{{Short description|Street in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox Australian road | type = street | road_name = Davey Street | state = tas | route_image = | image = Part of Davey Street Hobart in November 2010.jpg | caption = Part of Davey Street, looking north-east from near [[Anglesea Barracks]] | length = 2 | direction_a = East | direction_b = West | end_a = {{AUshield|N|1}} [[Brooker Highway]] /<br />{{AUshield|TAS|A3}} [[Tasman Highway]] /<br />{{AUshield|TAS|A6}} [[Macquarie Street, Hobart]] | end_b = {{AUshield|TAS|B64}} Huon Road /<br />Darcy Street /<br />Lynton Avenue, [[South Hobart]] | est = | through = | region = [[Hobart]] | route = {{AUshield|TAS|A6}} A6<br /><small>([[Tasman Highway]] – Southern Outlet)</small><br />{{AUshield|TAS|B64}} B64<br /><small>([[Southern Outlet, Hobart|Southern Outlet]] – Huon Road)</small> | exits = {{AUshield|TAS|B68}} [[Sandy Bay Road]] /<br />{{AUshield|TAS|A6}} [[Southern Outlet, Hobart|Southern Outlet]]}}
'''Davey Street''' is a major [[One-way traffic|one way street]] passing through the outskirts of the [[Hobart central business district]] in Tasmania, Australia. Davey street is named after [[Thomas Davey (governor)|Thomas Davey]], the first [[Governor of Tasmania|Governor]] of [[Van Diemen's Land]]. The street forms a [[one-way couplet]] with nearby [[Macquarie Street, Hobart|Macquarie Street]] connecting traffic from the [[Southern Outlet, Hobart|Southern Outlet]] in the south with traffic from the [[Tasman Highway]] to the east and the [[Brooker Highway]] to the north of the city. With [[annual average daily traffic]] of 37,200 in 2007,<ref>{{cite web | year = 2007 | url = http://www.transport.tas.gov.au/?a=110645 | title = Congestion in Greater Hobart | publisher = [[Department of Infrastructure, Energy & Resources]] | access-date = 2013-12-25}}</ref> it is one of the busier streets in Hobart.
Davey Street is featured as a property in the [[List of licensed and localized editions of Monopoly: Oceania#Australia|Australian]] version of ''[[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]]''.
==History== Historically the [[Sullivans Cove]] area of Davey Street was a significantly quieter stretch of road, greatly utilised by shipping activities as part of the former Wapping district. Throughout the 1800s, Several smaller factory buildings facing Davey Street were operated by the [[Van Diemen's Land Company]] and merchants AG Webster & Son.
The [[Trams in Hobart|Hobart Electric Tram Company]] utilised land with [[Campbell Street]] and Davey Street frontage for their tram depot workshop, commencing 1893. The depot then housed the city's [[Trolleybuses in Hobart|trolleybuses]] from 1935 and from 1955 operated as the original headquarters for [[Metro Tasmania]]. The main section of the tram terminus was located directly opposite on Macquarie Street and its original offices, store and entrance arches all remain, with the latter being incorporated into newly built structures.
In 1938, a [[General Motors]] dealership called Nettlefolds was constructed along Hunter Street, intersecting with Davey Street. The dealership contained a large [[Art Deco]] commercial building containing a corner tower and neon signage. The site housed a General Motors showroom, bodyworks and service centre specialising in [[Vauxhall Motors|Vauxhall]] and [[Bedford Vehicles|Bedford]] trucks.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29214115 |title=Old Hobart Buildings Being Demolished|newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |volume=CXLVIII |issue=20,943 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=8 January 1938 |accessdate=3 September 2022 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25497699 |title=Large Motor Bodyworks and Service Station for Hobart|newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |volume=CXLVIII |issue=21,050 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=14 May 1938 |accessdate=3 September 2022 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
On 15 August 1977 it was converted to a [[One-way traffic|one way street]].<ref>Traffic Flow Changes ''[[Fleetline (periodical)|Fleetline]]'' issue 30 January 1978 page 22</ref> Prior to the construction of the Hotel Grand Chancellor in the 1980s, Davey Street commenced at Hunter Street. Part of the [[Sheraton Hotels and Resorts|Sheraton]] masterplan saw Davey Street extended and connected with the newly created Brooker Highway (formally Lower Park Street). This route alteration completely changed the way transit operated in the city, with Davey Street now functioning as one of the city's central transit thoroughfares.
==Route== [[File:Davey Street, Hobart, Tasmania 1940s.jpg|thumb|Prior to the development of the [[Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart|Hotel Grand Chancellor]], Davey Street commenced at Hunter Street]] Davey street commences close to the historic Royal Engineers Building at an intersection with the [[Tasman Highway]], the [[Brooker Highway]] and [[Macquarie Street, Hobart|Macquarie Street]]. It is four-lane for almost all of its length, providing access to [[Salamanca, Tasmania|Salamanca]], [[Sandy Bay, Tasmania|Sandy Bay]] and the Southern Outlet to [[Kingston, Tasmania|Kingston]] and [[Huonville]].
Sections of Davey Street's alignment are on reclaimed land on the edge of [[Constitution Dock]] and [[Victoria Dock (Hobart)|Victoria Dock]] at Sullivan's Cove. It borders two of the city's largest urban parks; [[Franklin Square, Hobart|Franklin Square]] and [[St David's Park]].<ref>{{Citation | author1=Walker, James Backhouse | title=Lantern Slide of St. David's Park, Davey Street, Hobart, Tasmania | publisher=University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collection | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/3880566 | access-date=26 December 2013 }}</ref>
Prominent buildings in the street include the [[Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery]], [[Hydro-Electric Commission Building]], the Executive Building (which houses the Department of Premier & Cabinet), the [[Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart|Hotel Grand Chancellor]], [[Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart#Federation Concert Hall|Federation Concert Hall]], the [[Hobart Real Tennis Club]], and the former Davey Street [[Telstra]] [[Telephone exchange|exchange]] (now apartments).
==Proposed bypass== The current [[one-way couplet]] system between Macquarie Street and Davey Street was first proposed with the publication of the [[Hobart Area Transportation Study]] in 1965.<ref name="study">{{cite book|title=Hobart Area Transportation Study|publisher=Wilbur Smith and Associates|year=1965|location =[[Hobart]], Tasmania}}</ref><ref name="dier">{{cite web | year = 2006 | url = http://www.transport.tas.gov.au/pdf/publications/transport_study/Kingston_Environs_Transport_Study.pdf | title = Kingston & Environs Transport Study | publisher = [[Department of Infrastructure, Energy & Resources]] | access-date = 2007-04-30 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120321164850/http://www.transport.tas.gov.au/pdf/publications/transport_study/Kingston_Environs_Transport_Study.pdf | archive-date = 21 March 2012 }}</ref> At the time the couplet system was intended to be a stop gap measure before the then proposed [[Hobart Bypass#Northside Freeway|Northside Freeway]] could be completed. However the proposed freeway was seen as controversial and abandoned. Since the completion of the couplet in 1987, there has been no alternative route between the Southern outlet and the other major arterial roads in Hobart. There has since been several design proposals for a tunnel<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/03/17/808336.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221201439/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/03/17/808336.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2011|title = Hobart tunnel could be viable says economist|date = 17 March 2003}}</ref> under the city ranging from [[cut and cover]] proposals under Davey/Macquarie Streets to large scale bored tunnels running from the Southern Outlet through to the [[Tasman Bridge]].
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