Davey Street (Hobart)
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 Brooker Highway Tasman Highway Hobart ( 42 ° 53 ′ S , 147 ° 20 ′ E ) |
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 Southern OutletSouthern Hobart ( 42 ° 54 ′ S , 147 ° 19 ′ E ) |
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Map with all coordinates: The Davey Street is one of the main streets in downtown Hobart , the capital of the Australian state of Tasmania . It connects the city center with the Southern Outlet (A6), a city motorway going south, and the Huon Road (B64), a trunk road towards Huonville . Like its parallel street, Macquarie Street , it is a one-way street going out of town. Like Collins Street , it is named after a previous governor: Colonel Thomas ("Mad Tom") Davey was the second governor of Tasmania (1810-1817).
It begins near the historic Royal Engineers Building , where it connects to its counterpart Macquarie Street, the Eastern Outlet (A3) and the Brooker Highway (N1). The road has four lanes for almost its entire length.
Little known - even in Hobart itself - is the fact that Davey Street was built on expropriated land on the edge of the harbor.
Davey Street is adjacent to two of Hobart's largest city parks, Franklin Square and St. David's Park . Well-known buildings on this street are the Executive Building , which houses the Department of Premier and Cabinet , the Hotel Grand Chancellor with the Federation Concert Hall , the Hobart Real Tennis Club and the former Telstra building (now an apartment block).
In 2004 ZeroDavey , a much discussed building, was built on the corner of Davey Street and Hunter Street. It annoyed local residents, who compared it to the back of a refrigerator because, contrary to the advice of local architects and contrary to building codes, its upper floors protruded beyond the historic buildings on Hunter Street.
Trivia
Davey Street appears in the Australian version of the game Monopoly .
source
Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 54