Great South Road, New Zealand

These days, long parts of Great South Road's length are urban or suburban.

The Great South Road was the northern section of the earliest highway between Auckland and Wellington, in the North Island of New Zealand. Construction of the Great South Road began in 1861 during the New Zealand Wars. The road was constructed by British Army troops, and provided a flow of supplies for the Waikato campaign.[1] Approximately 12,000 soldiers were involved in the construction over two years. After the wars, more peaceful uses predominated, and the road became the main social and commercial link to the growing agricultural areas south of Auckland.[2]

Much of the road between Newmarket and Drury is laid in concrete, up to 1 foot thick but is now covered with asphalt. Originally, the road was marked by milestones, but these are now all believed lost.[2] State Highway 1, with its superior engineering for speed, has largely superseded the Great South Road as a through route, but many parts of the road are still in use, particularly the urban sections.

The road begins[3] in the central Auckland suburb of Epsom, then passes through the suburbs of Greenlane, Penrose, Otahuhu, Papatoetoe, Manukau, Manurewa and Papakura. Leaving the urban sprawl, it heads south through Drury and Bombay, over the Bombay Hills, and follows the east bank of the Waikato River until crossing it at Ngaruawahia. A section of State Highway 3 through Ohaupo retains the road's southernmost extension.[4] Portage Road crosses it in Otahuhu.

Major intersections

Local Board Suburb km jct Destinations Notes
Albert-Eden Epsom 0.0 Manukau Road – Royal Oak, Onehunga
Alpers Avenue – City Centre
Broadway – Newmarket
St Marks Road
1.1 Market Road (east) – Remuera
Market Road (west) – Mount Eden
Greenlane 2.3 Green Lane East – Remuera
Green Lane West – Western Springs
2.7 Woodbine Avenue
2.8 Campbell Road – Royal Oak
Maungakiekie-Tamaki Ellerslie
2.9 Main Highway – Ellerslie
3.6 Rockfield Road
3.9 Central Park business park
Penrose 4.1 Ellerslie Panmure Highway – Ellerslie
4.8 Station Road East – Penrose
5.5 Penrose Road – Mount Wellington
6.4 South Eastern Highway – Mount Wellington, Pakuranga
Church Street – Onehunga, Royal Oak
6.6 Church Street East
7.1 Southdown Lane
Mount Wellington 7.5 Sylvia Park Road – Mount Wellington
7.9 Vestey Drive
8.8 Portage Road (east) – Mount Wellington
Portage Road (west) – Mangere, Manukau City
Mangere-Otahuhu Otahuhu
9.4 Albion Road
Huia Road
9.5 Princes Street
9.8 Avenue Road
Mason Avenue
10.1 Atkinson Avenue
High Street
10.8 Mangere Road – Mangere, Middlemore Hospital, Airport
Otara-Papatoetoe Papatoetoe 11.8 Bairds Road – Otara, MIT
13.0 Shirley Road
13.2 East Tamaki Road – Otara, East Tamaki
13.3 Kolmar Road
13.5 Sutton Crescent
13.9 Tui Road
St Georges Road
Manukau 15.4 Reagan Road
Puhinui Road – Airport
15.9 Ryan Place
16.1 Te Irirangi Drive – Howick
Cavendish Drive – Airport
16.2 Southpoint retail park
16.4 Ronwood Avenue
16.8 Redoubt Road
Manukau Station Road – Manukau City Centre
Former SH 20
17.0 Lakewood Court
Manurewa Wiri 17.2 from SH 1 (Southern Motorway)
18.0 Kerrs Road
Manurewa 18.8 Orams Road – Totara Heights
Browns Road – Homai
20.2 Hill Road
20.3 Station Road
20.6 Alfriston Road – Alfriston, Clevedon
Weymouth Road – Clendon, Homai
21.8 Mahia Road – Wattle Downs, Clendon
Papakura Takanini 22.3 SH 1 north (Southern Motorway) – Auckland
22.6 SH 1 south (Southern Motorway)Hamilton
23.0 Manuroa Road
Beaumaris Way
23.5 Taka Street
Walter Strevens Drive
24.2 Glenora Road
24.3 The Furlong
24.7 Walters Road
Inlet Road
Longford Park Drive
25.1 Waka Street
Papakura 26.1 Subway Road
26.3 O'Shannessey Street
26.4 Queen Street
26.5 Broadway
Elliot Street
26.9 Wood Street
27.1 Wellington Street
Opaheke 27.7 Settlement Road
Beach Road
Drury 31.4 Waihoehoe Road
Norrie Road
32.0 SH 1 south (Southern Motorway)Hamilton SH 22 begins
32.2 SH 1 north (Southern Motorway) – Auckland

See also

References

  1. Roads – Development (from Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 1966 Edition. Accessed 19 July 2008.)
  2. 1 2 "Newmarket Viaduct – Landscape & Urban Design Framework". Transit New Zealand. 7 November 2008. p. Section 5.3.
  3. North End: Great South Road, Epsom, Auckland (Google Maps, accessed 7 December 2010.)
  4. South End: Great South Road, Ohaupo, Waikato (Google Maps, accessed 7 December 2010.)

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Coordinates: 36°52′47″S 174°47′02″E / 36.87962°S 174.78394°E / -36.87962; 174.78394

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