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Te Awamutu, Ōtorohanga, Te Kūiti, New Plymouth, Whanganui, Palmerston North. 489.1. 6 km of the route through the Manawatū Gorge has been closed since 2017 due to landslips and is temporarily replaced by the route over the Saddle Road. The new highway through the gorge is estimated to open in 2024.
The New Zealand state highway network is the major national highway network in New Zealand. Nearly 100 roads in the North and South Islands are state highways. All state highways are administered by the NZ Transport Agency . The highways were originally designated using a two-tier system, national (SH 1 to 8) and provincial, with national ...
This is a list of motorways and expressways in New Zealand, including some proposed and under construction.There are currently 446 km of motorways and expressways in New Zealand. 19 km are currently under construction, with a further 53 km expected to be completed by 2029, at which time a total of 516 km of motorway and expressway is expected.
These link to 82,000 km (51,000 mi) of local authority roads, both paved and unpaved. The state highways carry 50% of all New Zealand road traffic, with the motorways alone carrying 9% of all traffic (even though they represent only 3% of the whole state highway network, and even less of the whole road network). [8] [9]
State Highway 1 (New Zealand) 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 ...
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.
State Highway 20 ( SH 20 ), also known as the Southwestern Motorway, is a New Zealand state highway linking State Highway 1 at Manukau with State Highway 16 in Point Chevalier, via Māngere and Onehunga. Along with its spurs, State Highway 20A and 20B, the state highway serves Auckland Airport, the country's largest, therefore making SH 20 a ...
List. ← SH 34. → SH 36. State Highway 35 ( SH 35) is a New Zealand state highway on the East Coast of the North Island. It is the main highway that services the East Cape of New Zealand as well as many other rural towns such as Hicks Bay, Ruatoria, Tolaga Bay, and the city of Gisborne . SH 35 is the longest two-digit state highway at 334 ...