East Tamar Highway
Highway in Tasmania, Australia
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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.
East Tamar Highway | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 56.2 km (35 mi) |
| Route number(s) |  A8Launceston — 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 StreetLaunceston, Tasmania |
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| North end | Low Head Lighthouse Low Head, Tasmania |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Dilston, Hillwood, George Town, Low Head |
| Highway system | |
It is labelled as route , 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 |
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| 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 | Roundabout | |
| 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 | Trumpet interchange | |
| 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 | Trumpet interchange | ||
| 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 | Roundabout | ||
| 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 | |||||
