New Zealand State Highways

State Highway 6 sign
between Nelson and Havelock

SH 1 sign at Cape Reinga

The combined rail and road bridge at Seddon was in operation until October 2007; Since then, State Highway 1 has been using a newly built two-lane bridge here.

The New Zealand State Highways , in brief: State Highway ( dt .: state long-distance or highway), are major roads or highways of national significance in New Zealand . They connect all parts of the North and South Island with one another via a network . The New Zealand State Highway 1, on the other hand, is the only state highway that connects the two main islands.

Type of road construction

As of August 2016, 94 roads in New Zealand with a total length of almost 11,000 kilometers were designated as State Highway . The quality of their expansion ranges from one lane in each direction of travel, to three lanes in sections for overtaking purposes, to expansion on multi-lane motorways, as can be found in the Christchurch , Dunedin area and especially in the greater Auckland and Wellington area. There they are comparable to European motorways or North American highways . In rural or mountainous areas in particular on the South Island, it is not uncommon for the state highways to only be run in one lane when crossing rivers over the bridges. The right of way rules must be observed here in particular. The speed limit on the state highways is usually 100 km / h, within built-up areas 70 km / h or 80 km / h and in built-up areas 50 km / h. All state highways now have an asphalt paved road surface.

All state highways are marked as such and are provided with numbers according to the principle of order nationwide, supraregional and regional. The name SH 1 stands for State Highway 1 , which connects the two main islands and extends from the northernmost tip of the North Island to the southernmost end of the South Island. The following single-digit names of the highways indicate that they each represent an important north-south and / or east-west connection within their island. The two-digit numbered roads usually indicate important cross-connections and the routes, which are also provided with a letter, represent smaller connecting pieces of the higher-level highways .

All state highways are managed and maintained by the state-owned New Zealand Transport Agency .

State Highways markings

There are red triangle-like signs on the side edges of the State Highways with the street number written in white (the provincial streets have the numbers on a blue background). These symbols can also be found on signs and New Zealand road maps usually follow this designation. At irregular intervals there are markings that indicate the distance from the beginning of the road on the roadside. Similar markings can also be found on all road bridges. On the two-part white signs on the bridges, the red symbols of the state highways can be found in the upper area and under the designation " Bridge " a unique ordinal number that was assigned to the bridge and through which it can be identified on the state highways .

Originally, the State Highway system was divided into national and provincial roads, with the national roads being of higher standard and better funding. Today, however, all state highways are national roads. The actual national highways can still be recognized by the single-digit numbering ( State Highway 1–8, State Highway 9 does not exist). The road network consists of State Highway 1, which runs across New Zealand from north to south, and State Highways 2-5 and 10-59 on the North Island and State Highways 6-8 and 60-99 on the South Island.

Single lane bridges

One -lane bridges are characteristic of New Zealand . In numerous places where the low volume of traffic justified this, river bridges were only built with one lane due to cost reasons. The traffic control is then carried out either by giving way signs or, less often, by light signals.

As one of the longest single-lane bridges, the 713 m long bridge can be seen on the New Zealand State Highway 6 over the Haast River . Without traffic lights, it has two escape points along the bridge, which the drivers must use to communicate. Nevertheless, a right of way regulation regulates the preferred access to the bridge.

history

After the end of World War II , the roads in New Zealand were in extremely poor condition, as the war had prevented major investments in road construction and maintenance. Initial measures meant that an approximately 5 km long section between Wellington and Johnsonville was declared a motorway in 1950 and the entire route between Wellington and Auckland was now paved in 1954 .

In 1954, the National Roads Board (NRB) was established with the task of promoting road construction across the country and supporting local road administrations on site. In the decades that followed, several reorganizations and responsibilities for road construction followed, until finally Land Transport New Zealand emerged from the Land Transport Safety Authority and Transfund in 2004, and this organization in 2008 together with Transit New Zealand , which at the time was the state Highways managed to become the New Zealand Transport Agency . As of August 2005, New Zealand had a network of state highways in the country that stretches over 10,894.4 km, 5,972.5 km of it on the North Island and 4,921.9 km of it on the South Island. At the time, this network maintained connections to around 80,000 km of local roads in all parts of the country.

Trivia

The busiest section of State Highways was in 2004, the New Zealand State Highway 1 is part of Auckland Harbor Bridge with nearly 162,000 vehicles daily. The least frequented section was that of New Zealand State Highway 43 north of Whangamomona with 130 vehicles daily, therefore also known as the Forgotten World Highway in New Zealand.

