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State Highway 73 (SH 73) is a major east-west South Island state highway in New Zealand connecting Christchurch on the east coast with Cass/Hokitika via the Southern Alps.It is mostly two lane, with some single-lane bridges north of Springfield but is mostly dual carriageway in Christchurch.
The Te Ahu a Turanga – Manawatū Tararua Highway is a 11-kilometre-long (7-mile), four-lane highway under construction connecting Ashhurst and Woodville over the Ruahine Range following the closure of the Manawatū Gorge road in 2017. Construction began in January 2021 and completion is scheduled for mid 2025. [1] [2]
Aerial view of the motorway between the junctions of SH1 and SH 73/75 Curletts Road. The Christchurch Southern Motorway begins in the suburb of Addington at the western end of Brougham Street (at the Collins Street intersection), which is a busy multi-lane road linking to the port at Lyttelton, just south of the Christchurch Central Business District (CBD) on SH 76.
At Palinurus Road, the concurrency with the Ring Road ends, but Dyers Road keeps going in a southerly direction until the Ferry Road roundabout. After the roundabout, the highway changes name to Tunnel Road and turns into the Christchurch-Lyttelton Motorway and passes through two interchanges before passing through the Lyttelton road tunnel .
Former railway station platform, Holmsley. The Burley to Brockenhurst road passes under the A35 through the platforms, using the former trackbed for some distance. However, remains of the platforms can be seen, and the station house survives as a restaurant at the road junction.
Lyttelton road tunnel: 28.8 Known as the Christchurch Northern Motorway until the Queen Elizabeth II Drive interchange and as the Christchurch–Lyttelton Motorway between the Ferry Road roundabout and Lyttelton. SH 76 at Brougham St / Garlands / Opawa Rds in Christchurch SH 74 at Palinurus / Dyers Rds in Christchurch 2.1
There were no injuries. Closure of the North Island Main Trunk line caused significant disruption to rail freight traffic. [30] 29 March 2019, Clinton – Three rear wagons of a freight train derailed on a crossing loop at Clinton. Excessive speed and driver distraction were found to be the main causes of the crash. [31]
The Lyttelton road tunnel runs through the Port Hills to connect the New Zealand city of Christchurch and its seaport, Lyttelton.It opened in on 27 February 1964 and carries just over 10,000 vehicles per day as part of State Highway 74.