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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.
Route currently incomplete due to closure of the Holland Road level crossing in April 2022. [1] SH 1 at Horsham Downs: SH 1 at Tamahere: Hamilton: 26 Formerly part of SH 1. SH 1 was rerouted onto the new Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway in July 2022. [2] SH 1 at Pōkeno (45 km south of Auckland) SH 1 at Ngauranga (5 km north of ...
Road maps usually number state highways in this fashion. Of the total state highway network, New Zealand currently has 363 km (226 mi) of motorways and expressways with grade-separated access and they carry ten percent of all New Zealand traffic. The majority of the state highway network is made up of single-carriageway roads with one lane each ...
State Highway 26 (SH 26) is a state highway in the North Island of New Zealand, linking Hamilton with the Coromandel Peninsula.It starts from the Waikato Expressway at Ruakura on the eastern outskirts of Hamilton and travels 96 kilometres to Kopu, 6 kilometres south of Thames.
An 1871 account of a coach journey from New Plymouth to Wellington described the very poor road round the coast via Ōpunake to Whanganui and the much better and well used road south from there. A government subsidy of £3,000 (2016 equivalent $400,000) [ 6 ] a year was being paid for the coach north of Whanganui.
The Waikato Expressway is a dual carriageway section of State Highway 1 (SH 1) in New Zealand's Waikato region. Constructed in stages, it forms part of the link between Auckland and Hamilton . Currently stretching from Auckland to south of Cambridge , [ 1 ] the first section of the highway was built in 1993. [ 2 ]
SH2 Wainui Road to Ōpōtiki: Road and roadside safety improvements are proposed from the outskirts of Ōhope, along Wainui Road and SH 2 to near Ōpōtiki. [ 18 ] Melling and Kennedy-Good Bridges and Interchanges : Improved interchanges are planned for the Melling and Kennedy-Good bridges over the Hutt River and the associated interchanges.
State Highway 38 (SH 38) is a road in the North Island of New Zealand that starts from SH 5 near Waiotapu, and ends at Wairoa, where it connects to SH 2. It is the shortest connection from the central North Island ( Rotorua ) to the East Coast ( Gisborne ), but it is not often used as such.