Southern Outlet | |
Length | 13 km (8 mi) |
Direction | north - south |
From | Davey Street / Macquarie Street Hobart, Tasmania |
Major suburbs | Mount Nelson |
To | Channel Highway Kingston, Tasmania |
Established | 1968 |
Major junctions | Huon Highway
for full list see Exits |
The Southern Outlet (The Outlet) is a 13km[1] dual-carriageway limited-access highway that connects Hobart to the southern parts of Tasmania, Australia. The Outlet is one of the busier commuter highways in Hobart, handling in excess of 31,000 traffic movements each day.[2]
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The Southern Outlet starts at its junction with Davey Street and Macquarie Street in Hobart with a maximum speed limit of 80Km/H. The highway bypasses South Hobart and heads south into the mountainous terrain of Mount Nelson. Except for the Davey/Macquarie intersection the highway is fully grade separated and travels through bushland for the majority of its length. The northbound and southbound lanes are separated between Tolmans Hill overpass through to the Firthside overpass because of the mountainous landscape, allowing a higher maximum speed limit of 100Km/H. The Highway ends in Kingston, at the Kingston Interchange.
The Hobart Transportation Study 1965 indicated the need for a transport corridor from Hobart to Kingston.[2] The Southern Outlet was constructed in 1968 as a super-2 expressway and went from Kingston to meet up with the old Huon Highway at Grove.[3] In 1985 the Outlet was upgraded to dual-carriage way.[3]
This is a list of exits on the Highway and also include the future exits on the Kingston Bypass.
Southern Outlet | |||
Northbound interchanges | Distance from Davey Street (km) |
Distance from Summerleas Road (km) |
Southbound interchanges |
End Southern Outlet continues as Macquarie Street to Hobart |
0 | 10.2 | Start Southern Outlet from Davey Street |
South Hobart Davey Street |
South Hobart Davey Street |
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Mount Nelson, Tolmans Hill Olinda Grove |
2.6 | 7.6 | Mount Nelson, Tolmans Hill Olinda Grove |
Proctors Road (No Through Road) | 4.3 | 5.9 | Proctors Road (No Through Road) |
No access | 6.2 | 4.0 | Kingston Proctors Road |
Kingston Shaw Road |
7.5 | 2.7 | No access |
Firthside Groningen Road (On ramp only) |
8.7 | 1.5 | No access |
Kingston, Huonville Huon Highway (On ramp only) |
9.4 | 0.8 | Firthside Browns Road (Off ramp only) |
Kingston, Huonville Huon Highway |
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Kingston Channel Highway |
10.2 | 0 | Kingston Channel Highway |
Kingston Summerleas Road |
Kingston Summerleas Road |
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Start Southern Outlet continues from Channel Highway |
End Southern Outlet continues as Channel Highway to Blackmans Bay, Kettering |
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Kingston Bypass ends at Algona Road, Channel Highway and Huntingfield Avenue The Bypass is scheduled to open sometime in 2012. |
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