Great North Road, Auckland

Great North Road
Great North Road in New Lynn
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LocationAuckland
Coordinates36°54′32″S 174°40′34″E / 36.909°S 174.676°E / -36.909; 174.676

Great North Road is a major thoroughfare in Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand. It runs from the fringe of the Auckland CBD to West Auckland. The road is the second longest in Auckland, after its counterpart, Great South Road, and is named after the Great North Road in Britain.[1] In the days before the Auckland Harbour Bridge, Northern Motorway and Northwestern Motorway were built, it was the main road route from central Auckland to the areas north of the Auckland isthmus. In the 1960s, it carried 25,000–30,000 vehicles a day.[2]

History

In c.1873 Great North Road was extended west into Henderson. In 1898 the road through Henderson was realigned and moved slightly.[3]

Major intersections

Local board Suburb jct Destinations
Waitemata Grey Lynn Ponsonby Road – Ponsonby
Karangahape Road – City Centre
Newton Road – Newmarket
Bond Street – Mount Roskill
Tuarangi Rd
Williamson Avenue – Ponsonby
Surrey Crescent
Western Springs Stadium Road – Western Springs Stadium
SH 16 east (Northwestern Motorway) – Auckland
Saint Lukes Road – Mount Albert, Remuera
Motions Road
Albert-Eden
Point Chevalier Kiwi Road
Carrington Road – Mount Albert, Mount Wellington
Point Chevalier Road – Point Chevalier
Waterview SH 16 east (Northwestern Motorway) – Auckland
SH 16 west (Northwestern Motorway) – Helensville
Alford Street
Blockhouse Bay Road – Blockhouse Bay
Whau / Waitakere Ranges Avondale
Henry Street
Victor Street
Ash Street – New Lynn
Rosebank Road
Saint Jude Street – Mount Albert
Saint Georges Road – Blockhouse Bay
Wingate Street
New Lynn Portage Road
Veronica Street
Memorial Drive
Delta Avenue
McCrae Way
Clark Street
Titirangi Road – Titirangi
Rata Street – Avondale
Glen Eden West Coast Road – Glen Eden, Piha
Archibald Road
Brandon Road
Glenview Road – Glen Eden
Sabulite Road
Hepburn Road
Henderson-Massey Glendene
View Road
Felgrove Street
Norcross Ave
Te Atatu Road – Te Atatū South
Henderson
Edsel Street
Edmonton Road – Waitakere Hospital, Te Atatū South
Railside Avenue
Ratanui Street
Henderson Valley Road – Waitakere Central
Alderman Drive – Te Atatū South
Mount Lebanon Lane
Swanson Road – Ranui, Swanson
Lincoln Road – Waitakere Hospital, Helensville ()
Buscomb Avenue

References

  1. ^ Donaghey, Sara (2009). "Remains of the Day". In Macdonald, Finlay; Kerr, Ruth (eds.). West: The History of Waitakere. Random House. p. 434. ISBN 9781869790080.
  2. ^ "Road engineering – traffic flow". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. 1966. Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
  3. ^ Key, Jean. "Falls Hotel" (PDF). Auckland Council. Retrieved 4 August 2024.


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