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State Highway 6 (SH 6) is a major New Zealand state highway.It extends from the Marlborough region in the northeastern corner of the South Island across the top of the island, then down the length of the island, initially along the West Coast and then across the Southern Alps through inland Otago and finally across the Southland Plains to the island's south coast.
A plaque marked 237/14.12, for example, indicated that the bridge was 14.12 km (9 mi) past a set distance post, that post being 237 km (147 mi) from the start of the highway. In about 2004 these plaques were replaced by a new system, which gives each bridge a single number showing the distance from the start of the highway in hundreds of metres.
SH 1 north – Temuka, Christchurch SH 1 south – Timaru, Dunedin: SH 8 begins: Mackenzie District: Fairlie: 57: 35: SH 79 – Geraldine, Christchurch: Burkes Pass: 83: 52: Burkes Pass 706 m (2,316 ft) Lake Pukaki: 146: 91: SH 80 – Glentanner, Aoraki / Mount Cook: Waitaki District: Omarama: 185: 115: SH 83 – Kurow, Oamaru: Waitaki District ...
Christchurch City: Woolston: 22.0 (Ferry Road) – Woolston, City Centre SH 74 north (Dyers Road) (Ferry Road) – Sumner: Christchurch-Lyttelton Motorway (Tunnel Road) begins 22.1: Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River Bridge: Heathcote: 24.3: SH 76 (Port Hills Road) – Heathcote, Opawa, City Centre: Southbound entrance and exit using Scruttons Road 26.0
Christchurch (/ ˈ k r aɪ s. tʃ ɜːr tʃ / ⓘ; Māori: Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island and the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand. [a] Christchurch has an urban population of 415,100, and a metropolitan population of over half a million.
Christchurch International Airport, located in Harewood on the northwest outskirts of Christchurch, is the region's main airport. Regular flights operate from Christchurch to most major centres in New Zealand, as well as Australia, the Pacific Islands and eastern Asia.
Employing horse, steam or electric power, they operated in most cases until the 1950s when improved buses saw most of the tracks scrapped. Urban tram operations, built from scratch as tourist attractions, have more recently been restarted in Christchurch (1995) Auckland (2011), and Wanganui (2013). See Trams in New Zealand.
This is a list of railway stations in the Christchurch region of New Zealand.It includes both those still in service and those that have been closed. Included are stations on the following lines: Eyreton Branch, Little River Branch, Main North Line out to Rangiora, Main South Line out to Burnham, Midland Line out to Springfield, Oxford Branch, Southbridge Branch, Whitecliffs Branch.