Wimmera Highway

AD sign westbound on Wimmera Highway at Hynam. Photo taken: January 2005.

Length: 23km

Eastern Terminus: SA/Vic Border, 21km east of Naracoorte

Western Terminus: Riddoch Highway (Stewart Tce & Moyhall Rd) & Wimmera Highway (Smith St) & Lucindale Rd, Naracoorte

Route taken: Wimmera Highway

Continuation: Becomes B240 at the Victorian border, continuing via Horsham and St Arnaud to near Bendigo via Wimmera Highway

Focal Points: Naracoorte, Edenhope

Responsibility: State Government

C240 is a short east-west connector route in south-eastern Australia; an extension of the Victorian Wimmera Highway and route B240. It was introduced in 1998/99, replacing the former State Route 130 which was also an extension of a Victorian route into South Australia. The route is yet to be signposted properly with the route number absent on a large number of direction signs.

Somewhat amusingly, the SA Border to Horsham section of Wimmera Highway was originally to be signed as C240 and as such the SA section was signposted C240 to match. However, in 2003 it was decided to signpost the Victorian section as B240 in its entirity and the South Australian section remains as the only section of C240.

Notable Events:

June 1955 - Wimmera Highway named in SA as a continuation of the Victorian highway.1
1998/99 - Route C240 introduced, replacing State Route 130

References:

1. South Australian Gazeteer - Place Names Online, Wimmera Highway, Accessed: 29 October 2009.

Photos of route C240
	AD sign nortthbound on Riddoch Highway (Moyhall Rd) approaching the junction with Wimmera Highway (Smith St) & Lucindale Rd, Naracoorte. Note the omission of both A66 and C240. Photo taken: January 2005.
	AD sign southbound on Riddoch Highway (Stewart Tce) approaching the junction with Wimmera Highway (Smith St) & Lucindale Rd, Naracoorte. Note the omission of C240 for the left turn. Photo taken: January 2005.
	AD sign westbound on Wimmera Highway (Smith St) approaching the junction with Riddoch Highway (Moyhall Rd & Stewart Tce), Naracoorte. Source: Peter Renshaw, October 2011.
	Wimmera Highway (Smith St) looking west through Naracoorte town centre. Photo taken: January 2005.
	Black ID sign at the junction of Wimmera Highway (Smith St) & Jenkins Tce, Naracoorte. Until recently, this sign sported a SR130 trailblazer on top of it - unfortunately when it was removed it was not replaced with a C240 topknot. Source: Peter Renshaw, October 2011.
	Wimmera Highway (Smith St) looking west towards the junction with Jenkins Tce which links to the Riddoch Highway. Photo taken: January 2005.
	Wimmera Highway (Smith St) looking east from Jenkins Tce at Naracoorte. Note the omission of both C240 and the former State Route 130 on this relatively new sign. Photo taken: January 2005.
	Typical South Australian tourist signage facing westbound traffic as you enter Naracoorte. Source: Peter Renshaw, October 2011.
	Wimmera Highway looking east between Naracoorte and Hynam. This view is typical of the highway within South Australia. Photo taken: January 2005.
	Wimmera Highway looking west from the small village of Hynam. Note the omission of both C240 and the former State Route 130 on this relatively new sign. Photo taken: January 2005.
	Hynam-Frances Rd looking south, approaching the junction with Wimmera Highway at Hynam. Note the poor sign layout which suggests that C240 only turns right. Photo taken: January 2005.
	Two views of the ID sign assembly at the junction of Wimmera Highway & Frances Road, Hynam. Note how much the C240 route marker has faded in the six years between photos. Top photo: January 2005. Bottom photo: Peter Renshaw, October 2011.
	AD sign westbound on Wimmera Highway approaching at the junction with Hynam-Frances Rd at Hynam. Note the use of the iridescent yellow for the C240 route number. Photo taken: January 2005.
	RD sign westbound on Wimmera Highway as you leave Hynam. Note the absence of both C240 and the former State Route 130 - neither route has ever been signed comprehensively. Photo taken: January 2005.
	The end of the SA section of Wimmera Highway - the SA/Victoria border looking east. Wimmera Highway continues through Victoria to near Bendigo, whilst C240 becomes B240. Photo taken: January 2005.