Roads are closed across the state’s north as floods wreak havoc in Tasmania.
Tasmania Police have warned all motorists intending to travel, particularly in the north and north-west, to take note of road closures and driving conditions that “could deteriorate rapidly” as heavy falls continue rains
Reduced visibility with heavy rain will make road conditions hazardous Wednesday through Friday in parts of the Northwest Coast, North Central, Northeast and Central Highlands.
Water on the road
- Bass Highway, Doctors Rocks: Rising water in both directions
- Bass Highway, Burnie
- Bass Highway, Ocean Vista
- Beulah Road (parts)
- Dalrymple Road near the intersection of Industry Road
- East Tamar Highway, George Town (south of Tamar Power Station)
- Main Esk Road
- Greens Beach Road, Kelso, nearer the radio tower
- Highland Lakes Road between Little Lake Bay and Haulage Hill Roads
- Jeffries Road, Paradise
- Low Head Road, in the Caravan Park area. Rising water level, approach with care.
- Notley Gorge Road and Turkey Farm Road, Bridgenorth Road, raising the water level
- Oppenheims Road, Moriarty
- Sheffield Road, Barrington
- St Columba Falls, Road
- Paradise Road
- Pipers River Road, Karoola
- Poatina Road, Cramps Bay
Roads closed
- Bakers Beach Road, completely flooded in several areas.
- Browns Creek Road, Bakers Beach, flooded.
- Blackwood Creek Road
- Bogan Road
- Bracknell Road, Bracknell from Liffey Road.
- Bridport Road, Lefroy Road, Pipers River
- Bridle Track Road between Railton Road and Sheffield Road.
- Caveside Road, near junction with Pool Road and 1 km east of junction with Western Creek Road, waterlogged.
- Delantys Road, Biralee Road
- Dynans bridge road
- East Arm Road, direction Mount 7252
- Exton Road between Meander Valley and Ormanston Road
- Formby Street, Sheffield
- Frankford Road, significant water on the road between Barhams Road and Harford
- Vall d’Or road
- Industry Road, between Dalrymple Road and Troopers Track
- Isis Road, between Glen Connell and View Point Property
- Jones’ Road, Liffey
- Liffey Road, formerly Jones’ Road
- Lees Bridge, Cressy
- Lobster Creek Road, West Ulverstone
- Lower Beullah Road (entire road)
- Lochner Road, Latrobe
- Mole Creek Main Road, Lobster Creek Bridge, Sassafras Creek Bridge
- Main Street, Sheffield, flooding between Kermode Street and Torquay Street, traffic diverted along Kermode and Formby streets.
- Macquarie Road, between Delmont Road and Lake River Road
- Marshalls Bridge Road, junction with Gunns Plains Road
- Mount Arthur Road, Paterson
- Mount Hicks Road – Dudfields Road, Mount Hicks
- Mt Elephant Road, Grey
- Myrtle Bank Road, Myrtle Bank
- Nook Road at the intersection of West Nook Road.
- Newhaven Road, Mawbanna between Mawbanna Road and Montumana Road
- Old Bass Highway, from Wynyard Round-A-Bout to Mt Hicks Road
- Pecks Hill Road, Paterson
- Pitts Lane, Bracknell
- Poatina Road, between Saundridge Road and Cressy Road Poatina
- Rookery Road, Loire Between Browns Road and Crawfords Road underwater
- Targa Hill Road, Paterson
- Quamby Road, between Ormanston Road and Bogan Road
- River Road, Latrobe
- Roesdale Road, Bicheno
- Saundridge Road, between Cress and Poatina Road
- Shale road
- Smarts Hill Road, Wynyard, end of Deep Creek Road
- South Rhiana Road, intersection with Gunns Plains Road – water over Hobbs Bridge
- Soldiers Settlement Road between Old Aerodrome Road and Beechford
- Second River Road between Golconda Road and Tip Road
- Tasman Highway, Springfield between Sidling and Whish-Wilson Road
- West Nook Road, Sheffield near Aitken Creek
Updated Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 12:41 p.m