List of highways in Tasmania
The highways in Tasmania connect Hobart and other major cities with each other, with secondary roads in turn connect them to each other.
The only federally funded under AusLink roads in Tasmania are the Midland, bass and the East Tamar Highway. The busiest roads are the Tasman and the Brooker Highway with over 60,000 and 40,000 vehicles per day. The government of Tasmania is fighting to keep these highways are included in the federally funded transportation network.
The Tasmanian names for the highways are typically derived from geographic regions, features or cities along the way, from. With the exception of National Highways all roads are classified according to an alphanumeric numbering system. The highways of the top hierarchy carry an A with an associated number, the secondary is a B with consecutive numbers. The system was introduced in 1979. Prior to the usual in other states numbering system of the National and State Routes was also used in Tasmania.
Below is a list of all 53 highways in Tasmania.
National Highways
- Brooker Highway
- Midland Highway ( Bridgewater Bridge and the Red Bridge )
- Bass Highway
State Highways
- Bass Highway
- Tasman Highway ( Tasman Bridge, McGee Bridge and Sorell Causeway )
- Esk Highway
- Elephant Pass Road
- Davey Street
- Macquarie Street
- Southern Outlet
- Huon Highway
- East Tamar Highway
- Low Head Road
- Lyell Highway
- Zeehan Highway
- Murchison Highway
Main roads
- Boyer Road
- Marlborough Highway
- Mole Creek Main Road
- Liena Road
- Gawler Road
- Preston Road
- Gunns Plains Road
- S Riana Road
- Pine Road
- W Pine Road
- Mission Hill Road East Derwent Highway
- Mersey Main Road
- Stony Rise Road
- Forth Road
- Zeehan Highway
- Henty Road
- Cambridge Road
- Richmond Road
- Colebrook Road
- Mud Walls Road
- Leigh Lands Road
- Evendale Road
- Poatina Road
- Cressy Road
- Georgetown Road
- Lilydale Road
- Golconda Road
- Bridport Road
- Waterhouse Road
- Gladstone Road