Ten Mile Track


C407 fingerboard with Upper Brid Rd (C405) leading into the distance at the junction with Tasman Highway (A3), 9km southwest of Scottsdale. Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.

Introduced: 1980

Length: 11km

Western Terminus: Tasman Highway (A3) & Ten Mile Track (C407), Tonganah

Eastern Terminus: Tasman Highway (A3) & Upper Brid Rd (C407), 9km southwest of Scottsdale

Route taken: Upper Brid Rd, Ten Mile Track

Focal Points: None

Responsibility: Local Government

C407 is an 11km long, mostly sealed loop from the Tasman Highway (A3) to the south of Scottsdale. It serves an area of rich farming land in the Great Forrester River valley. Although several kilometres shorter than Tasman Highway, it's low standard alignment means it is generally not used as a bypass of Scottsdale.

Photos of route C407

C407 fingerboard with Upper Brid Rd (C405) leading into the distance at the junction with Tasman Highway (A3), 9km southwest of Scottsdale. There are no A3 fingerboards or AD signs at this intersection.
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.
Upper Brid Rd (C407) looking north to the junction with Tasman Highway (A3). Note the absence of any A3 fingerboards.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

Upper Brid Rd (C407) looking south towards the junction with Ten Mile Track (C407), 200m south of Tasman Highway (A3). C407 makes a left turn here, however there are fingerboard signs to guide traffic.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

View of the Upper Brid Rd (C407) & Ten Mile Track (C407) intersection, 250m south of Tasman Highway (A3). The only signage at this intersection is comprised of difficult-to-read wooden fingerboards denoting the road names.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

Ten Mile Track (C407) looking west towards the junction with Upper Brid Rd (C407).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Ten Mile Track (C407) looking east as it skirts around the first of two lagoons, 650m east of Tasman Highway (A3).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

Ten Mile Track (C407) looking northeast as it skirts around the second of two lagoons, 1.2km east of Tasman Highway (A3).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

Ten Mile Track (C407) looking northeast, 1.5km east of Tasman Highway (A3).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

Typical Tasmanian windbreak in winter - looking east towards Roma Rd, 3.3km east of Tasman Highway (A3).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

Fingerboard signs at the western junction of Ten Mile Track (C407) & South Springfield Rd (C406), 4km east of Tasman Highway (A3). C406 has a short (~50m) duplex along Ten Mile Track at this dog-leg junction.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

Fngerboard sign assembly at the eastern junction of Ten Mile Track (C407) & South Springfield Rd (C406), with the short duplex in the background.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Ten Mile Track (C407) looking east, 500m east of South Springfield Rd (C406).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Ten Mile Track (C407) looking west at the small timber bridge over an unnamed tributary of Great Forrester River, 1.8km east of South Springfield Rd (C406).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Ten Mile Track (C407) looking west approximately 2.2km east of South Springfield Rd (C406).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Ten Mile Track (C407) looking southwest approximately 2.3km east of South Springfield Rd (C406).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Ten Mile Track (C407) looking northeast just beyond the start of the gravel surface, 2.5km east of South Springfield Rd (C406).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Ten Mile Track (C407) looking south, 2km south of Tonganah. The bridge crosses Great Forrester River.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Ten Mile Track (C407) looking north, 1.7km south of Tonganah.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Ten Mile Track (C407) looking north into Tonganah. The sealed surface returns.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Ten Mile Track (C407) looking south from Tasman Highway (A3) at Tonganah. Tonganah is home to a large timber mill and associated industrial area.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

Top: Fingerboard sign assembly at the intersection of Tasman Highway (A3) & Ten Mile Track (C407), Tonganah. Note the absence of C407 fingerboards - up until recently there was no mention of C407 at Tonganah.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

Bottom: Replacement fingerboards at the intersection of Tasman Highway (A3) & Ten Mile Track (C407), Tonganah. Note the use of the road name as there are no focal destinations along C407.
Source: Sam Laybutt, March 2009.

AD sign southbound on Tasman Highway (A3) approaching the junction with Ten Mile Track (C407) at Tonganah. Note the new style AD sign showing the road name for routes without focal destinations.
Source: Sam Laybutt, March 2009.

Last updated 8 June 2009
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