on. From this point, Whitehorse Road is also known as Maroondah Highway, a three lane divided highway, though it retains its name through the municipals of Whitehorse and Maroondah. It passes through the suburbs of Blackburn, Nunawading, Mitcham, Ringwood and Croydon. From here, the Maroondah Highway continues on past Lilydale, as a rural highway. There is a moderately steep and twisty section through forest between Healesville and Buxton, and the road then continues through farmland all the way through to Mansfield via Alexandra and Bonnie Doon.
Major Intersections and Towns
Maroondah Highway   
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| Westbound | Distance to Melbourne via  Freeway / Tollway(km) |
Distance to Alexandra (km) |
Eastbound |
| End Whitehorse Road (Maroondah Highway) continues as Cotham Road to Kew / Melbourne |
-- | -- | Start Whitehorse Road (Maroondah Highway) from Cotham Road
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| Camberwell, Heidelberg; To Melbourne via Freeway Burke Road  
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Heidelberg, Camberwell Burke Road
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| Balwyn | 15 | 117 | Balwyn |
| Canterbury, Doncaster Balwyn Road
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Doncaster, Canterbury Balwyn Road
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| Burwood, Doncaster; To Melbourne via Freeway Elgar Road
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-- | -- | Doncaster, Burwood Elgar Road
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| Box Hill | 19 | 113 | Box Hill |
| Huntingdale, Doncaster Station Street 
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-- | -- | Doncaster, Huntingdale Station Street
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| Mount Waverley, Doncaster; To Melbourne via Freeway Middleborough Road 
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-- | -- | Doncaster, Mount Waverley Middleborough Road
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| Blackburn, Edithvale Chapel Street (Blackburn Road) 
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-- | -- | Blackburn, Edithvale Chapel Street (Blackburn Road)
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| Doncaster East, Warrandyte; To Freeway via Melbourne Surrey Road (Blackburn Road)
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-- | -- | Doncaster East, Warrandyte Surrey Road (Blackburn Road)
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| Nunawading | 24 | 108 | Nunawading |
| Glen Waverley, Donvale; To Melbourne via Freeway Springvale Road 
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Donvale, Glen Waverley Springvale Road
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| Mitcham | 26 | 106 | Mitcham |
| Wantirna, Donvale, Doncaster Mitcham Road 
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Donvale, Wantirna, Boronia Mitcham Road
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| Doncaster, Melbourne EastLink Ringwood Bypass  
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-- | -- | Doncaster, Melbourne EastLink Ringwood Bypass
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| Dandenong, Frankston EastLink
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Dandenong, Frankston EastLink
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| Wantirna Wantirna Road 
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-- | -- | Wantirna Wantirna Road
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| Ringwood | 29 | 103 | Ringwood |
| Warrandyte Warrandyte Road
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-- | -- | Warrandyte Warrandyte Road
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| Croydon, Mount Dandenong Mount Dandenong Road To Melbourne, Frankston via Tollway Ringwood Bypass
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-- | -- | Croydon, Montrose, Mount Dandenong Mount Dandenong Road To Ringwood Bypass
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| Croydon, Bayswater Kent Avenue 
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-- | -- | Croydon Kent Avenue
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| Wonga Park, Warrandyte Yarra Road
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-- | -- | Wonga Park Yarra Road
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| continues as Whitehorse Road (Maroondah Highway)
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-- | -- | continues as Maroondah Highway
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| Boronia, Ferntree Gully Dorset Road 
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-- | -- | Boronia Dorset Road
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| LILYDALE RAIL LINE Level crossing |
-- | -- | LILYDALE RAIL LINE Level crossing |
| Lilydale | 41 | 91 | Lilydale |
| Monbulk, Belgrave, Narre Warren, Cranbourne; Montrose, Bayswater, Vermont Anderson Street 
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-- | -- | Monbulk, Belgrave; Montrose Anderson Street
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| End Start
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-- | -- | Woori Yallock, Warburton Warburton Highway 
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| Woori Yallock, Warburton Warburton Highway
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End Start
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| Coldstream | 47 | 85 | Coldstream |
| End continues as |
-- | -- | Yarra Glen, Yea Melba Highway
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| Yarra Glen Melba Highway
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continues as
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| Woori Yallock, Cockatoo, Pakenham, Koo Wee Rup Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road  
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-- | -- | Woori Yallock, Cockatoo Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road
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| Yarra Glen, Kinglake, Yea Healesville-Kinglake Road 
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-- | -- | Yarra Glen, Kinglake, Yea Healesville-Kinglake Road
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| Healesville | 63 | 69 | Healesville |
| Badger Creek Badger Creek Road 
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-- | -- | Badger Creek Badger Creek Road
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| Mount Donna Buang, Yarra Junction Don Road 
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-- | -- | Mount Donna Buang, Yarra Junction Don Road
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| Narbethong | 89 | 43 | Narbethong |
Marysville; To  Mount Donna Buang, Warburton Marysville Road 
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-- | -- | Marysville, Lake Mountain, Cambarville; To Warburton Marysville Road
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| Marysville; To Lake Mountain Buxton-Marysville Road 
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-- | -- | Marysville Buxton-Marysville Road
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| Buxton | 102 | 30 | Buxton |
| Eildon Taggerty-Thornton Road 
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-- | -- | Eildon, Jamieson Taggerty-Thornton Road
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| Alexandra | 132 | 0 | Alexandra |
| Southbound | Distance to Alexandra (km) |
Distance to Mansfield (km) |
Northbound |
| continues as
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0 | 69 | Eildon Goulburn Valley Highway 
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| Eildon Goulburn Valley Highway
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End continues as
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End  continues as
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-- | -- | Yea, Seymour Goulburn Valley Highway
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| Yea, Seymour Goulburn Valley Highway
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continues as
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| Westbound | Distance to Melbourne via Yarra Glen(km) |
Distance to Mansfield (km) |
Eastbound |
| continues as
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133 | 56 | no intersection |
| Yea, Seymour, Yarra Glen, Melbourne Maroondah Link Highway
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End continues as
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| Euroa, Shepparton Euroa-Mansfield Road 
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152 | 37 | Euroa, Shepparton Euroa-Mansfield Road
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| Merton | Merton | ||
| Bonnie Doon | 167 | 22 | Bonnie Doon |
End  continues as |
-- | -- | Benalla, Shepparton; To  Wodonga, Sydney via Freeway Midland Link Highway
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| Benalla Midland Link Highway
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continues as
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| Mansfield | 189 | 0 | Mansfield |
| Start Maroondah Highway
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End Maroondah Highway
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| Datei:Give way sign at roundabout (Australia).svg Roundabout (clockwise from highway) Midland Highway  to Benalla and Shepparton Mount Buller Road  to Mount Buller;  to Whitfield; and  to Jamieson Highett Street | |||
See also
Vorlage:Road infrastructure in Melbourne Vorlage:Road infrastructure in Victoria