23-573: Midland Highway may refer to: Australia [ edit ] Midland Highway (Tasmania) Midland Highway (Victoria) United States [ edit ] Midland Highway No. 420 , a highway in Oregon Midland Trail , a former national auto trail spanning the United States Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
46-581: A coaching inn , The Blacksmith's Arms, around 1831, by retired sergeant James Bunyip. In the 20th century, it was run by the Johnson family as the Epsom Store. It was restored in the 21st century as an entertainment venue, with the ballroom hosting the Australian String Quartet in 2006 in what may have been the first public performance there in 100 years. As of 2022 , it is one of the regular venues of
69-567: A grade separated interchange with Illawarra Road , an interchange consisting of two roundabouts north of the Perth, and a roundabout south of the town centre, near the South Esk River bridge. Stage 1 of the project was completed in April 2018, including a new grade separated interchange at Breadalbane to bypass the existing roundabout which provides connections with Launceston Airport , Evandale and
92-405: A half days to complete the journey. Macquarie again visited the colony in 1821, when the road was fit for a carriage, but his journal records many different sections, and it was not until 1831 that the first regular coach service was operated by J. E. Cox. The first mailman, Robert Taylor, was appointed in 1816, he walked, leaving Hobart and Launceston on alternate Sundays and carrying the mail in
115-560: A pack. The first record of movement between the two centres was in 1821 when then Governor Lachlan Macquarie selected sites for towns on the highway. It was known as the "Main Road" or "Hobart Road" for most of its history. In the 1930s it became known as the Midland Highway, and in the 2000s - it also had "The Heritage Highway" label applied to it. The route of the highway originally ran between Hobart and Launceston , and passed through
138-544: A population of 623 for the state suburb of Pontville. It is a small rural community 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of Hobart , in the south-east of Tasmania. Pontville was sited by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1821, and was an early garrison town , where convicts built the bridge over the Jordan River . During World Wars I and II the area had a major army camp. There is an old sandstone bridge in Pontville that lies on
161-699: A roundabout, linking the Outlet Road with the Midland Highway and Evandale Main Road. The third and final section of the Launceston Southern Outlet opened to traffic on 24 May 1988. The road works involved construction of 1 km of dual carriageway between Glen Dhu Overpass and the Frankland Street/Wellington Street intersection. In October 2012, the Brighton Bypass was officially opened, six months ahead of schedule. This bypass
184-603: A vital link road to the Bass Highway . There are also plans to duplicate the Midland Highway Between Perth and Launceston. Pontville, Tasmania Pontville is a rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Brighton and Southern Midlands in the Hobart and Central LGA regions of Tasmania . The locality is about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north-west of the town of Brighton . The 2016 census has
207-488: Is a grade separated dual carriageway of the towns of Brighton and Pontville, just beyond Hobart’s northern suburbs. The total cost of the bypass was A$ 191 million. On 16 April 2020, the second and final stage of the Perth Link Roads project was officially completed over 3 years ahead of schedule, including the opening of the long-overdue bypass of Perth . The bypass consists of 4.5 km of dual carriageway, including
230-621: The Brighton Bypass , the Southern Outlet and the 34 km of overtaking lanes, there are 120 km (75 mi) of single-carriageway road on the Midland Highway. The Australian Labor Party stated that the 400 million-dollar budget is grossly underfunded, and could not possibly be constructed for that price. The Liberal Party defended the accusations that the $ 3 million/km budget is too low by stating that they are not planning any new road alignments or bypasses, just adding new lanes to
253-711: The Midlands Highway ) is one of Tasmania 's major inter-city highways , running for 176 kilometres (109 mi) between Hobart and Launceston . It is part of the AusLink National Network and is a vital link for road freight to transport goods to and from the two cities. It represents a major north–south transportation corridor in Tasmania and has the route 1 designation as part of the National Highway . The highway consists of various traffic lane arrangements,
