sets of traffic signals in section of road. The Craigieburn Bypass now links directly to the Western and Metropolitan Ring Roads. By 2013, the Old Hume Highway (Sydney Road) section from Fawkner to Campbellfield was again becoming a bottleneck due to poor traffic signal coordination. There was some opposition for the bypass by several local governments in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, including the City of Darebin and the City of Moreland, as well as local environmental groups. Their alternative proposal was rejected by the state government. A pedestrian and cyclist cement path – the Galada Tamboore Pathway – runs the length of the bypass and connects with the Metropolitan Ring Road path, from where it is possible to connect to the Merri Creek Trail, Western Ring Road Trail, the City of Whittlesea Public Gardens and Edgars Road. The Craigieburn Bypass is shown in the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan as part of the F2 Freeway corridor, which extended south along Merri Creek, Hoddle St, Barkly St in St Kilda, south through Elwood and Brighton, then east along South Road, connecting to the Dingley Freeway corridor. Alternative Routes The main alternative route between Sydney and Melbourne is the Princes Highway/Princes Freeway/Princes Motorway route (A1/M1) which follows the coast for most of its length. Other inland alternate routes include the Olympic Highway route (A41) between Albury and Sydney via Wagga Wagga, Cowra and Bathurst, and also the Federal Highway / Monaro Highway route (M23/A23/B23) via Canberra which links with Hume Highway near Goulburn and Princes Highway in East Gippsland. Incidents In 1989, the professional golfer Jerry Stolhand died in a car accident on the highway at Breadalbane, New South Wales. The Hume Highway was also where notorious serial killer Ivan Milat picked up several of his victims. See also Old Hume Highway Highways in Australia Highways in New South Wales Highways in Victoria Freeways in Australia Freeways in New South Wales Freeways in Victoria References Bibliography External links Driving the Hume Hwy – 900km in 6 minutes – Youtube video Hume Highway to receive $785m upgrade: Vaile Libs to finish Hume duplication by 2012 QBR (Queensland Business review) Coalition to complete duplication of Hume Highway by 2012 ALP to fix NSW rural transport corridors Vaile exhorts colleagues to keep up the fight to win Construction news Coolac Bypass, RTA Coolac bypass better projects, RTA Hume Highway, Abigroup Coolac bypass, Abigroup Hume Highway