Great North Road, Auckland

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Great North Road in New Lynn
Great North Road, Auckland
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]

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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 boardSuburbjctDestinations
Waitemata Grey Lynn NZ road sign W10-4.svg Ponsonby Road – Ponsonby
Karangahape Road – City Centre
Newton Road – Newmarket
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Bond Street – Mount Roskill
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Tuarangi Rd
Williamson Avenue – Ponsonby
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Surrey Crescent
Western Springs NZ road sign W10-4.svg Stadium Road – Western Springs Stadium
State Highway 16 NZ.svg SH 16 east ( Northwestern Motorway ) – Auckland
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Saint Lukes Road – Mount Albert, Remuera
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Motions Road
Albert-Eden
Point Chevalier NZ road sign W10-4.svg Kiwi Road
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Carrington Road – Mount Albert, Mount Wellington
Point Chevalier Road – Point Chevalier
Waterview NZ road sign W10-4.svg State Highway 16 NZ.svg SH 16 east ( Northwestern Motorway ) – Auckland
NZ road sign W10-4.svg State Highway 16 NZ.svg SH 16 west ( Northwestern Motorway )Helensville
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Alford Street
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Blockhouse Bay Road – Blockhouse Bay
Whau / Waitakere Ranges Avondale
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Henry Street
Victor Street
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Ash Street – New Lynn
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Rosebank Road
New Zealand road sign W11-1.svg Saint Jude Street – Mount Albert
Saint Georges Road – Blockhouse Bay
Wingate Street
New Lynn NZ road sign W10-4.svg Portage Road
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Veronica Street
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Memorial Drive
Delta Avenue
NZ road sign W10-4.svg McCrae Way
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Clark Street
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Titirangi Road – Titirangi
Rata Street – Avondale
Glen Eden NZ road sign W10-4.svg West Coast Road – Glen Eden, Piha
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Archibald Road
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Brandon Road
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Glenview Road – Glen Eden
Sabulite Road
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Hepburn Road
Henderson-Massey Glendene
NZ road sign W10-4.svg View Road
Felgrove Street
New Zealand road sign W11-1.svg Norcross Ave
Te Atatu Road – Te Atatū South
Henderson
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Edsel Street
Edmonton Road – Waitakere Hospital, Te Atatū South
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Railside Avenue
Ratanui Street
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Henderson Valley Road – Waitakere Central
Alderman Drive – Te Atatū South
NZ road sign W10-4.svg Mount Lebanon Lane
Swanson Road – Ranui, Swanson
Lincoln Road – Waitakere Hospital, Helensville ( State Highway 16 NZ.svg )
Buscomb Avenue

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