List of state highways

Short	Surname	location	Course (from - to)	Length km
	State Highway 1	-	North Island : Cape Reinga - Waitiki Landing - Kaitaia - Whangarei - Wellsford - Warkworth - Auckland - Hamilton - Cambridge - Taupo - Turangi - "Desert Road" - Levin - Wellington - Wellington International Airport Cook Strait : Interislander South Island : Picton - Blenheim - Kaikoura - Christchurch - Ashburton - Timaru - Oamaru - Palmerston - Dunedin - Milton - Balclutha - Gore - Invercargill - Stirling Point (one kilometer south of Bluff )	2022.0
	State Highway 1B	North island	Taupiri - Gordonton - Cambridge	41.2
	State Highway 2	North island	From SH 1 junction Pokeno - Paeroa - Waihi - Tauranga - Whakatāne - Gisborne - Napier - Hastings - Woodville - Masterton - Upper Hutt - Lower Hutt - Cross Ngauranga	964.0
	State Highway 3	North island	Hamilton - New Plymouth - Wanganui - Palmerston North - Woodville	492.0
	State Highway 3A	North island	between Bell Block and Waitara - Inglewood	15.5
	State Highway 4	North island	11 kilometers south of Te Kuiti - Taumarunui - Raetihi - Wanganui	242.0
	State Highway 5	North island	Tirau - Rotorua - Taupo - west of the confluence of the Esk River in the Pacific Ocean	267.0
	State Highway 6	South island	Blenheim - Nelson - Westport - Greymouth - Hokitika - Wanaka - Queenstown - Invercargill	1099.0
	State Highway 6A	South island	Frankton - Queenstown	7.0
	State Highway 7	South island	Waipara - Greymouth	276.0
	State Highway 7A	South island	Waiau Bridge - Hanmer Springs	9.0
	State Highway 8	South island	Timaru - Twizel - Cromwell - Alexandra - Milton	537.0
	State Highway 8A	South island	Tarras - Luggate	21.0
	State Highway 8B	South island	Deadman's Point - Cromwell	3.0
	State Highway 10	North island	Awanui - Pakaraka	106.0
	State Highway 11	North island	Paihia - Kawakawa	16.0
	State Highway 12	North island	79 kilometers south of Kaitaia - Kaikohe - Dargaville - 28 kilometers north of Wellsford	223.0
	State Highway 14	North island	Whangarei - Dargaville	58.0
	State Highway 15A	North island	Whangarei - Whangarei Harbor	4.0
	State Highway 16	North island	Auckland Harbor - Helensville - Wellsford	105.0
	State Highway 17	North island	Albany - Kaukapakapa	25.0
	State Highway 18	North island	Cross Upper Harbor Highway - Massey	15.0
	State Highway 20	North island	Hillsborough - Cross Manukau City	20.0
	State Highway 20A	North island	Cross Walmsley Road - Auckland Airport	8.0
	State Highway 20B	North island	Cross Puhinui Road - Auckland Airport	3.0
	State Highway 21	North island	Hamilton	6.0
	State Highway 22	North island	Drury - Pukekohe	16.0
	State Highway 23	North island	Hamilton raglan	48.0
	State Highway 24	North island	Matamata - Te Poi	12.0
	State Highway 25	North island	Mangatarata - Thames - Coromandel - Whitianga - Whangamata - Waihi	240.0
	State Highway 25A	North island	Thames - Pauanui	22.0
	State Highway 26	North island	Thames - Paeroa - Te Aroha - Morrinsville - Hamilton	102.0
	State Highway 27	North island	Junction Pokeno - Matamata - Tirau	98.0
	State Highway 28	North island	Putaruru - Te Poi	21.0
	State Highway 29	North island	Piarere / Jct. SH1 - Kaimai Range - Tauranga - Mount Maunganui	78.0
	State Highway 30	North island	Te Kuiti - Mangakino - Rotorua - Whakatāne	231.0
	State Highway 30A	North island	(two kilometers): Rotorua	2.0
	State Highway 31	North island	Otorohanga - Kawhia Harbor	55.0
	State Highway 32	North island	Tokoroa - Kuratau junction	95.0
	State Highway 33	North island	Te Puke - Te Ngae	28
	State Highway 34	North island	Edgecumbe - Kawerau	22.0
	State Highway 35	North island	Opotiki - Te Araroa - Gisborne	321.0
	State Highway 36	North island	Rotorua - Tauranga	81.0
	State Highway 37	North island	Hangatiki - Waitomo Caves	8.0
