Oh don’t get me started on Victoria calling the Hume Highway the “Hume Freeway”... because it’s not. That label is factually and utterly wrong. A road with at-grade intersections, driveways and other non-controlled access points is, by definition, not a freeway or motorway. Simply being a divided road is not enough to earn the title.Large chunks of the Hume are not a controlled access motorway... As well as proper on/off ramps there are people's driveways, and lots of intersections with small regional roads. It is more like an 'A' road.
In NSW, the correct definition is strictly applied with naming and road signage. As soon as a divided road with controlled access becomes a divided road with at-grade access, the “End Freeway” sign appears.