{{Short description|Road in Hobart, Tasmania}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2012}} {{Infobox Australian road | road_name = Elwick Road | state = TAS | type = Road | image = | caption = | route = | former = {{AUshield|S|1}} State Route&nbsp;1<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ozroads.com.au/TAS/routenumbering/old/stateroutes.htm|title=Former State Route Numbering System in Tasmania|publisher=Ozroads|access-date=2008-01-30}}</ref> | length = 1 | direction_a = East | end_a = [[Goodwood, Tasmania]] | exits = {{Plainlist| * [[Brooker Highway]] * [[Main Road, Hobart|Main Road]] }} | direction_b = West | end_b = [[Glenorchy, Tasmania]] | est = | through = [[Elwick, Tasmania|Elwick]] }} '''Elwick Road''' is a major arterial road that runs through the northern suburbs of [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]]. The road is the major link road between the [[Main Road, Hobart|Main Road]] and the [[Brooker Highway]] that connects to [[Glenorchy, Tasmania|Glenorchy]].<ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.hobartcity.com.au/files/assets/public/v/1/strategies-and-plans/transit-corridor-study-report_final_rev-2_25-11-2016.pdf|title=Glenorchy to Hobart Public Transport Corridor Study|date=October 2016|publisher=Hobart City|access-date=2024-03-01|page=40}}</ref><ref name=smootherdrive>{{cite web|url=https://glenorchygazette.com.au/brooker-highway-a-smoother-drive-with-completed-junction-upgrade/|title=Brooker Highway a smoother drive with completed junction upgrade|date=2017-08-01|publisher=Glenorchy Gazette|access-date=2024-03-01}}</ref> Elwick passes through residential areas.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

In 2008, the Tasmanian [[Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources]] proposed the realignment of Elwick Road with [[Goodwood Road, Tasmania|Goodwood Road]] were realigned to form one intersection, reducing confusion and the number of traffic lights on the [[Brooker Highway]] and to improve [[rush hour]] efficiency.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23192532-3462,00.html |title=Lights to end the roundabout blues |date=11 February 2008 |accessdate=2008-02-14 |publisher=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213030408/http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23192532-3462,00.html |archivedate=13 February 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite report|title=Brooker Highway-Elwick Road to Howard Road|publisher=Parliament of Tasmania|date=2015|url=https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0032/58586/brooker20highway20-20elwick20road20to20howard20road.pdf|access-date=2024-03-01|pages=3-4}}</ref> A $32 million [[AUD]] plan was released in 2015 and construction was completed in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23192532-3462,00.html |title=Lights to end the roundabout blues |date=11 February 2008 |accessdate=2008-02-14 |publisher=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213030408/http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23192532-3462,00.html |archivedate=13 February 2008 }}</ref><ref name=smootherdrive/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/motorists-advised-to-expect-weekend-traffic-delays-on-newlook-brooker-highway/news-story/8d31f6087cb3f5bf015e5d9bedb94d81|title=Motorists advised to expect weekend traffic delays on new-look Brooker Highway|last=Humphries|first=Alexandra|date=2016-10-14|publisher=The Mercury|access-date=2024-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-08/tasmanian-government-release-plans-for-brooker-highway-upgrade/6078326|title=Tasmanian Government releases plans for $32m Brooker Highway upgrade|date=2015-02-07|publisher=ABC|access-date=2024-03-01}}</ref>

==See also== {{portal-inline|Australian Roads}}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Streets of Hobart}}

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[[Category:Streets in Hobart]] [[Category:Glenorchy, Tasmania]]

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