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{{Short description|Highway in Tasmania, Australia}} |
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| start = [[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route A10.svg|35px|(A10)]] '''[[Lyell Highway]]''' |
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| end_a = {{AUshield|TAS|A10}} [[Lyell Highway]], <small>[[Bronte Park, Tasmania|Bronte Park]]</small> |
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| finish = [[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route A5.svg|35px|(A5)]] '''[[Lake Highway]]''' |
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| end_b = {{AUshield|TAS|A5}} [[Lake Highway]], [[Miena, Tasmania|<small>Miena</small>]] |
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The '''Marlborough Highway''' is a minor highway in [[Tasmania]]. It links the [[Lyell Highway]] to the [[Lake Highway]] and cuts short the otherwise very long journey from the West Coast to the [[Central Highlands (Tasmania)|Central Highlands]].<ref>In the 1930s the road was known as the ''Missing Link'' {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52127390 |title="Missing Link" as Highway. |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|The Examiner]] |location=Launceston, Tasmania |date=6 March 1937 |accessdate=5 January 2016 |page=6|edition=LATE NEWS EDITION and DAILY |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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The '''Marlborough Highway''' joins the [[Lake Highway]] and the [[Lyell Highway]] in the remote centre of [[Tasmania]]. The road is [[Unsealed road|unsealed]]. |
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The road leaves the Lyell Highway near [[Bronte Park, Tasmania|Bronte Park]] and travels overland to [[Miena, Tasmania|Miena]], on the [[Great Lake (Tasmania)|Great Lake]]. There are no settlements along its route. |
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on average there are over 500 deaths a week on this strech of the highway making it one of the biggest road accident sites in the world next to swansea one way section near town hill |
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Marlborough was an historical name for the area at the southern end of the highway, also known as Bronte, south of Bronte Park.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29944672 |title=West Coast Road |newspaper=[[The Mercury]]|location=Tasmania, Australia |date=23 February 1932 |accessdate=27 June 2024 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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The road is unsealed,<ref>comment on poor condition in 1992 {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213295807 |title=MARLBOROUGH HIGHWAY. |newspaper=[[Western Tiers]] |location=Tas. |date=23 July 1992 |accessdate=4 January 2016 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and in times of heavy snow it cannot be passed. |
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==See also== |
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*[[Highways in Australia]] |
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* [[List of highways in Tasmania]] |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 11:31, 27 June 2024
Marlborough Highway | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 31.4 km (20 mi) |
| Route number(s) |  B11 |
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| South end |  Lyell Highway, Bronte Park |
| North end |  Lake Highway, Miena |
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The Marlborough Highway is a minor highway in Tasmania. It links the Lyell Highway to the Lake Highway and cuts short the otherwise very long journey from the West Coast to the Central Highlands.[1]
The road leaves the Lyell Highway near Bronte Park and travels overland to Miena, on the Great Lake. There are no settlements along its route.
Marlborough was an historical name for the area at the southern end of the highway, also known as Bronte, south of Bronte Park.[2]
The road is unsealed,[3] and in times of heavy snow it cannot be passed.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ In the 1930s the road was known as the Missing Link ""Missing Link" as Highway". The Examiner (LATE NEWS EDITION and DAILY ed.). Launceston, Tasmania. 6 March 1937. p. 6. Retrieved 5 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "West Coast Road". The Mercury. Tasmania, Australia. 23 February 1932. p. 5. Retrieved 27 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ comment on poor condition in 1992 "MARLBOROUGH HIGHWAY". Western Tiers. Tas. 23 July 1992. p. 19. Retrieved 4 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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