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The BTH site, 25 kilometres north of Macquarie Point, was chosen as the preferred site of the inland port because of its close proximity to the Midland Highway and the South railway line. It allows freight to be easily transferred between road and rail transport and enable efficient movement of freight between Tasmania's southern and northern ...
The highway acts as a link road connecting traffic between Hobart's two busiest highways; The Tasman Highway and the Brooker Highway while also bypassing the Hobart city centre. With recorded annual average daily traffic of 25,000, [ 2 ] the single carriageway road is busier than some of Hobart's dual carriageway highways.
The city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia is served by a wide variety of transport. While the city's main form of transport is private transport on the road network, transport is also available by bus, ferry and aircraft. A suburban train service operated on the South line between Hobart and Brighton from the 1870s until 31 December 1974.
The port authority was created by the amalgamation of the state's four port companies – Hobart Ports Corporation Pty Ltd, Port of Launceston Pty Ltd, [2] Port of Devonport Corporation Pty Ltd [3] and Burnie Port Corporation Pty Ltd [4] – on 1 January 2006. [5] The earlier name of the authority was the Marine Board of Hobart [6] [7]
Construction of grade separated dual carriageways leading south of Launceston and north of Hobart provided new superior facilities for Midland Highway traffic and shortened the route officially designated the Midland Highway. On 21 June 1983, what was then referred to as the "Hobart Northern Outlet Road" was opened to traffic.
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Road routes in Tasmania assist drivers navigating roads in urban, rural, and scenic areas of the state. The route numbering system is composed of National Highway 1, and three categories of alphanumeric routes: 'A' routes, which are the state's most important arterial roads; 'B' routes, other important sub-arterial and connecting roads; and 'C' routes, significant minor roads.