Road Photos & Information: Tasmania
  Brooker Highway, Midland Highway & Bass Highway (National Highway 1) - Former Alingment: Oatlands to Brighton

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Highway 1 is a circumferential route right around Australia, but there is also a small segment located in Tasmania, which more or less travels down the centre of the state. In Tasmania, National Highway 1 is made up of the Brooker Highway between Granton and Hobart, the Midland Highway between Granton and Launceston, and also the Bass Highway between Burnie and Launceston.

The occurence of NH1 is a bit of an anomoly and stands out compared to all other routes in the state being alpha-numeric. In the late 1970s when the Tasmanian authorities decided to introduce an alphanumeric numbering system (the first Australian state to do so), the Federal Government who funded National Highways, stopped the Tasmanian government from allocating an alphanumeric number to the route.

From Launceston, the Midland Hwy passes through Perth, Epping Forest, Campbell Town, Ross, Oatlands, Bagdad, Brighton, Bridgewater and into Hobart.

The Midland Highway's highest elevation along its length is 493m and the lowest point is at -0.495m.

The Midland Highway connects with the Bass Highway, the Domain Highway, the East Derwent Highway, the East Tamar Highway, the Esk Main Road, the Huon Highway Southern Outlet, the Illawarra Road, the Lake Highway, the Lyell Highway, the Mud Walls Road, the Tasman Highway and the West Tamar Highway.

History:

This page concentrates on the former alignment between Brighton and Oatlands

Oatlands to Brighton   Brighton to Oatlands
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Jericho Road:
Former alignment of Midland Hwy (now Jericho Rd), Jericho, July 2018.

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  Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign on Brooker Hwy at Brighton, 2008. This location has been bypassed by a dual carriageway and now this is a local road called Glenstone Rd.

Image © Jamie Scuglia

Jericho Road:
Former alignment of Midland Hwy (now Jericho Rd), Jericho, July 2018.

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Jericho Road:
Former alignment of Midland Hwy (now Jericho Rd), Jericho, July 2018.

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Jordan River:
Former alignment of Midland Hwy (now Jericho Rd) as it crosses Jordan River and into the Jericho town centre, July 2018.

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Black Fingerboard:
Old black fingerboard at the corner of Jericho Rd and Lower Marshes Rd (C529), Jericho, July 2018. The old highway alignment continues beyond this junction.

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Former Highway Alignment:
Former highway alignment to the east of current Midland Hwy (NH1) at Melton Mowbray, July 2018.

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Last updated: 17-Jul-2020 11:50

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