State Highway 76 (New Zealand)

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
Country	New Zealand
Primary destinations	Christchurch
Highway system
New Zealand state highways Motorways and expressways List
← SH 75 → SH 77

State Highway 76 (SH 76) is a State Highway in New Zealand that forms part of the Christchurch Southern Motorway. 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.

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 an north-west direction at a 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph) limit until it terminates at SH 1 in Hornby.

Future

As part of the government's Roads of National Significance, stage 2 of the Christchurch Southern Motorway is awaiting funding which will extend the motorway from its current terminus to meet SH 1 further west, near the intersection of Robinsons Road.