East Tamar Highway

East Tamar Highway Tasmania
General information
Type	Highway
Length	56.2 km (35 mi)
Route number(s)	A8 Launceston — Low Head
Former route number	State Route 1[1]
Major junctions
South end	York Street / West Tamar Highway York Street / West Tamar Highway Bathurst Street Wellington Street Launceston, Tasmania
	Brisbane Street / West Tamar Highway Brisbane Street / West Tamar Highway George Town Road Batman Highway Bridport Road
North end	Low Head Lighthouse Low Head, Tasmania
Location(s)
Major settlements	Dilston, Hillwood, George Town, Low Head
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Tasmania

The East Tamar Highway is a highway in Tasmania, Australia. It covers the eastern edge of the Tamar River, from Launceston to the lighthouse at Low Head.

It is labelled as route A8, but prior to 1980 was signed as State Route 1.[2][3]

Plans for a high-speed East Tamar Highway date back to the 1950s.[4]

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.[5] One of these routes is the East 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[6]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Launceston	Launceston	0	0.0	West Tamar Highway (Brisbane Street) (A7) – from southwest – Trevallyn / Midland Highway (Bathurst Street) (National Highway 1) – from southeast – South Launceston / Brisbane Street to Tasman Highway (A3) – northeast – Newstead	Southern end of East Tamar Highway. Road proceeds north west as Bathurst Street.
		0.25	0.16	Cimitiere Street – northeast – Launceston	No northbound entry from or southbound exit to Cimitiere Street
North Esk River		0.9– 1.0	0.56– 0.62	Charles Street Bridge[7]
Launceston	Invermay	1.6– 1.7	0.99– 1.1	Forster Street – east and west – Invermay
	Mowbray	3.2– 3.5	2.0– 2.2	Mowbray Link – northeast – Mowbray
	Newnham	4.9– 5.2	3.0– 3.2	University Way – northeast – Newnham
	Rocherlea	8.5– 9.1	5.3– 5.7	George Town Road (B81) – southeast – Scottsdale
	Dilston	10.6– 10.9	6.6– 6.8	John Lees Drive (C742) – northwest – Dilston
		18.1– 18.2	11.2– 11.3	John Lees Drive (C742) – southwest – Dilston
	Swan Bay / Dilston midpoint	20.6	12.8	Windermere Road (C739) – west – Windermere
George Town	Mount Direction / Hillwood midpoint	25.5	15.8	Dalrymple Road (C809) – northeast – Mount Direction
	Hillwood	27.4	17.0	Hillwood Jetty Road (C727) – southwest – Hillwood
		31.6– 32.4	19.6– 20.1	Batman Highway (B73) – west – Sidmouth / East Arm Road (C810) – southeast – Mount Direction
Fourteen Mile Creek		33.4	20.8	Bridge over creek (name not known)
George Town	Bell Bay	44.9	27.9	Bridport Road (B82) – east – Bridport
		45.9	28.5	Bell Bay Road (C853) – south – Bell Bay
	Low Head	56.2	34.9	End of highway – road continues to Low Head Lighthouse	Northern end of East Tamar Highway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

See also

• Australian Roads portal
• Australia portal
• Highways in Australia
• List of highways in Tasmania

References

1. Former State Route Numbering System in Tasmania, Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website.
2. "Ozroads: Tasmanian route A8".
3. "Ozroads: Tasmania - former State Route system".
4. "Plans For New High Speed East Tamar Highway Outlined". The Examiner. Launceston, Tasmania. 4 November 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 23 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "Launceston CBD" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
6. "East Tamar Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
7. "Charles Street Bridge". Mapcarta. Retrieved 31 October 2018.

External links

• Tasmania's Highways on OZROADS