Heybridge, Tasmania

{{Short description|Locality in Tasmania, Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Heybridge | state = tas | image = | caption = | image_alt = | relief = | coordinates = {{coord|41|03|49|S|145|59|31|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | map_alt = | pop = | pop_year = | pop_footnotes= | poprank = | density = | density_footnotes = | established = | established_footnotes = | abolished = | gazetted = | postcode = | elevation = | elevation_footnotes = | area = | area_footnotes = | timezone = [[Australian Eastern Standard Time|AEST]] | utc = +10 | timezone-dst = [[Australian Eastern Daylight Time|AEDT]] | utc-dst = +11 | dist1 = 18 | dir1 = | location1 = [[Ulverstone, Tasmania|Ulverstone]] | dist2 = 127 | dir2 = | location2 = [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]] | dist3 = 154 | dir3 = | location3 = [[Queenstown, Tasmania|Queenstown]] | dist4 = 291 | dir4 = | location4 = [[Hobart]] | location5 = [[Burnie, Tasmania|Burnie]] | dist5 = 9 | dir5 = SE | lga = [[Central Coast Council (Tasmania)|Central Coast]], [[City of Burnie|Burnie]] | seat = | region = [[North-west and west LGA Region|North-west and west]] | county = | division = | stategov = [[Division of Braddon (state)|Braddon]] | fedgov = [[Division of Braddon|Braddon]] | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_footnotes = | managing_authorities = | url = | maxtemp = | maxtemp_footnotes = | mintemp = | mintemp_footnotes = | rainfall = | rainfall_footnotes = | near-nw = Chasm Creek | near-n = [[Bass Strait]] | near-ne = Bass Strait | near-e = [[Howth, Tasmania|Howth]] | near-w = [[Stowport, Tasmania|Stowport]], [[Chasm Creek, Tasmania|Chasm Creek]] | near-sw = Stowport | near-s = Stowport | near-se = Howth | near = | footnotes = }} '''Heybridge''' is a semi-rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of [[Central Coast Council (Tasmania)|Central Coast]] and [[City of Burnie|Burnie]] in the [[North-west and west LGA Region|North-west and west]] LGA region of the Australian island state of [[Tasmania]]. The locality is about {{convert|9|km}} south-east of the town of [[Burnie, Tasmania|Burnie]]. The [[2021 Australian census|2021 census]] recorded a population of 339 for the state suburb of Heybridge. It is a village located where the [[Bass Highway (Tasmania)|Bass Highway]] crosses the [[Blythe River (Tasmania)|Blythe River]], and is bounded by the Blythe River National Park to the south and [[Bass Strait]] to the north.

==History== Heybridge was gazetted as a locality in 1966.<ref name=Placename>{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Heybridge |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=13 September 2020 |at=Select “Search”, enter "3725K", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}</ref>

Blythe Heads Post Office opened in 1947 and was renamed Heybridge in 1966. It closed in 1973.<ref name = "Post Office">{{Cite web | title = Post Office List | publisher = Phoenix Auctions | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=TAS&filter=*Heybridge* | access-date = 21 March 2021}}</ref>

==Geography== The shore of Bass Strait forms most of the northern boundary. The [[Blythe River (Tasmania)|Blythe River]] forms part of the southern boundary and then flows through to the north.<ref>{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Heybridge+TAS+7316/@-41.0851219,145.9666197,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa7bc11fa9c0af33:0x403c94dd0ddecb0!8m2!3d-41.080556!4d145.985833 |title=Heybridge, Tasmania |access-date=13 September 2020}}</ref>

Heybridge is about 27m above sea level.<ref>[http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=1062 Heybridge] at Bonzle.com.</ref>

==Road infrastructure== The Bass Highway (National Route 1) passes through from north-east to north-west. Route C113 (Minna Road) starts at an intersection with Route 1 and runs south-west until it exits. Route C117 (Cuprona Road) starts at an intersection with Route 1 and runs south until it exits.<ref name=Placename/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801112712/http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-08-01 |title=Tasmanian Road Route Codes |date=May 2017 |publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment |access-date=13 September 2020}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Localities of Central Coast Council (Tasmania)]] [[Category:Burnie]] [[Category:Towns in Tasmania]]