Great North Road, Auckland

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]

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

History

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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

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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

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  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.