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The Northern Motorway between the Auckland Harbour Bridge and the then Fanshawe Street terminus in May 1960. Photo by Denis Wilford. The first section of the Northern Motorway opened on 30 May 1959, in conjunction with the opening of the Auckland Harbour Bridge. The motorway totalled 7.4 km, from Northcote Road to Fanshawe Street.
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.
Twin Coast Discovery Highway – Auckland (via Waiwera) Formerly SH 17. Toll-free route south SH 1/Twin Coast Discovery Highway concurrency ends SH 1 becomes Auckland Northern Motorway: 389: 242: Johnstone's Hill Tunnels: Orewa: 393: 244: Toll point: Silverdale: 398: 247: 398 (Hibiscus Coast Highway) Formerly SH 17. Toll-free route north ...
Auckland's first motorway was a 3.2 kilometre section of the Southern Motorway, between Penrose and Mt Wellington, that was opened in 1953. [32] By 2017 there was over 220 km of motorways in Auckland, carrying over 900,000 trips per day [33] on the following routes: Northern Motorway (State Highway 1 between the Auckland city centre and Puhoi).
State Highway 18 (SH 18), also known as the Upper Harbour Motorway, is a state highway that runs between the Auckland Northern Motorway (SH 1) on the North Shore and the Northwestern Motorway (SH 16) in West Auckland, New Zealand. SH 18 forms the northern part of the Western Ring Route, which continues from Waitakere south-east to Manukau.
The Auckland Northern Motorway section between Silverdale and Orewa now designated as SH 1, remainder of the route was revoked in 2009 due to further extension of the motorway to Puhoi. 1F: SH 1 and SH 10 at Awanui Cape Reinga: 103 Became part of an extended SH 1. 2A: SH 2 at Tauranga: SH 29A at Maungatapu 3.8 Revoked in August 2015 [6] 2B
The Auckland Harbour Bridge is an eight-lane motorway bridge over the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand. It joins St Marys Bay on the Auckland city side with Northcote on the North Shore side. It is part of State Highway 1 and the Auckland Northern Motorway. The bridge is operated by the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA). [3]
Construction of motorways and expressways has diverted the route of State Highway 1 in many places. The opening of the Auckland Harbour Bridge and the Auckland Northern Motorway between Northcote Road and Fanshawe Street in May 1959 saw State Highway 1 diverted from its former route around the Waitematā Harbour. Northern extensions of the ...