New Zealand State Highway 76

State Highway 76
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length: 17.8 km (11.1 mi)
Major junctions
East end: SH 74/Christchurch–Lyttelton Motorway near Christchurch
West end: SH 1 at Hornby, Christchurch
Location
Primary
destinations:		 Christchurch
Highway system
← SH 75SH 77 →

State Highway 76 (SH 76) is a state highway in Christchurch, New Zealand. This highway was gazetted in 2012 after stage 1 of the Christchurch Southern Motorway was completed. Beforehand, much of SH 76 was part of SH 73 and included the former two-lane Christchurch Arterial Motorway, which was upgraded to four lanes. SH 76 includes the entire length of the Christchurch Southern Motorway and forms the most direct route from the south of Christchurch to the city centre and Lyttelton.

Route

The highway currently begins at a grade separated intersection with SH 74 on the northern approach to the Lyttelton road tunnel. It travels east to west through suburban Christchurch via Port Hills Road, Opawa Road and Brougham Street. This section of road used to be part of SH 73 and the speed limit is mostly 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph). At the western end of Brougham Street at the Collins Street/Simeon Street lights, the Christchurch Southern Motorway commences. The speed limit here is 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph). Midway up the motorway is the Curletts Road interchange, a major interchange where two state highways commence: SH 75 to Akaroa via Banks Peninsula and SH 73 to the West Coast via Arthur's Pass.

The motorway continues west until it reaches Halswell Junction Road where it ends at a roundabout intersection. SH 76 then continues in a north-west direction at a 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph) limit until it terminates at SH 1 in Islington, just west of Hornby.[1]

Major intersections

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Territorial authority Location km jct Destinations Notes
Christchurch City Ferrymead 0 SH 74 south (Christchurch-Lyttelton Motorway)
Lyttelton 		SH 76 begins
Access to/from SH 74 southbound via Scruttons Road
SH 74 north (Christchurch-Lyttelton Motorway)
Woolston, Linwood
Waltham 3 SH 74A (Garlands Road) – Woolston, New Brighton SH 76/Christchurch Ring Road concurrency begins
4 Ensors Road
Opawa Road
Waltham Road – St Martins, City Centre
Burlington Street – Spreydon
Gasson Street – City Centre
Sydenham Colombo Street – Beckenham, Cashmere, City Centre
Durham Street
Strickland Street – Beckenham
Antigua Street – City Centre
Selwyn Street
8 Barrington Street – Addington, Cashmere Christchurch Southern Motorway begins
Middleton 11 SH 75 (Curletts Road) – Halswell, Akaroa SH 76/Christchurch Ring Road concurrency ends
SH 73 (Curletts Road) – Upper Riccarton, Airport, West Coast
Hornby South 15 Halswell Junction Road – Halswell Christchurch Southern Motorway ends
Springs Road – Prebbleton, Lincoln, Sockburn
Shands Road – Leeston, Hornby, Picton
Islington 18 SH 1 south (Main South Road)– Rolleston, Ashburton, Timaru
SH 1 north (Main South Road) – Hornby, Airport, Belfast 		SH 76 ends

Future

As part of the government's Roads of National Significance, stage 2 of the Christchurch Southern Motorway is due to commence construction in October 2016. This will extend SH 76 to terminate with SH 1 further west near the intersection of Robinsons Road.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ State Highway 76 on Google Maps
  2. ↑ "Christchurch Southern Corridor; NZ Transport Agency". Nzta.govt.nz.
  3. ↑ "$435 million investment in Christchurch’s transport network". Nzta.govt.nz. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.


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