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Statistics:

• Length: 408 km
• Northern Terminus: Bass Hwy, Somerset (near Burnie)
• Southern Terminus: Brooker Hwy, Granton (Hobart)
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities along route: Somerset, Rosebery, Tullah, Parrawe, Yolla, Queenstown, Derwent Bridge, New Norfolk and Granton

Route Numbering:

• Current: A10

• Former:

General Information:

• Lyell Highway:

The Lyell Highway's highest elevation along its length is 853m and the lowest point is at 4.17m above sea level. The Lyell Highway connects with the Marlborough Highway, the Midland Highway and the Zeehan Highway.

• Zeehan Highway:

Mt Zeehan (702m) was named after the Abel Tasman flagship in 1642.

The Zeehan Highway's highest elevation along its length is 312m and the lowest point is at 101m above sea level. The Zeehan Highway connects with the Lyell Highway and the Murchison Highway.

• Murchison Highway:

The Murchison Highway's highest elevation along its length is 708m and the lowest point is at 12m above sea level. The Murchison Highway connects with the Bass Highway, the Mount Road and the Zeehan Highway.

History:

• 1932: The Lyell Highway, constructed in as a link between the mining town of Queenstown and Hobart 1
• 1964: Murchison Highway opened
• 2003: Improvements at the Molesworth junction on the Lyell Highway and also at the junction of the Lyell Highway and Boyer Secondary Road 2

Granton To Somerset			Somerset To Granton
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	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching the Turriff Lodge Dr intersection in New Norfolk, looking northwest. July 2007. Image © Peter Renshaw			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Murchison Hwy (A10) approaching Anthony Rd (B28) at Tullah, 2008. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Granton, 2008. Image © Jamie Scuglia			Ouse Town Centre: Lyell Hwy (A10) as it passes through the Ouse town centre, March 2016. Image © Garry Coxhead
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at New Norfolk approaching Pioneer Av and Turriff Lodge Dr, July 2007. Image © Peter Renshaw			Ouse Town Centre: Lyell Hwy (A10) as it passes through the Ouse town centre, March 2016. Image © Garry Coxhead
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Zeehan Hwy (A10) near Leslie Ck, approaching the B27 section of Zeehan Hwy at Zeehan, March 2016. Image © Garry Coxhead			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Lyell Hwy (A10) at Gretna approaching Gordon River Rd (B61), March 2016. Image © Garry Coxhead
	Entering Linda: Lyell Hwy (A10) as it enters the locality of Linda, 2008. Image © Jamie Scuglia			Entering New Norfolk: Lyell Hwy (A10) as it enters the town of New Norfolk, March 2016. Image © Garry Coxhead
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly facing Farrell St in Tullah, March 2016. Image © Garry Coxhead			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Lyell Hwy (A10) approaching Brooker Hwy (NH1) and Midland Hwy (NH1) at Granton, 2008. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Murchison Hwy (A10) approaching Anthony Rd (B28) at Tullah, 2008. Image © Jamie Scuglia			Southern Terminus: Lyell Hwy (A10) at its southern terminis, Brooker Hwy (NH1) and Midland Hwy (NH1) at Granton, March 2016. Image © Garry Coxhead
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly facing Waratah Rd (B23) at Guildford, March 2016. Image © Garry Coxhead
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly facing Mount Hicks Rd (B26) at Yolla, March 2016. Image © Garry Coxhead
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing eastbound traffic at the northern terminus for A10, Bass Highway (A2) in Somerset. October 2007. Image © Peter Renshaw

1 Planetware
2 Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources

Last updated: 28 Aug 2019 18:59

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