Targa Hill Road

Fingerboard sign assembly at the junction of Targa Hill Rd (C828) & Myrtle Bank Rd at Myrtle Bank. Source: Peter Renshaw, June 2007.

Introduced: 1980

Length: 4km

Eastern Terminus: Tasman Highway (A3) & Targa Hill Rd (C828), Targa

Western Terminus: Patersonia Rd (C827) & Targa Hill Rd (C828), 2km west of Myrtle Bank

Route taken: Targa Hill Rd

Focal Points: Targa

Responsibility: Local Government

C828 is a short connecting route east of Launceston, running generally northwest to southeast and linking the Tasman Highway (A3) at Targa with the southern end of the enigmatic Lisle Road (C827). It is mostly unsealed.

Photos of route C828
	Fingerboard sign assembly facing C828 traffic at the junction of Tasman Highway (A3) & Targa Hill Rd (C828), Targa. Source: Peter Renshaw, June 2007.
	Unusual wooden sign denoting Targa Hill Rd (C828) at the junction with Tasman Highway (A3). Unlike the neighbouring C829, Council did not see fit to include reference to C828 on the sign, meaning that C828 is presently unmarked at its eastern end. Source: Peter Renshaw, June 2007.
	A short distance north of the Tasman Highway (A3), Targa Hill Rd (C828) crosses St Patricks River on this narrow concrete bridge. This view is looking south. Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2008.
	Targa Hill Rd (C828) looking south towards the bridge over St Patricks River with Mount Barrow as a backdrop. Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2008.
	Targa Hill Rd (C828) looking northwest as it skirts the base of Targa Hill. Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2008.
	Targa Hill Rd (C828) looking southeast as the route climbs/descends Targa Hill. Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2008.
	Targa Hill Rd (C828) looking west at the tiny hamlet of Myrtle Bank. Myrtle Bank Rd (aka Old Scottsdale Rd) joins on the right in the foreground. Source: Peter Renshaw, April 2008.
	Fingerboard sign assembly at the junction of Targa Hill Rd (C828) & Myrtle Bank Rd at Myrtle Bank. Note how the signs are not facing the side-road and are only visible to through traffic. Source: Peter Renshaw, June 2007.
	Targa Hill Rd (C828) looking southeast through the hamlet of Myrtle Bank. Source: Peter Renshaw, June 2007.
	Targa Hill Rd (C828) looking northwest on the descent from Myrtle Bank to Patersonia Rd (C827). Source: Peter Renshaw, June 2007.
	The junction of Patersonia Rd (C827) & Targa Hill Rd (C828) is an unusual triangle junction. This view shows the sign assemblies at the apex of the triangle, with the north and soluth branches in the background. Note the sign pointing to Nabowla. Source: Peter Renshaw, June 2007.
	Fingerboard sign facing southbound traffic on Patersonia Rd (C827) at the junction with Targa Hill Rd (C828). Note that Patersonia Rd (C827) continues to the right of the photo as the hypotenuse of the triangle. Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
	Fingerboard sign facing northbound traffic on Patersonia Rd (C827) showing the junction with Targa Hill Rd (C828). Source: Peter Renshaw, June 2007.