Channel Highway

Channel Highway
Basic data
Operator:	THIS
Start of the street:	Sandy Bay Road Hobart ( 42 ° 56 ′  S , 147 ° 21 ′  E )
End of street:	Huon Highway Huonville ( 43 ° 2 ′  S , 147 ° 3 ′  E )
Overall length:	88 km
States :	Tasmania

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Channel Highway is a trunk road in the south of the Australian state of Tasmania . It runs from Hobart along the D'Entrecasteaux Canal to the mouth of the Huon River and then upstream to Huonville .

course

The road begins in Taroona, a southern suburb of Hobart on the Derwent River estuary as a continuation of Sandy Bay Road . It follows the coast to Kingston , where it is connected to the Southern Outlet (A6) and the Huon Highway (A6), the direct connection to Huonville. Via Huntingfield, Margate, Electrona, Snug, Kettering, Woodbridge, Birchs Bay, Flowerpot, Middleton and Gordon, the Channel Highway runs south along the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and in Verona Sands it reaches the southern tip of the Huon River and Channel estuary Peninsula. From there, the road leads northwest along the west bank of the Huon River via Garden Island Creek, Cygnet , Cradoc and Woodstock to its end point in Huonville.

Kingston bypass

In February 2010 the Tasmania State Government approved the construction of a 2.8 km bypass for the city of Kingston. This bypass includes the Summerleas Road underpass , Algona Road and various cycle paths.

Web links

Tasmania's highways . OZROADS

source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 56 + 59

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kingston Bypass contract signed , roadconstruct. February 18, 2010. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2011.