Southern Outlet, Hobart
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Southern Outlet | |
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| The Southern Outlet at Mount Nelson | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 13 km (8.1 mi) |
| Opened | 1969[1] |
| Route number(s) |  A6 |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Davey Street /Macquarie Street Hobart, Tasmania |
| Huon Highway
for full list see Exits | |
| South end | Channel Highway Kingston, Tasmania |
| Location(s) | |
| Region | Hobart |
| Major suburbs | Mount Nelson |
| Highway system | |
The Southern 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 as well as intrastate traffic from the south of the state.[2] It is one of the busier commuter highways in Hobart, handling in excess of 31,000 traffic movements each day.[3]
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.[3] The Southern Outlet was opened in 1969[1] as a super-2 expressway and went from Kingston to meet up with the old Huon Highway at Grove.[4] It opened as a fully dual-carriage way highway in 1990[1]
Exits
| LGA | Location | km[5] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | South Hobart | 0.0– 0.1 | 0.0– 0.062 |  Davey Street & Macquarie Street one-way couplet (A6) north-east / Davey Street (B64) south-west / Macquarie Street south-west – Hobart, South Hobart | Northern terminus at Macquarie Street (northbound lanes); southbound lanes begin from Davey Street |
| Tolmans Hill – Dynnyrne boundary | 2.7 | 1.7 |  Olinda Grove (C643) – Mount Nelson, Tolmans Hill | ||
| Kingborough | Kingston | 4.6 | 2.9 | Proctors Road | No Through Road |
| 6.3 | 3.9 | Proctors Road – Kingston | Southbound exit and entrance | ||
| 7.6 | 4.7 | Shaw Road – Kingston | Northbound exit and entrance | ||
| 8.8 | 5.5 | Groningen Road – no exit | Northbound entrance only | ||
| 9.3 | 5.8 | Browns Road – Firthside | Southbound exit only | ||
| 9.3– 9.6 | 5.8– 6.0 |  Huon Highway (A6) / Kingston Bypass (B68) – Kingston, Huonville, Blackmans Bay, Kettering | Southern terminus: continues as Kingston Bypass; no access to Huon Highway from Kingston Bypass | ||
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Kingston". University of Tasmania. 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Road Photos & Information: Tasmania". Expressway - The Australian Highway Site. 2006. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2008.[self-published source]
- ^ a b "Kingston Transport & Environs Study" (PDF). Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2007.
- ^ "Tasmanian Expressways". ozroads.com.au. 2003. Retrieved 30 April 2007.[self-published source]
- ^ "Southern Outlet, Hobart" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
External links
Media related to Southern Outlet, Hobart at Wikimedia Commons
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