Domain Highway

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Domain Highway

Domain Highway
General information
Type Highway
Location Queens Domain
Length2.0 km (1.2 mi) [1]
Opened1943
Route number(s) AUS Alphanumeric Route B36.svg B36
Major junctions
Northwest endAustralian national highway 1.svg Brooker Highway (National Highway 1)
 
  • Queens Walk
  • Lower Domain Road
Southeast endAUS Alphanumeric Route A3.svg Tasman Highway (A3)
Location(s)
Region Hobart
Highway system

The Domain Highway is a highway in Tasmania, Australia. The highway acts as a link road connecting traffic between Hobart's two busiest highways; The Tasman Highway and the Brooker Highway while also bypassing the Hobart city centre. With recorded annual average daily traffic of 25,000, [2] the single carriageway road is busier than some of Hobart's dual carriageway highways. Commencing at the Brooker Highway at Cornelian Bay and heading southeast between the banks of the Derwent River and the Domain and Botanical Gardens. The highway ends at the Tasman Highway, on the western approach of the Tasman Bridge.

Contents

Exits

The entire highway is in the City of Hobart local government area.

Locationkm [1] miDestinationsNotes
New Town 00.0Australian national highway 1.svg Brooker Highway (National Highway 1)  Hobart, Glenorchy, Launceston North-western highway terminus; trumpet interchange
Queens Domain 0.550.34Queens Walk  Cornelian Bay T junction
0.850.53Lower Domain Road Botanical Gardens T junction
2.01.2AUS Alphanumeric Route A3.svgWestern Australia MR-SM-11.svg Tasman Highway (A3)  Hobart, Sorrel, Hobart International Airport South-eastern highway terminus; semi-directional T interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 Google (3 June 2014). "Domain Highway" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  2. "Domain Highway Planning" (PDF). Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.

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