Moriarty to Port Sorell

AD sign assembly on Frankford Main Rd (B71) westbound approaching Wrights Lane (C703), Moriarty. Source: Peter Renshaw, February 2008.

Introduced: 1980

Length: 5km

Northern Terminus: Port Sorell Main Rd (B74) & Wrights Ln (C703), Northdown

Southern Terminus: Frankford Main Rd (B71) & Wrights Ln (C703), Moriarty

Route taken: Wright Ln

Focal Points: Moriarty, (Port Sorell)

Responsibility: Local Government

C703 is a short north-south route on the northern coast of Tasmanian, linking the Frankford (B71) and Port Sorell (B74) Main Roads. It follows the recently sealed Wrights Lane for its entire length between Moriarty and Northdown. The route functions as one of a number of routes linking the Latrobe and Mersey valley areas with the Port Sorell district, although most traffic prefers to use C701 (Wesley Vale Rd).

C703, although fully sealed, is not of a high standard of construction, following long-established property boundaries and the contours of the rolling-to-hilly countryside.

Photos of route C703
	AD sign eastbound on Port Sorell Main Rd (B74) approaching the intersection with Wrights Ln (C703) at Northdown. Source: Peter Renshaw, February 2008.
	AD sign westbound on Port Sorell Main Rd (B74) approaching the intersection with Wrights Ln (C703) at Northdown. Source: Peter Renshaw, December 2008.
	Fingerboard sign assembly facing northbound traffic at the intersection of Port Sorell Main Rd (B74) & Wrights Ln (C703), Northdown. Source: Peter Renshaw, February 2008.
	Fingerboard sign pointing traffic south along Wrights Ln (C703) at the intersection of Port Sorell Main Rd (B74), Northdown. Source: Peter Renshaw, February 2008.
	Wrights Ln (C703) looking north to the intersection with Port Sorell Main Rd (B74) at Northdown. Note the recent realignment of the intersection approach, undertaken as part of a programme of safety improvements on Port Sorell Main Rd. Source: Peter Renshaw, March 2008.
	Wrights Ln (C703) looking south towards the first right-angle bend south of Port Sorell Main Rd (B74) This section of Wrights Ln follows long established property boundaries. Source: Peter Renshaw, February 2008.
	Wrights Ln (C703) looking east from the first right-angle bend, showing another tight bend in the distance. Source: Peter Renshaw, February 2008.
	Wrights Ln (C703) looking east as it turns to the south at the second right-angle bend, 1.5km south of Northdown. Source: Peter Renshaw, February 2008.
	Wrights Ln (C703) looking south from the second right angle bend on the southern flank of North Hill. Bakers Ln intersection is in the middle distance. Source: Peter Renshaw, February 2008.
	Wrights Ln (C703) looking north to Bakers Ln intersection, with the road rising up towards North Hill in the distance. Source: Peter Renshaw, February 2008.
	Wrights Ln (C703) looking north at the Miltons Rd intersection, 1.5km north of Moriarty. Source: Peter Renshaw, February 2008.
	Wrights Ln (C703) looking south from Miltons Rd towards Moriarty. Source: Peter Renshaw, February 2008.
	Wrights Ln (C703) looking south approximately 1km north of Moriarty. Source: Peter Renshaw, February 2008.
	Wrights Ln (C703) looking north approximately 500m north of Frankford Main Rd (B71) with Woodcote Hill in the distance. Source: Peter Renshaw, February 2008.
	Wrights Ln (C703) looking south on the final approach to Frankford Main Rd (B71) at Moriarty. Source: Peter Renshaw, February 2008.
	Old fingerboard sign assembly at the intersection of Frankford Main Rd (B71) & Wrights Ln (C703), Moriarty. This assembly was replaced in early 2008. Note the absence of a focal destination for C703 on these signs. Source: Peter Renshaw, August 2008.
	New fingerboard signs at the intersection of Frankford Main Rd (B71) & Wrights Ln (C703), Moriarty. Note how the fingerboards have been split up, as well as the addition of Port Sorell as a focal destination for C703. The B71 fingerboards were installed in early 2008, with the C703 signs following in March. Top photo : Peter Renshaw, February 2008. Bottom photo: Peter Renshaw, March 2008.
	AD sign assembly westbound on Frankford Main Rd (B71) approaching Wrights Ln (C703) at Moriarty. The junction with Moriarty Rd (C702) is located, as the signs suggest, 250m west of Wrights Ln. These signs were installed in March 2008 - previously there was only an AD sign for the C702 junction. Source: Peter Renshaw, March 2008.
	AD sign assembly eastbound on Frankford Main Rd (B71) approaching Wrights Ln (C703) at Moriarty. The junction with Moriarty Rd (C702) is located, as the signs suggest, 250m west of Wrights Ln. These signs were installed in March 2008 - previously there was only an AD sign for the C702 junction. Source: Peter Renshaw, March 2008.