Pecks Hill Road


AD sign eastbound on Frankford Main Rd (B71) approaching the junction with Priestleys Ln (C714), 2km east of Frankford. Source: Peter Renshaw, June 2007.

Introduced: 1980

Length: 3km

Eastern Terminus: Tasman Highway (A3) & Pecks Hill Rd (C829), 3km south of Targa

Western Terminus: Patersonia Rd (C827) & Pecks Hill Rd (C829), 2km north of Patersonia

Route taken: Pecks Hill Rd

Focal Points: 'To A3', (Patersonia)

Responsibility: Local Government

C829 is an unsealed rural connector route - running southeast to northwest and linking Tasman Highway (A3) with Patersonia Rd (C827). It is generally unremarkable, other than the unusual wooden signpost used to denote the route at its junction with Tasman Highway.

Photos of route C829

AD sign northbound on Tasman Highway (A3) approaching the junction with Pecks Hill Rd (C829). Prior to the installation of this sign as part of highway upgrading works in 2008, there were no AD signs on approach to this junction.
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2008.

AD sign southbound on Tasman Highway (A3) approaching the junction with Pecks Hill Rd (C829), showing the northern extent of highway upgrading works.
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2008.

Top: Unusual wooden sign denoting Pecks Hill Rd and including reference to C829. Prior to the installation of new fingerboard signage in 2008, this was the only reference to C829 at this junction.
Source: Peter Renshaw, March 2008.

Bottom: Unusual wooden sign with brand new fingerboard at the junction of Tasman Highway (A3) & Pecks Hill Rd (C829).
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2008.

A3 fingerboard sign assembly at the intersection of Tasman Highway (A3) & Pecks Hill Rd (C829), 3km south of Targa.
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2008.
Pecks Hill Rd (C829) looking southeast between the Tasman Highway (A3) and the St Patricks River bridge.
Source: Peter Renshaw, March 2008.
Pecks Hill Rd (C829) looking northwest across St Patricks River, 600m west of Tasman Highway (A3).
Source: Peter Renshaw, March 2008.
Pecks Hill Rd (C829) looking northwest from St Patricks Lane as it snakes it way across Pecks Hill.
Source: Peter Renshaw, March 2008.
Pecks Hill Rd (C829) looking west with the back of Mt Arthur in view, 1.5km east of Patersonia Rd (C827).
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.

Pecks Hill Rd (C829) looking west to the junction with Patersonia Rd (C827) at the bottom of the hill.
Source: Peter Renshaw, March 2008.

C829 fingerboard sign at the junction of Patersonia Rd (C827) & Pecks Hill Rd (C829), 2km north of Patersonia.
Source: Peter Renshaw, March 2008.
C827 fingerboard sign assembly at the intersection of Patersonia Rd (C827) & Pecks Hill Rd (C829), 2km north of Patersonia.
Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.

Last updated 19 June 2009
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