{{Short description|Highway in Tasmania, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox Australian road | type = highway | road_name = West Tamar Highway | state = tas | image = West_Tamar_Highway_Riverside.jpg | caption = | length = 65.2 | direction_a = South | direction_b = North | end_a = {{AUshield|N|1}} Wellington Street / [[East Tamar Highway]]<br />{{AUshield|TAS|A8}} Wellington Street / [[East Tamar Highway]]<br />{{AUshield|TAS|A3}} York Street<br />{{AUshield|TAS|A3}} Brisbane Street<br /><small>[[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]], Tasmania</small> | end_b = Greens Beach Road<br />Gardners Road<br /><small>[[Greens Beach, Tasmania|Greens Beach]], Tasmania</small> | est = | former = {{AUshield|S|9}} State Route 9<ref>[http://www.ozroads.com.au/TAS/routenumbering/old/stateroutes.htm Former State Route Numbering System in Tasmania], ''Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website''.</ref> | through = [[Riverside, Tasmania|Riverside]], [[Legana]], [[Exeter, Tasmania|Exeter]], [[Beaconsfield, Tasmania|Beaconsfield]], [[Kelso, Tasmania|Kelso]] | route = {{AUshield|TAS|A7}} A7<br /><small>[[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]] – [[Greens Beach, Tasmania|Greens Beach]]</small> | exits = *{{AUshield|N|1}} Bathurst Street / [[East Tamar Highway]] *{{AUshield|TAS|A8}} Bathurst Street / [[East Tamar Highway]] *{{AUshield|TAS|B71}} Frankford Road *{{AUshield|TAS|B73}} [[Batman Highway]] }}
The '''West Tamar Highway''' is a highway in [[Tasmania]], Australia. It covers the western edge of the [[Tamar River (Tasmania)|Tamar River]], from [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]] to the beach town of [[Greens Beach, Tasmania|Greens Beach]].
It is labelled as state route '''A7'''.
==Major intersections== Four shielded routes terminate at the intersections of streets in the Launceston CBD. Because all the involved streets are one-way each route has separate inbound and outbound termini.<ref>{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Launceston+TAS/@-41.4388042,147.13301,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa7a0a35aa0653f9:0x403c94dd0de0f40!8m2!3d-41.4332215!4d147.1440875|title=Launceston CBD |access-date=30 October 2018}}</ref> One of these routes is the West Tamar Highway. Distances from each terminus to a point on the route may not be identical. Those shown below are from the outbound terminus.
{{AUSinttop|length_ref=<ref name="Gmaps">{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-41.4410269,147.1352362/-41.0864994,146.7437883/@-41.2612573,146.7703879,11z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d146.8194382!2d-41.1487699!3s0xaa7a20e8fe98b24b:0x1303c94dbca63b90!1m0!3e0|title=West Tamar Highway |access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref>}} {{TASint |LGA=[[City of Launceston|Launceston]] |LGAspan= |location=Launceston |lspan= |type= |km=0 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|N|1}} [[Midland Highway (Tasmania)|Midland Highway]] (Bathurst Street) (National Highway 1) – from southeast to northwest – {{TAScity|South Launceston}} to Launceston / <br /> {{AUshield|TAS|A3}} York Street from [[Tasman Highway]] (A3) – northeast – {{TAScity|Newstead}} |notes=Southern end of West Tamar Highway. <br /> Road proceeds south west as York Street. }} {{Jctbridge |river=[[South Esk River]] |km=0.7 |km2=0.8 |bridge=The Paterson Bridge<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stors.tas.gov.au/au-7-0112-00023_1 |title=The Paterson Bridge |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2 November 1973 |website=Stable Tasmanian Online Repository System (STORS) |publisher=Libraries Tasmania |access-date=1 November 2018 }}</ref> }} {{TASint |LGA=[[West Tamar Council|West Tamar]] |LGAspan=19 |location=Riverside |lspan= |type= |km=5.6 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C734}} Ecclestone Road (C734) – southwest – Riverside, [[Tasmania Zoo]] / <br /> Windsor Drive – northeast – Windsor Park Sports Complex |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location=Legana |lspan=3 |type= |km=11.3 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C732}} Bridgenorth Road (C732) – southwest – {{TAScity|Bridgenorth}} |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=12.0 |km2=12.1 |Mile= |road=Freshwater Point Road – northeast – Legana |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=13.5 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C733}} Rosevears Drive (C733) – north – {{TAScity|Rosevears}} |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location=Lanena |lspan= |type= |km=21.7 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C733}} Rosvears Drive (C733) – southeast – Rosevears |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location_special=Lanena, {{TAScity|Blackwall|Exeter}} tripoint |lspan= |type= |km=22.5 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C728}} Gravelly Beach Road (C728) – northeast – {{TAScity|Gravelly Beach}} |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location_special=Exeter |lspan=2 |type= |km=23.8 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|B71}} Frankford Road (B71) – southwest – {{TAScity|Glengarry}} |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=23.9 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C717}} Winkleigh Road (C717) – northwest – {{TAScity|Flowery Gully}} |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location=Loira |lspan= |type= |km=29.9 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C729}} Motor Road (C729) – northeast – {{TAScity|Deviot}} |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location=Sidmouth |lspan=2 |type= |km=33.1 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|B73}} [[Batman Highway]] (B73) – north – Sidmouth, [[Batman Bridge]] |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=34.8 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C725}} Spring Hill Road (C725) – northeast – Batman Highway |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location_special={{TAScity|Beaconsfield}} Flowery Gully midpoint |lspan= |type= |km=38.5 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C717}} Flowery Gully Road (C717) – southwest – Flowery Gully |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location_special=Beaconsfield |lspan=3 |type= |km=41.4 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C720}} Greens Beach Road (C720) – northwest – {{TAScity|York Town}} |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=42.0 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C715}} Kellys Lookout Road (C715) – southwest – {{TAScity|Holwell}} |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=52.1 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C720}} Greens Beach Road (C720) – southeast – Beaconsfield |notes=West Tamar Highway turns from south west (out of {{TAScity|Beauty Point}}) <br /> to north-west (towards {{TAScity|Greens Beach}}) }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location_special=York Town |lspan= |type= |km=54.4 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C741}} Bowens Road (C741) – southwest – York Town |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location_special={{TAScity|Badger Head|Clarence Point}} midpoint |lspan=2 |type= |km=55.3 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C721}} Badger Head Road (C721) – west – Badger Head |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=55.4 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C722}} Clarence Point Road (C722) – northeast – Clarence Point |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location_special=Greens Beach |lspan= |type= |km=65.1 |Mile= |road=End of highway – road continues as Greens Beach Road |notes=Northern end of West Tamar Highway }} {{Jctbtm|keys= }}
==See also== {{portal-inline|Australian roads}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category-inline|West Tamar Highway}} *[http://www.ozroads.com.au/TAS/highways/highways.htm Tasmania's Highways on OZROADS]
{{Road infrastructure in Tasmania}}
[[Category:Highways in Tasmania]] [[Category:Northern Tasmania]]
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