Marlborough Highway

{{Short description|Highway in Tasmania, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox Australian road | road_name = Marlborough Highway | type = highway | state = tas | route_image = | image = | caption = | length = 31.4 | direction_a = South | direction_b = North | end_a = {{AUshield|TAS|A10}} [[Lyell Highway]], <small>[[Bronte Park, Tasmania|Bronte Park]]</small> | end_b = {{AUshield|TAS|A5}} [[Lake Highway]], [[Miena, Tasmania|<small>Miena</small>]] | est = | through = | route = {{AUshield|TAS|B11}} B11 | exits = }} The '''Marlborough Highway''' is a minor highway in [[Tasmania]]. It links the [[Lyell Highway]] to the [[Lake Highway]] and cuts short the otherwise very long journey from the West Coast to the [[Central Highlands (Tasmania)|Central Highlands]].<ref>In the 1930s the road was known as the ''Missing Link'' {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52127390 |title="Missing Link" as Highway. |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|The Examiner]] |location=Launceston, Tasmania |date=6 March 1937 |accessdate=5 January 2016 |page=6|edition=LATE NEWS EDITION and DAILY |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

The road leaves the Lyell Highway near [[Bronte Park, Tasmania|Bronte Park]] and travels overland to [[Miena, Tasmania|Miena]], on the [[Great Lake (Tasmania)|Great Lake]]. There are no settlements along its route.

Marlborough was an historical name for the area at the southern end of the highway, also known as Bronte, south of Bronte Park.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29944672 |title=West Coast Road |newspaper=[[The Mercury]]|location=Tasmania, Australia |date=23 February 1932 |accessdate=27 June 2024 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

The road is unsealed,<ref>comment on poor condition in 1992 {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213295807 |title=MARLBOROUGH HIGHWAY. |newspaper=[[Western Tiers]] |location=Tas. |date=23 July 1992 |accessdate=4 January 2016 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and in times of heavy snow it cannot be passed.

==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|Australia|Australian Roads}}}} * [[Highways in Australia]] * [[List of highways in Tasmania]]

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[[Category:Highways in Tasmania]] [[Category:Central Highlands (Tasmania)]]