	State Highway 38	North island	Mount Moungakakaramea (Rainbow Mountain) - Murupara - Beginning of Te Urewera National Park : Lake Waikaremoana - Wairoa	180.0
	State Highway 39	North island	Ngaruawahia - Otorohanga	80.0
	State Highway 40	North island	Ahititi - Ohura - Maungaturoto	90.0
	State Highway 41	North island	Manunui - Turangi	59.0
	State Highway 43 "Forgotten World Highway"	North island	Stratford - Taumarunui	155.0
	State Highway 44	North island	New Plymouth - Port Taranaki	4.0
	State Highway 45 "The Surf Highway"	North island	New Plymouth - Opunake - Hawera	105.0
	State Highway 46	North island	Papakai - Rangipo	19.0
	State Highway 47	North island	National Park - Turangi	46.0
	State Highway 48	North island	nine kilometers northeast of the village National Park - Iwikau Village	7.0
	State Highway 49	North island	Junction Tohunga - Ohakune - Waiouru	36.0
	State Highway 49A	North island	Ohakune - Horopito	9.0
	State Highway 50	North island	Napier - Takapau	73.0
	State Highway 52	North island	Waipukurau - Pongaroa - Masterton	215.0
	State Highway 53	North island	Featherston - Martinborough	18.0
	State Highway 54	North island	Vinegar Hill - Feilding - Palmerston North	54.0
	State Highway 56	North island	Palmerston North - Makerua	26.0
	State Highway 57	North island	Manawatu Gorge - Shannon - Levin	67.0
	State Highway 57A	North island	Manawatu Gorge - Palmerston North	17.0
	State Highway 58	North island	Porirua - Haywards	15.0
	State Highway 60	South island	Collingwood - Motueka - Takaka - Richmond	117.0
	State Highway 61	South island	Motueka - Kohatu junction	58.0
	State Highway 63	South island	Renwick - Kawatiri junction	117.0
	State Highway 65	South island	11 kilometers west of Murchinson - Springs junction	72.0
	State Highway 67	South island	Westport - Summerlea	54.0
	State Highway 67A	South island	Westport - Cape Foulwind	10.0
	State Highway 69	South island	Junction Inangahua Junction - Reefton	34.0
	State Highway 70	South island	Kaikoura Waiau - Red Post junction	97.0
	State Highway 71	South island	Kaiapoi - Rangiora	9.0
	State Highway 73	South island	Junction Kumara - Christchurch	235.0
	State Highway 73A	South island	Christchurch - Blenheim	6.0
	State Highway 74	South island	Belfast - Lyttelton	26.0
	State Highway 74A	South island	Christchurch - Palinurus / Dyers	3.0
	State Highway 75	South island	Christchurch - Akaroa	90.0
	State Highway 77	South island	Darfield - Methven - Ashburton	95.0
	State Highway 79	South island	Rangitata - Geraldine - Fairlie	60.0
	State Highway 80	South island	Lake Pukaki - Aoraki / Mount Cook	55.0
	State Highway 82	South island	Hook - Waimate - Kurow	71.0
	State Highway 83	South island	Omarama Kurow - Pukeuri junction	110.0
	State Highway 84	South island	Wanaka	3.0
	State Highway 85 "The Pigroot"	South island	Alexandra - Ranfurly - Palmerston	157.0
	State Highway 86	South island	Allanton - Dunedin Airport	5.0
	State Highway 87	South island	Mosgiel - Middlemarch - Kokonga	114.0
	State Highway 88	South island	Dunedin - Port Chalmers	13.0
	State Highway 90	South island	Junction Raes - Tapanui - Gore	67.0
	State Highway 94	South island	Gore - Lumsden - Te Anau - Milford	272.0
	State Highway 95	South island	Te Anau - Manapouri	21.0
	State Highway 96	South island	Clifden - Winton - Mataura	136.0
	State Highway 98	South island	Lorneville - Dacre	24.0
	State Highway 99	South island	Lorneville - Riverton - Tuatapere - Te Anau	90.0

Web links

• Homepage . New Zealand Transport Agency,accessed April 13, 2020. 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 6 Road infrastructure . (PDF; 243 kB) In: Tourism Infrastructure . Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment , August 2016, p. 56 , accessed on April 13, 2020 .  
2. ^ ^{A b} Carl Walrond : Roads - Centralized road funding . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , March 1, 2016, accessed April 13, 2020 .