Zeehan Highway

The Zeehan Highway is a road in Western Tasmania linking Queenstown and Zeehan.
The highway departs from Queenstown on higher ground at Howards Plains, where it also connects with the Queenstown to Strahan road. North of Queenstown it provides access to the Lake Margaret Power Station and Anthony Road. It crosses the Dundas, Henty, and Yolande rivers.
Although proposals for the road were raised as early as 1910, planning began in the 1930s, following the completion of the Lyell Highway.
The highway was not completed until the 1960s. Until that time the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company transported copper from Queenstown by the Mount Lyell railway to Strahan for shipping. After completion, the highway formed part of the route used by trucks hauling copper ore from the Queenstown mine to Melba Flats between 1962 and 1994.
The Zeehan Highway also serves as an alternative route between Strahan and Zeehan if the Zeehan to Strahan road is closed.