Route
South of the Victoria/New South Wales border the highway is a two-lane, single carriageway in each direction, continuing through northwest Victoria from the Abbotsford Bridge, through Merbein to the major regional town of Mildura in the state's north-west. Here also it crosses the Sturt Highway, leading to capital cities Adelaide heading west and Sydney heading east. Further south, it crosses the Mallee Highway at Ouyen and runs south-east eventually to Bendigo. Between Wycheproof and Red Cliffs the highway has a speed limit of 110 km/h.
The Calder Alternate Highway, leaves the just north of Ravenswood and bypasses the Bendigo suburban area, rejoining the at Marong, west of Bendigo.
For most of its length from Bendigo to its end at its junction with the Tullamarine Freeway in Melbourne, the Calder Highway is a four lane dual carriageway, upgraded to freeway standard as the Calder Freeway. The Old Calder Highway has been designated from where it leaves the new Calder Freeway at Ravenswood South.
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