Davey Street a major one way street passing through the outskirts of the Hobart City Centre in

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, Australia. Davey street is named after Thomas Davey, the first

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. The street forms a

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with nearby Macquarie Street connecting traffic from the Southern Outlet in the south with traffic from the

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to the east and the

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to the north of the city. With

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of 37,200, the road is one of the busier streets in Hobart. The Public Buildings in the street can be dated back to the 1840s. It also was regularly photographed in the nineteenth century. Davey Street is featured as a property in the

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History

Historically the Sullivan's Cove area of Davey Street was a significantly quieter stretch of road, greatly utilised by shipping activities as part of the former Wapping district. Throughout the 1800s, Several smaller factory buildings facing Davey Street were operated by the

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and merchants A. G. Webster & Son. The Hobart Electric Tram Company utilised land with Campbell Street and Davey Street frontage for their tram depot workshop, commencing 1893. The depot then housed the city's trolleybuses from 1935 and from 1955 operated as the original headquarters for

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. The main section of the tram terminus was located directly opposite on Macquarie Street and its original offices, store and entrance arches all remain, with the latter being incorporated into newly built structures. In 1938, a General Motors dealership called Nettlefolds was constructed along Hunter Street, intersecting with Davey Street. The dealership contained a large

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commercial building containing a corner tower and neon signage. The site housed a General Motors showroom, bodyworks and service centre specialising in

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and

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trucks. Prior to the construction of the Hotel Grand Chancellor in the 1980s, Davey Street commenced at Hunter Street. Part of the Sheraton masterplan saw Davey Street extended and connected with the newly created Brooker Highway (formally Lower Park Street). This route alteration completely changed the way transit operated in the city, with Davey Street now functioning as one of the city's central transit thoroughfares.

Route

Davey street commences close to the historic Royal Engineers Building at an intersection with the

, the

and Macquarie Street. It is four-lane for almost all of its length, providing access to

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, Sandy Bay and the Southern Outlet to Kingston and

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. Sections of Davey Street's alignment are on reclaimed land on the edge of

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and Victoria Dock at Sullivan's Cove. It borders two of the city's largest urban parks — Franklin Square and St David's Park. Prominent buildings in the street include the

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, Hobart City Council Centre, the Executive Building (which houses the Department of Premier and Cabinet), the

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, Federation Concert Hall, the

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, and the former Davey St

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(now apartments).

Proposed bypass

The current

system between Macquarie Street and Davey Street was first proposed with the publication of the Hobart's Transportation study in 1965. At the time the couplet system was intended to be a stop gap measure before the then proposed Northside Freeway could be completed. However the proposed freeway was seen as controversial and abandoned. Since the completion of the couplet in 1987, there has been no alternative route between the Southern outlet and the other major arterial roads in Hobart. There has since been several design proposals for a tunnel under the city ranging from

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proposals under Davey/Macquarie Streets to large scale bored tunnels running from the Southern Outlet through to the

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Gallery

Davey Street, Hobart, Tasmania 1940s.jpg, Prior to the development of the

, Davey Street commenced at Hunter Street

References

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History

Route

Proposed bypass

Gallery

See also

References