Murchison Highway

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Murchison Highway Tasmania
Northern end of the Murchison Highway in Somerset.
General information
Type	Highway
Length	147 km (91 mi)
Opened	13 December 1963 (1963-12-13)
Route number(s)	A10 Zeehan — Somerset
Former route number	State Route 8
Major junctions
South end	Zeehan Highway Zeehan Highway Zeehan, Tasmania
	Anthony Road Ridgley Highway Waratah Road Mount Hicks Road
North end	Bass Highway Somerset, Tasmania
Location(s)
Major settlements	Rosebery, Tullah, Parrawe, Yolla
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Tasmania
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Legend
km Bass Strait 0 Somerset / Bass Highway 10 Elliot 15 Yolla / Mount Hicks Road to Wynyard 30 Oonah 40 Hellyer River / Hellyer Gorge 64 Waratah Road to Waratah / Ridgley Highway to Burnie 80 Belvoir Road to Cradle Mountain 101 Pieman Road to Corinna 103 Mackintosh River 106 Tullah 108 Murchison River 109 Anthony Road to Lake Plimsoll 119 Rosebery 130 Renison Bell 142 Zeehan Highway

The Murchison Highway is a highway located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. The 147-kilometre (91 mi) highway runs generally north–south, with Somerset, near Burnie, as its northern terminus and Zeehan as its southern terminus. The highway was opened on 13 December 1963.^[1][2][3][4] Part of the highway from Waratah to Burnie was known as the Waratah Highway until 1973.