Bass Highway
Length	263 km
General direction	East - West
From	Launceston, Tasmania
Major settlements	Deloraine, Devonport, Ulverstone, Burnie, Stanley, Smithton
To	Marrawah, Tasmania
Major Junctions	Murchison Highway, Lake Highway

The Bass Highway is a highway in Tasmania, Australia. It is a part of the National Highway, designated as National Highway 1 and connects the major cities across the north of the state - Burnie, Devonport and Launceston. Image File history File links Australian_National_Route_1. ... km redirects here. ... Launceston is a small city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia, population approximately 103,000, located at the juncture of the North Esk, South Esk, and Tamar rivers. ... Deloraine is a town on the Meander River, in the central north of Tasmania, Australia. ... Devonport City Council shown in green in map of Tasmania Devonport is a city in the north-west of Tasmania, Australia, at the mouth of the Mersey River. ... Ulverstone is a town on the northwest coast of Tasmania, Australia. ... Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, originally settled in 1827 as Emu Bay. ... Stanley is a town on on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. ... Smithton is a town in the far north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. ... Murchison Highway This highway runs from the West Coast to Burnie, and was not made until the 1960s. ... The Lake Highway runs branches off of the Midlands Highway at Melton Mowbray in Southern tasmania and continues for 148 kilometres, with Bothwell being the main town of any size on route and terminating at Deloraine. ... Highway in Pennsylvania, USA The Pan-American Highway, in the Peruvian town of Máncora, where it serves as the main street. ... Capital Hobart Government Const. ... Australias National Highway The National Highway is a system of roads connecting all the States and Territories of Australia, and is the major network of highways connecting Australias largest and most important cities. ... Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, originally settled in 1827 as Emu Bay. ... Devonport City Council shown in green in map of Tasmania Devonport is a city in the north-west of Tasmania, Australia, at the mouth of the Mersey River. ... Launceston is a small city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia, population approximately 103,000, located at the juncture of the North Esk, South Esk, and Tamar rivers. ...

The route of the highway originally passed through the localities which are now known as:

• Launceston
• Prospect and other Launceston suburbs
• Hadspen
• Carrick
• Hagley
• Westbury
• Exton
• Deloraine
• Elizabeth Town
• Sassafras
• Latrobe
• Devonport
• Forth
• Ulverstone
• Penguin
• Burnie
• Somerset

From here, the highway ceases to be part of the National Highway, but continues as the Bass Highway through the following towns: Launceston is a small city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia, population approximately 103,000, located at the juncture of the North Esk, South Esk, and Tamar rivers. ... Carrick is a small town in Northern Tasmania about 18 km from Launceston it is situated on the Liffey River. ... Westbury is a town in the central north of Tasmania, Australia. ... Deloraine is a town on the Meander River, in the central north of Tasmania, Australia. ... Elizabeth Town is a town in Meander Valley, Tasmania. ... There is also a Latrobe, Pennsylvania. ... Devonport City Council shown in green in map of Tasmania Devonport is a city in the north-west of Tasmania, Australia, at the mouth of the Mersey River. ... Forth is a small village, located in North West Tasmania on the Forth River, 13 km west of Devonport and 111 km northwest of Launceston via the Bass Highway. ... Ulverstone is a town on the northwest coast of Tasmania, Australia. ... Penguin is a town in the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. ... Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, originally settled in 1827 as Emu Bay. ... Somerset is a town just outside Burnie, Tasmania, Australia. ...

• Wynyard
• Stanley
• Smithton
• Marrawah

As part of the National Highway, there have been many on-going changes to the highway. Wynyard is a rural town on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. ... Stanley is a town on on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. ... Smithton is a town in the far north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. ...

At the same time as the southern outlet in Launceston was built in the 1980s (connecting to the Midland Highway), the Bass Highway was extended to connect directly onto the new segment of highway. Since that time, almost the entire length of the highway has been re-aligned to allow for dual carriageway, overtaking lanes, and the bypass of small towns. The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... Bypass routes are a type of bannered highway usually used when the main route of the highway goes through a town and an alternate route of the same highway goes around the highway. ...

Along the Launceston-Deloraine corridor, this had included Carrick and Hadspen in the 1980s and Deloraine in the early 1990s. The longest stretch of highway, the Hagley-Westbury bypass, was completed in 2001. The response from residents of the small towns effected has not been popular, but the 'old' highway, now known as the Meander Valley Highway, is promoted as a tourist route. Tourists at Oahu island, Hawaii Tourism is the act of travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes, and also refers to the provision of services in support of this act. ...

The Latrobe-Somerset corridor has had a similar re-alignment. The response has been different to the Launceston-Deloraine route, as the highway is more of a commuter highway than a tourist highway, and as such the local economy does not rely on passing tourists. Commuting is the process of travelling from a place of residence to a place of work. ...

The Bass Highway is, like Bass Strait, named for explorer George Bass. Bass Strait (IPA /bæs/) is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland (Victoria in particular). ... George Bass George Bass, British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia (1771 – unknown, post 1803), was born at Aswarby, a hamlet near Sleaford Lincolnshire and was educated at Boston Grammar School. ...

See also

• Highways in Australia
• List of highways in Tasmania