Arthur Highway

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States:

Tasmania

The Arthur Highway is a road in the north- west of the Australian state of Tasmania. It runs from Sorell to Port Arthur on the Tasman Peninsula.

Course

The road branches off in Sorell from the Tasman Highway to the east and south-east leads. In Dunally it crosses the Denison Canal and then crosses the Forestier Peninsula. In Eaglehawk Neck reaching the Tasman Peninsula and crosses them in the south to Port Arthur. Main side street is the Nubeena Road ( B27) which opens the same city on the west coast of the Tasman Peninsula.

The Arthur Highway provides the only road access to the two peninsulas south-east of Hobart.

Special

The road is notorious for its danger. Only in 2004 it was surpassed by the also very dangerous Lyell Highway in the number of accidents.

Source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4. Pp. 56 57

• Road in Tasmania