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#1732852056044276-531: The Seraphim Trio . The Jordan River flows through from south-west to south. The Midland Highway (National Route 1) passes through from south to north-west. Route C195 (Brighton Road) starts at an intersection with Route 1 and runs south until it exits. The Federal Government announced in April 2011 that it would spend $ 15 million on converting the army rifle range to an asylum-seeker detention centre, housing 400 people, mainly single adult men, although
299-570: The Highway to be upgraded to a four-lane carriageway for 20 years to fall in line with the Auslink network of highways such as the Hume and Pacific as it is Tasmania's most heavily travelled stretch of long highway. The State and federal Liberal Parties have pledged $ 400 million to the funding of a dual-carriageway highway between Hobart and Launceston. The Liberal Party's claim is that when taking into account
322-538: The Jordan River. The bridge is part of the Midland Highway . A railway line connected the town with Hobart from 1891 until 1947. Additional excursion trains operated from Hobart, bringing riflemen to the nearby range. Pontville was gazetted as a locality in 1970. Brighton Post Office opened on 1 June 1832, was renamed Pontville in 1895, and closed in 1973. Epsom House is an historic building originally built as
345-754: The Mt Pleasant Interchange, the Westbury Road Overpass and the Glen Dhu Overpass. The highway opened to traffic between the Glen Dhu interchange and the temporary connection onto the old Midland Highway at Jinglers Creek, Strathroy. The extension of the Launceston Southern Outlet Road between Breadalbane and Strathroy opened to traffic on 28 August 1987. This extension included the construction of 3.7 km of dual carriageway and
368-502: The early 1980s, including the Jericho bypass, which was opened to traffic in January 1982. Construction of grade separated dual carriageways leading south of Launceston and north of Hobart provided new superior facilities for Midland Highway traffic and shortened the route officially designated the Midland Highway. On 21 June 1983, what was then referred to as the "Hobart Northern Outlet Road"
391-406: The existing alignment. They have not stated if they plan to include grade separation or T-junctions and roundabouts . Should both the federal and state Liberal Parties win the next elections, they plan to upgrade this remaining stretch of road from 2014 progressively. Currently, there are several projects/proposals; The 9.5 km (5.9 mi) bypass on the southern stretch of the Highway
414-404: The localities which are now known as: Bridgewater , Brighton , Pontville , Mangalore , Bagdad , Dysart , Kempton , Melton Mowbray , Jericho , Oatlands , Antill Ponds , Woodbury , Tunbridge , Ross , Campbell Town , Conara Junction , Cleveland , Epping Forest , Perth , Breadalbane and Kings Meadows . A number of two lane bypasses of towns and villages have been constructed since
437-493: The most common being two lanes – one in each direction, with overtaking options and at-grade intersections . At both the Launceston and Hobart sections of the highway there are small portions of grade-separated dual carriageway . Surveyor Grimes marked out the track from Hobart to Launceston in 1807, and Governor Macquarie followed the route in 1811 when he visited the colony accompanied by his wife. The party took five and
460-497: The old Midland Highway alignment to Youngtown and Kings Meadows . A new dual carriageway alignment was also constructed alongside the existing highway to connect the new Breadalbane interchange with the Perth bypass. In 2002, a railway line underpass was constructed near Symmons Plains , south of Perth, to create a grade separated rail crossing on the highway itself. Significant numbers of overtaking lanes have also been extended or created. There has been mounting pressure for
483-545: The title Midland Highway . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Midland_Highway&oldid=1011291062 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Road disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Midland Highway (Tasmania) The Midland Highway (also known as
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#1732852056044506-524: Was opened to traffic. Now called the Brooker Highway, this completed a grade-separated dual carriageway between Claremont Interchange and Granton in the northern suburbs of Hobart. Construction of the first stage of the Launceston Southern Outlet between Glen Dhu and Strathroy commenced in February 1981 and comprised the construction of 7.4 km of dual carriageway and included three major bridges, namely
529-596: Was recently opened as part of the Southern Transport Investment Program , A transport masterplan for the southern part of the Highway. The transport study also caters for the Bagdad Bypass and the replacement of the ageing Bridgewater Bridge The Perth Bypass is proposed to be constructed in 2 stages starting with the South Perth bypass which will result in a direct route to Illawarra Main Road -
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