Length:

131 km

Termini:

Eastern: Bass Hwy (NH1), Mount St (B18 and unnumbered), Burnie

Western: Arthur River Rd (C214) and Comeback Rd (C215), Marrawah

Miscellaneous:

Continues as Bass Highway (NH1), Burnie

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Burnie, Cooee, Ocean Vista, Camdale, Somerset, Wynyard, Boat Harbour, Sisters Creek, Montumana, Rocky Cape, Detention, Hellyer, Edgecombe Beach, Crayfish Creek, Port Latta, Cowrie Point, Black River, Wiltshire, Smithton, Broadmeadows, Christmas Hills, Brittons Swamp, Redpa, and Marrawah

Current: A2

Former: 2

Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹

A0249

General Information:

A2 is an east-west route linking the city of Burnie with smaller towns to the west. The route is named after explorer George Bass, an English surgeon and sailor who confirmed that Van Dieman's Land (now Tasmania) was separated by a body of water from the rest of Australia, by sailing along the strait and returning via the southern coast of the island. ²

For quite a length of the route it generally follows the coast, before heading inland towards the western end. The route services mostly commercial, residential and rural areas.

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Marrawah to Burnie

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Rocky Cape approaching Pollards Rd, 2008.

Image © Jamie Scuglia

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Stanley approaching Stanley Hwy (B21) and Mengha Rd (C219), 2008.

Image © Jamie Scuglia

Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Stanley, 2008.

Image © Jamie Scuglia

Burnie to Marrawah

Eastern Terminus:

Looking westbound from Mount Street Burnie. October 2007.

Image © Peter Renshaw

Eastern Terminus:

Looking northbound on Mount Street in Burnie. October 2007.

Image © Peter Renshaw

Intersection Directional Sign Assembly:

ID signs facing traffic of West Park Grove in Parklands. October 2007.

Image © Peter Renshaw