Road Photos & Information: Tasmania

Sandy Bay Road & Channel Highway (B68)

Statistics:

• Length: 98 km
• Northern Terminus: Davey Street (A6) Hobart
• South Western Terminus: Huon Highway (A6) Huonville
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities along route: Hobart, Sandy Bay, Kingston, Snug, Cygnet, Margate, Kettering, Woodbridge, Verona Sands and Huonville.

Route Numbering:

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General Information:

• Sandy Bay Road:

Sandy Bay Road is one of the main streets of the central business district of the city of Hobart

• Channel Highway:

The Channel Highway travels south from Hobart To Huonville. The Channel Highway Starts at where Sandy Bay Road ends and travels south toward Huonville. Prior to the construction of the Southern Outlet in the 60s, the Channel Highway was the main route used to access Kingston and other southern towns.

History:

Sandy Bay Road:

Sandy Bay Road was first established as an early track in the colonial period, early in the ninteenth century. Early ninteenth century diagrams and art clearly show the track following along the western shore of the river heading south. It soon became a widened dirt road, befor finally being bitumenised in the early twentieth century. During the period in which trams and trolley buses were operated in Hobart, tramlines and trolley-bus lines ran the length of Sandy Bay Road from the city as far as Lower Sandy Bay.

Channel Highway:

• 2003: Cycle lanes added to the Channel Highway between Taroona and Kingston *

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	Black Advance Directional Sign: Black AD sign assembly on Channel Hwy approaching Beach Road / Southern Outlet interchange, in Kingston. November 2007. These signs are due for replacement. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Black Advance Directional Sign: Black AD sign assembly approaching the Channel Hwy and Beach Road from the Southern Outlet interchange, in Kingston. November 2007. These signs are due for replacement. Image © Peter Renshaw

* Information courtesy of DIER