Great Alpine Road

Great Alpine Road

Victoria
Great Alpine Road; Victoria
Coordinates	36°21′05″S 146°20′01″E / 36.351303°S 146.333581°E (Northwest end); 37°49′08″S 147°38′58″E / 37.818843°S 147.649329°E (Southeast end);
General information
Type	Highway
Length	303.7 km (189 mi)
Gazetted	November 1914 (as Main Road); 1947/48 (as State Highway)
Route number(s)	B500 (1996–present)
Former; route number	State Route 156 (1986–1996); (Wangaratta–Omeo); State Route 195 (1986–1996); (Omeo–Bairnsdale);
Major junctions
Northwest end	Wangaratta Road; Wangaratta, Victoria
	Hume Freeway; Omeo Highway; Bruthen–Nowa Nowa Road;
Southeast end	Princes Highway; Bairnsdale, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlements	Myrtleford, Ovens, Eurobin, Bright, Harrietville, Mount Hotham, Dinner Plain, Omeo, Swifts Creek, Ensay, Bruthen
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Victoria;

The Great Alpine Road is a country tourist road in Victoria, Australia, running from Wangaratta in the north to Bairnsdale in the east, passing through the Victorian Alps. The road was given its current name because it was considered the mountain equivalent to Victoria's world-famous Great Ocean Road in the south-west of the state. The road usually remains open during winter; however, vehicles travelling between Harrietville and Omeo are required to carry diamond-pattern snow chains during the declared snow season.