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State Highway 16 (SH 16) is a New Zealand state highway linking central Auckland with Wellsford, via Auckland's Northwestern Motorway, Helensville and Kaukapakapa.It provides an alternative to SH 1 for traffic travelling between Auckland and parts of Northland from Wellsford northwards.
View looking north over Auckland's Southern Motorway from Bremner Road overbridge at Drury, Auckland. The Auckland Southern Motorway (also known as the Southern Motorway, and historically as the Auckland–Hamilton Motorway) is the major route south out of the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is part of State Highway 1.
Auckland's extensive tram network was removed in the 1950s, with the last line closing in late 1956. [17] [18] Although a series of ambitious rail schemes were proposed between the 1940s and 1970s, [19] the focus of transport improvements in Auckland shifted to developing an extensive motorway system.
The Auckland urban route network consists of strategic and primary arterial roads across the Auckland Region of New Zealand. Urban routes are signposted with white shields with black numbers and borders. To avoid conflict with state highway numbering, there are no urban routes numbered 1, 2, 16, 18, 20, or 22. [1]
The Auckland Comprehensive Transportation Study Review (1986) confirmed the Southwestern Motorway between Dominion Road and MÄngere was a top priority of the Auckland Regional Authority. [4] By 1987, the Papatoetoe Bypass was completed, linking Massey Road to the south, ending at a roundabout meeting Puhinui Road. [ 5 ]
Currently stretching from Auckland to south of Cambridge, [1] the first section of the highway was built in 1993. [2] Throughout its lifetime, it has undergone many upgrades to optimise traffic flow throughout the Waikato region, [ 1 ] including various bypasses of many towns in the region, culminating with Hamilton in 2022.
This is a list of motorways and expressways in New Zealand, including some proposed and under construction.There are currently 416 km of motorways and expressways in New Zealand. 19 km are currently under construction, with a further 170 km expected to be completed by 2034, at which time a total of 605 km of motorway and expressway is expected.
Transport in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, is defined by factors that include the shape of the Auckland isthmus (with its harbours [1] creating chokepoints and long distances for land transport), the suburban character of much of the urban area, a history (since World War II) of focusing investment on roading projects rather than public transport, [2] and high car-ownership rates.