Zeehan Highway
Zeehan Highway | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Route number(s) | A10 Queenstown — Zeehan B27 Zeehan |
| Former route number | State Route 8 |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Lyell Highway Queenstown |
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| North end | Main Street Henty Road Zeehan |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Queenstown, Zeehan |
| Highway system | |
The Zeehan Highway (also known as the Queenstown–Zeehan road) is a road in Western Tasmania linking Queenstown and Zeehan.
The highway departs from Queenstown on higher ground at Howards Plains, where it also connects with the Queenstown to Strahan road. North of Queenstown it provides access to the Lake Margaret Power Station and Anthony Road. It crosses the Dundas, Henty, and Yolande rivers.
Although proposals for the road were raised as early as 1910,[1] planning began in the 1930s,[2][3] following the completion of the Lyell Highway.[4]
The highway was not completed until the 1960s. Until that time the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company transported copper from Queenstown by the Mount Lyell railway (later the West Coast Wilderness Railway) to Strahan for shipping. After completion, the highway formed part of the route used by trucks hauling copper ore from the Queenstown mine to Melba Flats between 1962 and 1994.
The Zeehan Highway also serves as an alternative route between Strahan and Zeehan if the Zeehan to Strahan road is closed.
Notes
- ^ "Darwin Members". Zeehan and Dundas Herald. Vol. XXI, no. 250. Tasmania, Australia. 6 August 1910. p. 4. Retrieved 15 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Federal Grant". The Advocate (Tasmania). Tasmania, Australia. 18 June 1932. p. 8. Retrieved 15 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The West Coast Highway". The Advocate (Tasmania). Tasmania, Australia. 22 February 1935. p. 8. Retrieved 14 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Queenstown–Zeehan Highway". The Advocate (Tasmania). Tasmania, Australia. 11 November 1937. p. 8. Retrieved 14 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.