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Statistics:

• Length: 225 km
• Eastern Terminus: NSW Border at Piangil
  
• Western Terminus: SA Border at Panitya
  
• Miscellaneous: Continues as B12 (Mallee Hwy) in South Australia and unnumbered (Tooleybuc Rd) into NSW
  
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route: Panitya, Murrayville, Cowangie, Boinka, Underbool, Walpeup, Ouyen, Manangatang and Piangil
  

Route Numbering:

• Current: B12

• Former:

• Multiplexes: A79 B400
• Road Authority Internal Classification: 6650 1

General Information:

B12 is an east-west rural route crossing the north-western part of Victoria. Servicing the Mallee region it links a number of major highways with Adelaide. The route is named after the region it passes through.

Multiplexes along the route include:

• A79, for 100 m, at Ouyen
• B400, for 2 km, at Piangil

History:

• November 1996: Reconstruction of 1.7 km of highway, 25 km east of Ouyen. 2
• 1999: NR12 replaced by B12
• December 2018: Installation of rumble strips between Tooleybuc and Ouyen to alert drivers when they’re veering out of their lane. 3

SA Border to Piangil			Piangil to SA Border
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	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Murrayville, January 2014. Image © Michael Greenslade			Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Piangil, just after the Murray Valley Hwy (B400) junction, 2003. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Ouyen, 2004. Image © Jamie Scuglia			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Ouyen approaching Calder Hwy (A79), January 2014. This A79 duplex begins here. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Remnant Route Shield: Remnant NR12 shield at the junction with Wattle St, Manangatang, January 2014. Image © Michael Greenslade			Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Ouyen, 2004. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Manangatang, January 2014. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Piangil approaching Murray Valley Hwy (B400), January 2014. The B400 duplex begins here. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Piangil approaching Murray Valley Hwy (B400), January 2014. The B400 duplex ends here. Image © Michael Greenslade
Click here for the continuation of B12 (Mallee Highway) in South Australia

1 VicRoads Road Maintenance Category - Road List Version 1, September 2012
2 Mildura City Council Review, November 1997
3 Regional Roads Victoria, Media Release, We’re improving safety along Donald-Swan Hill Road as part of Towards Zero.

Last updated: 07-Jan-2020 13:53

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