Road Photos & Information: Tasmania

View along Buxton's Rd (C135) at Wilmot, with Mt Roland at sunset. Image © Peter Renshaw.

You've arrived at the road photos and information section that covers Tasmania.

Tasmania is an island state that covers an area of 68 401 square kilometres on the south-easternmost part of Australia.1

The State-owned road network consists of 3650 km of road. The State road network primarily consists of roads that provide connectivity between cities, major towns, rural catchments and key port and air transport hubs. The Tasmanian Department of Infrstructure, Energy and Resources has adopted a five-tier hierarchy.2

The Hierarchy identifies five categories of roads:2

• Category 1 - Trunk Roads
  The primary freight and passenger roads connecting Tasmania.
• Category 2 - Regional Freight Road
  Tasmania’s major regional roads for carrying heavy freight
• Category 3 - Regional Access Road
  The main access roads to Tasmania’s Regions, carrying less heavy freight traffic than Regional Freight Roads
• Category 4 - Feeder Road
  Allowing safe travel between towns, major tourist destinations and industrial areas
• Category 5 - Other Roads
  The remainder of the State Roads

Tasmania route numbering system is alphanumeric. Tasmania was the first state to introduce alphanumeric routes, with the exception of one route – National Highway 1. This is because of a Federal Government requirement, when the system was introduced, that the National Highway route be signposted with the traditional National Highway shield. Before the introduction of alphanumeric route numbering in the late 1970s, a small collection of State Routes existed, similar to those used in other states prior to the introduction of alphanumeric route numbers.

Below are the various roads that this site has photos of. The numbered routes are sorted by their route number. To view each gallery, click on the thumbnail or route number.

Route Number:	Description:	Preview:
	National Highway 1 (Burnie to Hobart): Brooker Highway, Midland Highway & Bass Highway
	A2 (Burnie to Marrawah): Bass Highway
	A3 (Launceston to Hobart): Tasman Highway
	A4 (Conara to Falmouth): Esk Main Road & Elephant Pass Road
	A5 (Deloraine to Melton Mowbray): Lake Highway
	A6 (Hobart to Southport): Huon Highway & Southern Outlet
	A7 (Launceston to Greens Beach): West Tamar Highway
	A8 (Launceston to Low Head): East Tamar Highway
	A9 (Sorell to Port Arthur): Arthur Highway
	A10 (Burnie to Hobart): Murchison Highway, Zeehan Highway & Lyell Highway
	B11 (Miena to Bronte): Marlborough Highway & Marlborough Road
	B12 (Deloraine to King Solomons Cave): Mole Creek Road & Liena Road
	B13 (Elizabeth Town to Latrobe): Kimberley Road & Railton Road
	B14 (Railton to Spreyton): Foster Street, Sheffield Main Road, Sheffield Road & High Street
	B15 (Ulverstone to Nietta): Castra Road
	B16 (Forth to Sprent): Kindred Road
	B54 (Deloraine to Travellers Rest): Meander Valley Way
	B68 (Hobart to Huonville): Sandy Bay Road & Channel Highway
	C132 (Forth to Guildford): Wilmot Road, Cradle Mountain Road & Cradle Mountain Development Road
	C140 (Roland to Mt Roland): Staverton Road
	C305 (Ross to Tooms Lake): Chiswick Road, Church Street, Beaufront Road, Bond Street & Tooms Lake Road

1 Geoscience Australia
2 Tasmanian Department of Infrstructure, Energy and Resources

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