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Highway in Tasmania, Australia

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Lake Highway Tasmania General information Type Highway Length 152 km (94 mi) Route number(s) A5 Deloraine — Melton Mowbray Former route number State Route 5[1] Major junctions North end Bass Highway Deloraine, Tasmania Meander Valley Road Marlborough Highway Poatina Road Hollow Tree Road South end Midland Highway Melton Mowbray, Tasmania Location(s) Major settlements Brandum, Liawenee, Wihareja, Steppes, Bothwell, Apsley Highway system Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Tasmania

The **Lake Highway**, or **A5**, is a main highway and A-road in [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania). Although still known as the Lake Highway the official title of the road was changed in 2001 to **Highland Lakes Road**.

The Lake Highway branches off the [Midland Highway](/source/Midland_Highway_(Tasmania)) at [Melton Mowbray](/source/Melton_Mowbray%2C_Tasmania) in southern Tasmania and continues for 152 kilometres, with [Bothwell](/source/Bothwell%2C_Tasmania) being the main town of any size en route, terminating in [Deloraine](/source/Deloraine%2C_Tasmania). Until recently it was the only major A-road in [Australia](/source/Australia) that was partially unsealed; works to seal the road were completed in April 2019.[2] The highway is one of the least used in [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania), except during the summer months when the road is used by [Great Lake](/source/Great_Lake_(Tasmania)) commuters. The portion of the highway on and near the Great Lake in Tasmania's Central plateau, averages a height of about 1000 metres. During the winter months it is sometimes snowed under.

Two major roads that branch from the Lake Highway are the [Marlborough Highway](/source/Marlborough_Highway) (which connects to the A10 [Lyell Highway](/source/Lyell_Highway)), and Poatina Road (B51), which leaves the Lake Highway north of the Steppes and plunges steeply over the Great Western Tiers to the former hydro-electric construction village of Poatina.

## See also

- [Australia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Australia)
- [Australian Roads portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Australian_Roads)

- [Highways in Australia](/source/Highways_in_Australia)

- [List of highways in Tasmania](/source/List_of_highways_in_Tasmania)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Former State Route Numbering System in Tasmania](http://www.ozroads.com.au/TAS/routenumbering/old/stateroutes.htm), *Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website*. Retrieved 17 March 2008.[*[self-published source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published_sources)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Highland Lakes Road"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200510161456/https://www.transport.tas.gov.au/road/projects/highland_lakes_road-miena_to_liawenee). [Department of State Growth (Tasmanian Government)](/source/Department_of_State_Growth). 18 December 2019. Archived from [the original](https://www.transport.tas.gov.au/road/projects/highland_lakes_road-miena_to_liawenee) on 10 May 2020.

v t e Road infrastructure in Tasmania Main highways and roads Highway 1 Bass Highway Brooker Highway Midland Highway Bass Highway Tasman Highway Esk Highway Lake Highway Davey Street Huon Highway Macquarie Street Southern Outlet West Tamar Highway East Tamar Highway Arthur Highway Lyell Highway Murchison Highway Zeehan Highway Minor highways and roads Marlborough Highway Lyell Highway Anthony Road East Derwent Highway South Arm Highway Goodwood Road Domain Highway Gordon River Road Channel Highway Sandy Bay Road Batman Highway Bridges Batman Bridge Blair Street Bridge Bowen Bridge Bridgewater Bridge Jordan River Bridge McGees Bridge Red Bridge Richmond Bridge Ross Bridge Sorell Causeway Tasman Bridge Victoria Bridge, Devonport Victoria Bridge, Launceston Department of State Growth Highways in Tasmania Road routes in Tasmania

v t e Central Highlands region of Tasmania, Australia Settlements Bronte Park Derwent Bridge Gretna Liawenee Miena Tarraleah Governance Lyons (federal) Lyons (state) Western Tiers (state) Central Highlands Council Meander Valley Council Mountains Artillery Knob King Davids Mount Olympus Du Cane Range The Acropolis Castle Crag Geryon Gould Ossa Thetis Cradle Cirque - Bluff Cirque Barn Bluff Cradle Smithies Cathedral Cathedral Great Western Tiers Ironstone Mother Cummings Quamby Bluff Pelion Range Pelion East Pelion West National parks Other conservation areas Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair Mole Creek Karst Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Walls of Jerusalem Central Plateau Conservation Area Interlaken Lakeside Reserve Rivers Derwent Lake Nive Meander Lakes Arthurs Bronte Great Mackenzie St Clair Dams Arthurs Lake Catagunya Clark Cluny Lake Binney Liapootah Mackenzie Meadowbank Meander Miena Pine Tier Miena Repulse Wayatinah Power stations Butlers Gorge Catagunya Cluny Fisher Lake Echo Liapootah Meadowbank Nieterana Poatina Repulse Tarraleah Tods Corner Tungatinah Wayatinah Decommissioned Waddamana Transport Lake Highway Lyell Highway Marlborough Highway Landmarks El Grande Horseshoe Falls Lady Barron Falls Overland Track Pelion Gap Russell Falls Waterfall Valley Hut other Central Highlands (bioregion) 2016 Tasmanian bushfires

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