West Tamar Highway
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 Midland / Bass Highway Launceston ( 41 ° 26 ′ S , 147 ° 8 ′ E ) |
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| End of street: | Greens Beach ( 41 ° 5 ′ S , 146 ° 45 ′ E ) |
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| Overall length: | 66 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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Map with all coordinates: The West Tamar Highway is a trunk road in the north of the Australian state of Tasmania . It connects Launceston along the west bank of the Tamar River with the coastal settlement of Greens Beach .
course
The highway begins in downtown Launceston and runs northwest through the suburbs of Riverside and North Riverside . After leaving the urban area, the West Tamar Highway connects the wine-growing towns along the Tamar River, such as Legana and Exeter, and is the next town in Beaconsfield . A few kilometers beforehand it is connected to the East Tamar Highway via the only bridge on the Tamar River, the Batman Bridge on the Batman Highway (B73) .
Beaconsfield leaves the West Tamar Highway north and follows the curved shoreline of Port Dalrymple from Beauty Point via Iffraville to Yorktown . In Yorktown, the road turns north again until it reaches the settlement of Kelso at the entrance to the natural harbor. From there it is only a short distance to the west-northwest to the end point in Greens Beach .
Web links
source
Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 55