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| former = | direction_a = Southwest | end_a = Cotham Road (State Route 34), Balwyn, Melbourne | exits = | direction_b = Northeast | end_b = Mount Buller Road (C320), Mansfield | through = , }} Maroondah Highway〔(Decommissioned State Route 34 - Maroondah Highway ), ''Main Roads Victoria''. Retrieved on 15 September 2013.〕 (also known as Whitehorse Road from Balwyn to Croydon〔(Metropolitan Route 34 - Maroondah Highway ), ''Main Roads Victoria''. Retrieved on 15 September 2013.〕), 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 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maroondah Highway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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