State Highway 71 (New Zealand)

State Highway 71
State Highway 71
Route information
	Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length	6.4 km (4.0 mi)
Major junctions
South end	SH 1 (Christchurch Northern Motorway) at Kaiapoi
North end	Rangiora
Location
Country	New Zealand
Highway system
	New Zealand state highways; Motorways and expressways; List;

State Highway 71 (SH 71) is a New Zealand state highway connecting Kaiapoi/Christchurch with Rangiora.

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The highway was declared in 1992^[1] after State Highway 72, the highway which serviced inland parts of Canterbury, was revoked (along with a number of other highways).^[2] SH 71 provided a southern connection to Rangiora from SH 1 in contrast to SH 72, which connected Rangiora to SH 1 from the east.

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For the entire length of the highway, SH 71 is known as Lineside Road and parallels both the Main North Line of the South Island Main Trunk Railway and a 66 kV transmission line (between Southbrook and Kaiapoi substations) for much of the length. SH 71 can be accessed via offramps coming off SH 1 (as the Christchurch Northern Motorway). Smith Street, coming from Kaiapoi, also flows onto SH 71. Initially a northbound only exit, southbound access was provided in 2014.^[3]

Just south of Rangiora the road crosses the railway line at-grade. SH 71 officially ends after the crossing but the road continues into Rangiora.^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Transit New Zealand Traffic Volumes 1991" (PDF). Transit New Zealand. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ "Transit New Zealand Traffic Volumes 1992" (PDF). Transit New Zealand. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ "SH1/SH71 (Lineside Road) Interchange Upgrade" (PDF). Nzta.govt.nz.
^ "Route of SH 71". Google Maps. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

External links[edit]

New Zealand Transport Agency

44°23′26″S 171°15′04″E / 44.390540°S 171.251244°E / -44.390540; 171.251244

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[1] "Transit New Zealand Traffic Volumes 1991" (PDF). Transit New Zealand. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

[2] "Transit New Zealand Traffic Volumes 1992" (PDF). Transit New Zealand. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

[3] "SH1/SH71 (Lineside Road) Interchange Upgrade" (PDF). Nzta.govt.nz.

[4] "Route of SH 71". Google Maps. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

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v t e New Zealand state highways
List of New Zealand state highways List of motorways and expressways in New Zealand
National	SH 1 (incl. SH 1B, SH 1C) SH 2 SH 3 (incl. SH 3A) SH 4 SH 5 SH 6 (incl. SH 6A) SH 7 (incl. SH 7A) SH 8 (incl. SH 8A, SH 8B)
North Island	SH 10 SH 11 SH 12 SH 14 SH 15 SH 16 SH 18 SH 20 (incl. SH 20A, SH 20B) SH 21 SH 22 SH 23 SH 24 SH 25 (incl. SH 25A) SH 26 SH 27 SH 28 SH 29 (incl. SH 29A) SH 30 (incl. SH 30A) SH 31 SH 32 SH 33 SH 34 SH 35 SH 36 SH 37 SH 38 SH 39 SH 41 SH 43 SH 44 SH 45 SH 46 SH 47 SH 48 SH 49 SH 50 SH 51 SH 53 SH 54 SH 56 SH 57 SH 58 SH 59
South Island	SH 60 SH 62 SH 63 SH 65 SH 67 (incl. SH 67A) SH 69 SH 71 SH 73 SH 74 (incl. SH 74A) SH 75 SH 76 SH 77 SH 78 SH 79 SH 80 SH 82 SH 83 SH 84 SH 85 SH 86 SH 87 SH 88 SH 90 SH 93 SH 94 SH 95 SH 96 SH 97 SH 98 SH 99
Former state highways	SH 1A SH 1F SH 2A SH 2B SH 15 SH 15A SH 17 SH 36 SH 40 SH 47A SH 49A SH 50A SH 52 SH 57A SH 61 SH 70 SH 72 SH 73A SH 89 SH 91 SH 92
Touring routes	Twin Coast Discovery Highway Thermal Explorer Highway Pacific Coast Highway Classic New Zealand Wine Trail Alpine Pacific Triangle Great Alpine Highway Foothills Scenic Route Inland Scenic Route Central Otago Touring Route Southern Scenic Route

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