Marlborough Highway Explained

Road Name:Marlborough Highway
Type:highway
State:tas
Length:31.4
Direction A:South
Direction B:North
End A: Lyell Highway, Bronte Park
End B: Lake Highway, Miena
Route: B11

The Marlborough Highway is a minor highway in Tasmania. It links the Lyell Highway to the Lake Highway and cuts short the otherwise very long journey from the West Coast to the Central Highlands.[1]

The road leaves the Lyell Highway near Bronte Park and travels overland to Miena, on the Great Lake. There are no settlements along its route.

Marlborough was an historical name for the area at the southern end of the highway, also known as Bronte, south of Bronte Park.[2]

The road is unsealed,[3] and in times of heavy snow it cannot be passed.

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Notes and References

  1. In the 1930s the road was known as the Missing Link News: "Missing Link" as Highway. . . Launceston, Tasmania . 6 March 1937 . 5 January 2016 . 6. LATE NEWS EDITION and DAILY . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: West Coast Road . The Mercury. Tasmania, Australia . 23 February 1932 . 27 June 2024 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  3. comment on poor condition in 1992 News: MARLBOROUGH HIGHWAY. . . Tas. . 23 July 1992 . 4 January 2016 . 19 . National Library of Australia.