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.
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 | |
It is labelled as state route A7.
Major intersections
editFour 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
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References
edit- ^ 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
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Media related to West Tamar Highway at Wikimedia Commons
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