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could be completed. However the proposed freeway was seen as controversial and abandoned. Since the completion of the couplet in 1987, there has been no alternative route between the
Southern outlet and the other major arterial roads in Hobart. There has since been several design proposals for a
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Brooker Highway (formally Lower Park Street). This route alteration completely changed the way transit operated in the city, with Davey Street now functioning as one of the city's central transit thoroughfares.
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Chancellor in the 1980s, Davey Street commenced at Hunter Street. Part of the
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Photograph of Davey Street, Hobart, Tasmania, looking east, c. 1876
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768:"Hobart tunnel could be viable says economist"
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732:"Kingston & Environs Transport Study"
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630:"OLD HOBART BUILDINGS BEING DEMOLISHED"
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16:Street in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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199:South Hobart, Tasmania
250:. The street forms a
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1051:Jordan River Bridge
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1454:-42.8809; 147.3342
1207:Hobart city centre
1146:Highways in Hobart
1046:Bridgewater Bridge
441:(now apartments).
232:Hobart City Centre
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1372:Elwick Road
1215:Latitudinal
1200:, Australia
1192:Streets of
970:Algona Road
962:Major roads
695:26 December
670:3 September
663:The Mercury
642:3 September
635:The Mercury
615:26 December
591:26 December
566:26 December
538:25 December
328:In 1938, a
287:version of
226:is a major
205:Location(s)
193:Huon Road /
1437:42°52′51″S
514:References
285:Australian
1392:Main Road
1096:Proposals
386:Huonville
378:Sandy Bay
374:Salamanca
1467:Category
1198:Tasmania
822:Highways
752:30 April
718:Tasmania
497:See also
439:exchange
382:Kingston
349:Sheraton
344:trucks.
338:Vauxhall
334:Art Deco
290:Monopoly
244:Governor
236:Tasmania
185:West end
122:East end
30:Tasmania
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474:Gallery
436:Telstra
422:), the
342:Bedford
297:History
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211:Region
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71:Length
66:Street
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356:Route
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697:2013
672:2022
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