Springfield to South Springfield


AD sign eastbound on Tasman Highway (A3) approaching South Springfield Rd (C406) at Springfield. Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.

Introduced: 1980

Length: 7km

Northern Terminus: Tasman Highway (A3) & South Springfield Rd (C406), Springfield

Southern Terminus: South Springfield Rd (C406) & Diddluem Rd, South Springfield

Route taken: South Springfield Rd, Ten Mile Track, South Springfield Rd

Focal Points: Springfield, South Springfield

Responsibility: Local Government

C406 is an 8km long, sealed spur route in north-eastern Tasmania, linking the Tasman Highway (A3) at Springfield with the tiny hamlet of South Springfield. The route includes a very short (~50m long), poorly signed duplex with C407 (Ten Mile Track), 2km south of Springfield.

Perusal of a map of the area will show that Diddleum Rd - a Forestry Tasmania road - appears to be a logical extension of C406 to link with C405 (Camden Hill Rd/Camden Rd) near Tayene. Early plans for alpha-numeric route marking in Tasmania included this section of C406, however it had been deleted from the scheme by the time the first public map was released in 1981.

Photos of route C406

AD sign eastbound on Tasman Highway (A3) approaching South Springfield Rd (C406) at Springfield.
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.
AD sign westbound on Tasman Highway (A3) approaching South Springfield Rd (C406) at Springfield.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

Fingerboard sign assembly at the intersection of Tasman Highway (A3) & South Springfield Rd (C406), Springfield.
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.

South Springfield Rd (C406) looking south, 1km south of Springfield.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

South Springfield Rd (C406) looking south to the dog-leg junction with Ten Mile Track (C407), 2km south of Springfield.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Fingerboard sign assembly at the western junction of Ten Mile Track (C407) & South Springfield Rd (C406), 2km south of Springfield. Note the absence of any guidance to motorists trying to follow C406 - it makes a left turn at this junction.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

Fingerboard sign assembly at the eastern junction of Ten Mile Track (C407) & South Springfield Rd (C406) with the short duplex in the background. Note the absence of any guidance to motorists trying to follow C406 - northbound traffic needs to make a left turn at this junction.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

South Springfield Rd (C406) looking south, 1km south of Ten Mile Track (C407).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
South Springfield Rd (C406) looking south with Mt Scott in the background, 1.5km south of Ten Mile Track (C407).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

South Springfield Rd (C406) does a large dog-leg following property boundaries en route to South Springfield - this view is looking east from the first 90 degree bend at Chance Rd, 2.5km south of Ten Mile Track (C407).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
South Springfield Rd (C406) looking east to the small timber bridge over South Forrester River then the right-angle bend towards South Springfield, 3km south of ten Mile Track (C407).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
South Springfield Rd (C406) looking south at the hamlet of South Springfield. The route ends where the gravel surface begins and South Springfield Rd becomes Diddleum Rd. Under early plans for alpha-numeric route marking, C406 would have continued south for 14km to meet Camden Hill Rd (C405).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

Last updated 7 June 2009
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