West Tamar Highway
West Tamar Highway | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 65.2 km (41 mi) |
| Route number(s) |  A7Launceston – Greens Beach |
| Former route number |  State Route 9[1] |
| Major junctions | |
| South end |  Wellington Street / East Tamar Highway Wellington Street / East Tamar Highway York Street Brisbane StreetLaunceston, Tasmania |
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| North end | Greens Beach Road Gardners Road Greens Beach, Tasmania |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Riverside, Legana, Exeter, Beaconsfield, Kelso |
| Highway system | |
The West Tamar Highway is a highway in Tasmania, Australia. It covers the western edge of the Tamar River, from Launceston to the beach town of Greens Beach.
It is labelled as state route A7.
Major intersections
Four shielded routes terminate at the intersections of streets in the Launceston CBD. Because all the involved streets are one-way each route has separate inbound and outbound termini.[2] One of these routes is the West Tamar Highway. Distances from each terminus to a point on the route may not be identical. Those shown below are from the outbound terminus.
| LGA | Location | km[3] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Launceston | Launceston | 0 | 0.0 | Midland Highway (Bathurst Street) (National Highway 1) – from southeast to northwest – South Launceston to Launceston / York Street from Tasman Highway (A3) – northeast – Newstead | Southern end of West Tamar Highway. Road proceeds south west as York Street. |
| South Esk River | 0.7– 0.8 | 0.43– 0.50 | The Paterson Bridge[4] | ||
| West Tamar | Riverside | 5.6 | 3.5 |  Ecclestone Road (C734) – southwest – Riverside, Tasmania Zoo / Windsor Drive – northeast – Windsor Park Sports Complex | |
| Legana | 11.3 | 7.0 |  Bridgenorth Road (C732) – southwest – Bridgenorth | ||
| 12.0– 12.1 | 7.5– 7.5 | Freshwater Point Road – northeast – Legana | |||
| 13.5 | 8.4 |  Rosevears Drive (C733) – north – Rosevears | |||
| Lanena | 21.7 | 13.5 | Rosvears Drive (C733) – southeast – Rosevears | ||
| Lanena, Blackwall, Exeter tripoint | 22.5 | 14.0 |  Gravelly Beach Road (C728) – northeast – Gravelly Beach | ||
| Exeter | 23.8 | 14.8 |  Frankford Road (B71) – southwest – Glengarry | ||
| 23.9 | 14.9 |  Winkleigh Road (C717) – northwest – Flowery Gully | |||
| Loira | 29.9 | 18.6 |  Motor Road (C729) – northeast – Deviot | ||
| Sidmouth | 33.1 | 20.6 |  Batman Highway (B73) – north – Sidmouth, Batman Bridge | ||
| 34.8 | 21.6 |  Spring Hill Road (C725) – northeast – Batman Highway | |||
| Beaconsfield Flowery Gully midpoint | 38.5 | 23.9 | Flowery Gully Road (C717) – southwest – Flowery Gully | ||
| Beaconsfield | 41.4 | 25.7 |  Greens Beach Road (C720) – northwest – York Town | ||
| 42.0 | 26.1 |  Kellys Lookout Road (C715) – southwest – Holwell | |||
| 52.1 | 32.4 | Greens Beach Road (C720) – southeast – Beaconsfield | West Tamar Highway turns from south west (out of Beauty Point) to north-west (towards Greens Beach) | ||
| York Town | 54.4 | 33.8 |  Bowens Road (C741) – southwest – York Town | ||
| Badger Head, Clarence Point midpoint | 55.3 | 34.4 |  Badger Head Road (C721) – west – Badger Head | ||
| 55.4 | 34.4 |  Clarence Point Road (C722) – northeast – Clarence Point | |||
| Greens Beach | 65.1 | 40.5 | End of highway – road continues as Greens Beach Road | Northern end of West Tamar Highway | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
References
- ^ Former State Route Numbering System in Tasmania, Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website.
- ^ "Launceston CBD" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "West Tamar Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "The Paterson Bridge". Stable Tasmanian Online Repository System (STORS). Libraries Tasmania. 2 November 1973. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
External links
Media related to West Tamar Highway at Wikimedia Commons
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