Beauty Point Bypass

Large AD sign facing northbound traffic at the southern terminus of C720 - the intersection of West Tamar Highway (A7) & Yorktown Rd (C720) in Beaconsfield. Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.

Introduced: 1980

Length: 5km

Northern Terminus: Kelso Rd (A7) & West Arm Rd (A7) & Yorktown Rd (C720), 6km north of Beaconsfield

Southern Terminus: West Tamar Highway (A7) & Yorktown Rd (C720), Beaconsfield

Route taken: Yorktown Rd

Focal Points: Beaconsfield, Greens Beach

Responsibility: Local Government

Route C720 is a short connecting route in northern Tasmania, providing a bypass of Beauty Point (through which the A7 passes via a convoluted 12km route) for through traffic between Beaconsfield and points further north. As Peter Renshaw puts it - C720 is the hypotenuse of the triangle.

Route C720 is fully sealed and constructed to a higher standard than the A7 between the two points. I suggest the importance of Beauty Point as the focal point of the West Tamar Highway is the principle reason for C720 not being numbered as the A7.

Photos of route C720
	AD sign northbound on West Tamar Highway (A7) approaching the junction with Yorktown Rd (C720) in Beaconsfield. Note that the 'JCN 250m' legend was added locally when the wrong sign was delivered, according to Peter Renshaw. Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.
	Looking north at the junction of West Tamar Highway (A7) and Yorktown Rd (C720) in Beaconsfield. Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
	Large AD sign facing northbound traffic at the southern terminus of C720 - the intersection of West Tamar Highway (A7) & Yorktown Rd (C720) in Beaconsfield. Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.
	Fingerboard signs at the junction of West Tamar Highway (A7) & Yorktown Rd (C720) in Beaconsfield. Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
	Yorktown Rd (C720) looking south towards West Tamar Highway (A7) in Beaconsfield. Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
	Yorktown Rd (C720) looking north in Beaconsfield - the junction with C715 (Holwell Rd) is just around the corner. Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
	Yorktown Rd (C720) looking north towards the junction with Holwell Rd (C715) in Beaconsfield. Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
	Just north of its split from the West Tamar Highway, C720 (Yorktown Rd) meets C715 (Holwell Rd). These fingerboard signs face northbound traffic and incorrectly show C720 to the right towards Beauty Point - they should show say C715. Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
	Fingerboard signs facing eastbound C715 traffic at the junction of Holwell Rd (C715) & Yorktown Rd (C720), Beaconsfield. Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.
	Fingerboard signs facing westbound C715 traffic at the junction of Holwell Rd (C715) & Yorktown Rd (C720), Beaconsfield. Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
	Southbound view of the Holwell Rd (C715) & Yorktown Rd (C720) intersection, Beaconsfield. Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
	Yorktown Rd (C720) looking south into Beaconsfield. Note the old style locality sign. Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
	Yorktown Rd (C720) looking north from Beaconsfield. Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
	Yorktown Rd (C720) looking north through a short curving section, about 1.5km south of Kelso Rd/West Arm Rd (A7). Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
	Yorktown Rd (C720) northbound approaching the northern junction with A7 (West Arm Rd), 6km north of Beaconsfield. Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.
	Fingerboard signs at the northern terminus of C720 - junction of Kelso Rd (A7), West Arm Rd (A7) & Yorktown Rd (C720). Note that the left-pointing fingerboard sign should actually show C720, not A7. Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2007.
	AD sign southbound on Kelso Rd (A7) approaching the junction with West Arm Rd (A7) & Yorktown Rd (C720). Note there is no mention of C720 as a through route/shortcut. Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.