Southern Outlet, Hobart
| Southern Outlet Tasmania | |
|---|---|
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| The Southern Outlet at Mount Nelson | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 13 km (8 mi) |
| Opened | 1968 |
| Route number(s) |
 A6 |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |
Davey Street /Macquarie Street Hobart, Tasmania |
| for full list see Exits | |
| South end | Channel Highway Kingston, Tasmania |
| Location(s) | |
| Region | Hobart |
| Major suburbs | Mount Nelson |
The Southern Outlet (the Outlet) is a major highway in the Tasmanian capital of Hobart and acts as one of the city's 3 major radial highways, connecting traffic from the Hobart city centre with commuters from the southern suburbs aswell as intrastate traffic from the south of the state.[1] The Outlet is one of the busier commuter highways in Hobart, handling in excess of 31,000 traffic movements each day.[2]
Route
The Southern Outlet starts at an intersection with the Davey/Macquarie couplet in Hobart, with a maximum speed limit of 80 km/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 100 km/H. The Highway ends in Kingston, at the Kingston Interchange.
History
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]
Exits
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 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Kingston Channel Highway   |
10.2 | 0 | Kingston Channel Highway |
| Kingston Summerleas Road |
Kingston Summerleas Road | ||
| Start Southern Outlet continues from Channel Highway |
End Southern Outlet continues as Channel Highway to Blackmans Bay, Kettering | ||
| Kingston Bypass ends at Algona Road, Channel Highway and Huntingfield Avenue The Bypass is scheduled to open sometime in 2012. | |||
See also
References
- ↑ "Road Photos & Information: Tasmania". Expressway - The Australian Highway Site. 2006. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kingston Transport & Environs Study". Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources. 2006. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Tasmanian Expressways". ozroads.com.au. 2003. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
External links
Media related to Southern Outlet, Hobart at Wikimedia Commons
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