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State Highway 1 (SH 1) is the longest and most significant road in the New Zealand road network, running the length of both main islands.It appears on road maps as SH 1 and on road signs as a white number 1 on a red shield, but it has the official designations SH 1N in the North Island, SH 1S in the South Island.
SH 1N is used in official documentation, SH 1 is used on maps and signs. The Interislander ferry connects State Highway 1N and State Highway 1S between Wellington and Picton. SH 1 at Taupiri: SH 1 at Cambridge: Gordonton: 41.9 Forms an eastern bypass of Hamilton. Route currently incomplete due to closure of the Holland Road level crossing in ...
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 way and at-grade access.
SH 1/Twin Coast Discovery Highway concurrency begins. Originally the start of SH 1. The highway north of here was SH 1F. Kaitaia: 112: 70: Twin Coast Discovery Highway (South Road) – Town Centre, Ahipara: SH 1/Twin Coast Discovery Highway concurrency ends: Ōkaihau: 184: 114: SH 15 south (Te Pua Road) – Kaikohe, Maungatapere: Ōhaeawai: 190 ...
New Zealand's state highway system is a nationwide network of roads covering the North Island and the South Island. As of 2006, just under 100 roads have a "State Highway" designation. The NZ Transport Agency administers them. The speed limit for most state highways is 100 km/h, with reductions when one passes through a densely populated area.
The expressway operates only in the territorial area of the Kapiti District Council. As part of a state highway (SH1) the controlling authority for the expressway is Waka Kotahi - New Zealand Transport Agency When the second section was officially opened, tangata whenua gifted the name Te Ara Tuku a Te Rauparaha.
The first section of the Southern Motorway opened on 16 July 1953, between Ellerslie-Panmure Highway (Exit 435) and Mount Wellington Highway (Exit 438). It was quickly extended southwards in 1955 to Redoubt Road to provide a higher-capacity and faster alternative to Great South Road between Ellerslie and Wiri.
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]