Auckland Northern Motorway

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Northern Motorway
Auckland's Northern Motorway looking out over Auckland City
State Highway Number State Highway 1A
State Highway 1
Length 32 km
20 miles
Direction North - South
Start Orewa
Grand Drive
Primary destinations Orewa, Silverdale, Albany, Takapuna, Auckland City,
End Auckland City
Auckland Southern Motorway
Construction dates 1959 - 2009
State Highways joined Exit 398
State Highway 1
State Highway 17
Exit 412
State Highway 17
Exit 414
State Highway 18

The Northern Motorway, part of SH 1 for most of its length, is the major northern route out of Auckland in New Zealand.

32 km in length with 14 junctions (including termini), it runs from Orewa, north of Auckland, passing through rural areas until Albany, through the suburbs of North Shore, over the Auckland Harbour Bridge to the Central Motorway Junction in downtown Auckland.

It is currently being extended (with an automated toll road) to join SH 1 near Puhoi, bypassing several urban coastal areas and decreasing travel times. This project is known as ALPURT B2. The extension is proposed to be completed by 2009. The motorway will remain untolled as far as Orewa.

[edit] Interchanges

Territorial authority Location Exit Destinations Notes
From 2009 terminates onto State Highway 1 at Puhoi
Rodney District Puhoi 388 Waiwera (present SH 1) Opens late 2009. Southbound exit and northbound entrance.
Orewa 394 Grand Drive, Orewa Opens late 2009.
Currently terminates onto SH 1A Grand Drive at Orewa
Rodney District Silverdale 398 SH 1/SH 17
Silverdale		 State Highway 1 exits here. Motorway north of here is State Highway 1A.
North Shore City Albany North 410 Oteha Valley Road
Rosedale 412 SH 17 Greville Road
Albany
Meadowood 414 SH 18 Upper Harbour Highway
Forrest Hill 417 Tristram Ave
Northcote 419 Northcote Road
Akoranga 420 Esmonde Road
Northcote 421 Onewa Road Entrance northbound and southbound. Exit northbound only. Southbound exit closed till 2009 due to upgrade.
422 Stafford Road Northbound exit only
Auckland Harbour Bridge
Auckland City St Mary's Bay 423 Shelly Beach Road Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Auckland CBD 424 Fanshawe Street Southbound exit and northbound entrance
425 Cook Street Southbound exit only
Terminates onto Auckland Southern Motorway at Central Motorway Junction
The Northern Motorway near the Takapuna off-ramp
The Northern Motorway near the Takapuna off-ramp

[edit] See also

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List of motorways and expressways in New Zealand
Auckland
Rest of North Island
South Island
Christchurch Northern Motorway • Christchurch-Lyttleton Motorway • Dunedin Northern Motorway • Dunedin Southern Motorway
Past Motorways/Expressways
Wanganui Metropolitan Motorway • Christchurch Southern Arterial Motorway
Future Motorways/Expressways
Major infrastructure