Midland Highway (Tasmania)
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Tasmania
The Midland Highway is a highway in the Australian state of Tasmania. It runs over 176 km in north-south direction through the Midlands of Tasmania, and connects the two largest cities of Tasmania, Hobart and Launceston. The Midland Highway is part of the National Highway 1 and is considered the most significant and most important road in Tasmania.
Course
The Midland Highway begins in Granton, about 20 km north of Hobart, as an extension of the Brooker Highway. He crossed the Derwent River to Bridgewater and leads in a northerly direction. In Melton Mowbray, about 35 km after its inception, branches off the Lake Highway in north-western direction. The Midland Highway runs more about Oatlands and Ross Campbell Town, where the east of the Lake Leake Highway ( B34 ) branches. From there, he continues on his way to North - Northwest continues through Conara, from where the Esk Highway ( A4) leads to the east, and Perth up in the southern suburbs of Launceston. There, the Bass Highway is as N1 continuing to the west and the Tasman Highway (A3 ) branches off to the east.
Bridge structures
At the beginning of the Midland Highway crosses between Granton and Bridgewater the Derwent River on the Bridgewater Bridge, a lift bridge with subsequent dam. In Campbelltown, the road leads through the historic Red Bridge, the oldest bridge in the course of an Australian highways.
History
The origins of the Midland Highway back to the year 1821 when the first road link between Hobart and Launceston was built. This road was known as Main Road or Hobart Road. Only in the 1930s, the name Midland Highway was common.
Source
Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4. S. 55, 56, 59, 61
- Road in Tasmania