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The route of the highway originally passed through the localities which are now known as:
From here, the highway ceases to be part of the National Highway, but continues as the Bass Highway (A2) through the following towns:
As part of the National Highway, there have been many on-going changes to the highway.
At the same time as the southern outlet in Launceston was built in the 1980sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Events and trends (connecting to the Midlands HighwayThe Midlands Highway is a highway in Tasmania, Australia. It is a part of the National Highway, and runs through the Midlands of the state, connects the two largest cities, Hobart and Launceston. The first record of movement between the two centres was in), 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 bypassA bypass is a highway that avoids (passes by) a built-up area, town, or village, to allow through traffic to flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, and to improve road safety. In the Interstate highway sys of small towns.
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 ValleyThe Municipality of Meander Valley is a local government area of Tasmania. As its name suggests, it covers a large area of the Meander River in the central north of the state, which flows through the municipalities major centre of Deloraine. Smaller towns Highway, is promoted as a touristTourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. A tourist is someone who travels at least fifty miles from home, as defined by the World Tourism Organization (a United Nations body). route.
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.
The Bass Highway is, like Bass Strait, named for explorer George Bass.
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