Great North Road, Auckland

Great North Road

Great North Road in New Lynn
Location	Auckland
Coordinates	36°54′32″S174°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.