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360:– A proposed extension of the Northern Motorway from Pineacres to just north of Woodend. It would pass to the east of Woodend and to the west of Pegasus and would carry about 80 percent of the current 14,000 vehicles travelling through Woodend. The existing section of motorway between the Lineside Road interchange and Pineacres would be duplicated to four lanes. NZTA is currently seeking a designation for its preferred route. It is expected to be built in the next 10–15 years (reviewed periodically).
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337:. An off-road cycleway was also completed between QEII Drive and Belfast Road. A contract was awarded in August 2016 for the $ 240 million motorway extension project. Construction commenced in October 2016 with the new section of motorway opening in December 2020. This extended the length of the motorway to approximately 16.5 km. Cranford Street was upgraded to four lanes from the new motorway terminus to the Innes Road intersection as a
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Christchurch Master Transportation Plan, but was designed to link into these plans further to the south. Plans for extending the motorway towards the city were scaled back in 1975 so that the Christchurch Northern Motorway would terminate at the northern edge of the CBD at Bealey Avenue. In the mid-1990s, the motorway designation through St Albans was removed, with the planned extension now terminating at
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Elizabeth II Drive where it becomes SH 74. The motorway continues north for several kilometres to the east of Northcote, Redwood, Northwood, and Belfast. Prestons and Radcliffe roads pass over the motorway, and there is a half diamond interchange (south facing) at Belfast Road. This section of the motorway is called the Christchurch Northern Corridor.
269:. This short section of the motorway is six lanes wide to the Tram Road interchange, and the bridge incorporates cycling and walking connections. The motorway then runs to the west of Kaiapoi with interchanges at Chaneys (with Main North Road), Tram Road, Ohoka Road, and Lineside Road, the last providing access to Rangiora via
366:– Subject to funding, improvements to the Pineacres intersection, at the northern end of the motorway, will be looked at when the Lineside Road Interchange project is complete. This work is likely to include the widening of the existing road and the construction of islands at the intersection to improve lane separation.
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Christchurch Northern Motorway was extended from Chaneys interchange to an interchange at QEII Drive, with a local road continuing on to Cranford Street at Innes Road. This bypassed Main North Road through Belfast, Northwood, Redwood and Northcote to terminate at QEII Drive with a full
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The first section of the
Northern Motorway opened on 17 October 1967. The initial section ran from Main North Road at Dickeys Road to Tram Road, with northbound lanes continuing as far as Neeves Road. The section from Tram Road to Pineacres, bypassing Kaiapoi, opened on 17 December 1970. This was not
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Christchurch Northern Motorway begins in the suburb of St Albans at a roundabout intersection with Cranford Street, approximately six kilometres north of the Christchurch Central City. The initial one kilometre section links to the official start of the motorway at a full diamond interchange with
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and becomes SH 1. There are also connections to and from Main North Road at the southern end of the interchange (facing south only), and a single southbound off ramp at the northern end of the interchange. This section of the motorway incorporates a southbound peak hours only T2 transit lane.
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Waltham. Significant on and off ramp complexes were planned where the motorway passed through the Central City, and a large three-way interchange with flyovers was planned in Waltham to connect with the Christchurch Southern Motorway and to a planned expressway to Opawa.
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is four-lane divided except for the two-lane undivided section between the
Lineside Road/Smith Street interchange and the northern terminus. The motorway forms part of SH 1. The southern end of the motorway is being extended to QEII Drive in the Christchurch suburb of
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Projected congestion issues saw late changes to the motorway project, including the implementation of a T2 Transit lane southbound on the inner motorway lane, and changes to local roads in St Albans to discourage rat running, and encourage public transport uptake.
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Lineside Road interchange, the motorway reduces to just two lanes (one in each direction) and is undivided for the last 3 km of its length. The motorway officially ends at Pineacres, where it intersects with Main North Road again.
325:. A direct link between the Western Belfast bypass and Christchurch Northern Motorway was constructed at Chaneys, allowing north–south traffic not bound for the city to bypass the busy Main North Road. This project was completed in late 2017.
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Lineside Road interchange, to increase motorway accessibility north from Kaiapoi and relieve the dangerous Pineacres intersection, was completed in 2014.
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Full interchange (Northbound entrance using Cosgrove Road)
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should be presented in a properly formatted junction table.
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838:List of motorways and expressways in New Zealand
684:"New Northern Motorway on-and-off ramps opened"
289:Looking north from the Ohoka Road Interchange.
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397:for information on how to create one. Please
754:. Christchurch City Council. Archived from
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198:is the main northern route into and out of
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644:"Northern Motorway Will Open Today"
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364:Pineacres Intersection Improvements
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652:. 17 October 1967. pp. 20–21.
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781:"Woodend Corridor Improvements"
459:(Williams Street) – Pineacres,
1041:Wanganui Metropolitan Motorway
1036:New Plymouth Southern Motorway
983:Christchurch Southern Motorway
978:Christchurch Northern Motorway
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330:Roads of National Significance
299:Christchurch Southern Motorway
196:Christchurch Northern Motorway
33:Christchurch Northern Motorway
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1177:State Highway 1 (New Zealand)
993:Christchurch Western Corridor
895:Johnsonville–Porirua Motorway
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206:. The motorway forms part of
50:16 km (9.9 mi)
606:Dickeys Road – Coutts Island
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915:Transmission Gully Motorway
328:As part of the New Zealand
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172:New Zealand state highways
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1111:Central Motorway Junction
1092:Northern Busway, Auckland
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1126:Tauranga Harbour Bridge
1097:Auckland Harbour Bridge
1069:Second Harbour Crossing
317:Beginning in 2015, the
58:16 October 1967–present
998:Western Belfast Bypass
951:Hawke's Bay Expressway
941:Tamatea Arikinui Drive
879:Upper Harbour Motorway
583:Western Belfast Bypass
490:Smith Street – Kaiapoi
319:Western Belfast Bypass
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255:Western Belfast Bypass
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1131:Ngauranga Interchange
946:Tauranga Eastern Link
874:Southwestern Motorway
864:Northwestern Motorway
421:Territorial authority
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271:State Highway 71
212:State Highway 74
100:State Highway 71
73:State Highway 74
1102:Victoria Park Tunnel
1087:Upper Harbour Bridge
1007:Rest of South Island
924:Rest of North Island
438:Waimakariri District
399:improve this article
323:Belfast, New Zealand
208:State Highway 1
69:State Highway 1
785:NZ Transport Agency
510:Tram Road – Ohoka,
335:diamond interchange
95:Major intersections
931:Waikato Expressway
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795:24 November
603:City Centre
401:if you can.
210:(SH 1) and
204:New Zealand
135:New Zealand
1161:Categories
888:Wellington
618:References
558:SH 74
483:SH 71
736:10 August
669:The Press
649:The Press
579:SH 1
541:Marshland
452:SH 1
441:Pineacres
219:St Albans
214:(SH 74).
153:St Albans
116:St Albans
63:Component
852:Auckland
711:10 March
487:Rangiora
424:Location
239:Mairehau
126:Location
65:highways
1106:Viaduct
1064:Penlink
690:22 June
599:Belfast
581:south (
568:Belfast
534:Chaneys
472:Kaiapoi
461:Kaiapoi
281:History
231:Kaiapoi
227:Belfast
223:Woodend
149:Belfast
145:Kaiapoi
131:Country
88:Woodend
55:Existed
762:2 July
512:Oxford
456:Picton
433:Notes
349:Future
229:, and
47:Length
1078:Major
521:327.0
245:Route
1104:and
797:2016
764:2013
738:2016
713:2019
692:2017
194:The
185:List
84:From
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