Great South Road, New Zealand

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Great South Road
Great South Road South Of Market Road.jpg
These days, long parts of Great South Road's length are urban or suburban
Great South Road, New Zealand
Length42.9 km (26.7 mi)
Location Auckland, New Zealand
North endBroadway/Manukau Road
South endMill Road

The Great South Road is a major arterial road on the Auckland isthmus and South Auckland. Originally the northern section of the earliest highway between Auckland and Wellington, in the North Island of New Zealand, the road was the main route connecting Auckland to Hamilton. Many former sections of the road have been integrated into the Waikato Expressway. Currently four sections of the road remain: Epsom to Bombay in Auckland, the main street in Pōkeno, the former route of State Highway 1 that links the towns of Huntly, Taupiri, Ngāruawāhia and Horotiu, and the main road in Ōhaupō.

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History

Many sections of Great South Road were constructed on ara hīkoi; traditional walking paths used by Tāmaki Māori. [1] The first sections of Great South Road were constructed in 1843. [2] In 1851, the Tāmaki Bridge was constructed between Ōtāhuhu and Papatoetoe, opening up the south for greater development. [2] By 1855, the road had reached as far south as Drury, from which a track led towards the Waikato River. [2] In 1861, Governor George Grey ordered the construction of the Great South Road further into the Waikato, to improve supply lines through swampy and thickly forested country, prior to the Invasion of the Waikato. [3] The road was constructed by British Army troops, including Dominic Jacotin Gamble, and provided a flow of supplies for the Waikato campaign. [4] Queen's Redoubt at Pōkeno was a major base of operations for soldiers working on constructing the road. [5] Approximately 12,000 soldiers were involved in the construction over two years. [6]

Toll booths were set up along the road in 1866 at Newmarket, Ōtāhuhu and Drury in order to pay for upkeep costs of the Great South Road. [7] Travellers along the Great South Road complained about the excessive cost of these tolls, which were abolished in 1875. [2] 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. [6]

Much of the road between Newmarket and Drury was laid in concrete in the 1920s, up to one foot thick. The road was later covered with asphalt. [6] [8] Originally, the road was marked by milestones, but these are now all believed lost, although there is a ‘22 mile’ milestone marker outside Drury School, in Drury. [6] The Auckland Southern Motorway has largely superseded Great South Road as a through route, but many parts of the road are still in use, particularly the urban sections.

Route

The road begins in the central Auckland suburb of Epsom, then passes through the suburbs of Greenlane, Penrose, Ōtāhuhu, Papatoetoe, Manukau, Manurewa and Papakura. Leaving the urban sprawl, it heads south through Drury before terminating at Mill Road in Bombay and merging with the Waikato Expressway. Historically it continued, over the Bombay Hills, and followed the east bank of the Waikato River until crossing it at Ngāruawāhia. A section of State Highway 3 through Ōhaupō retains the road's southernmost extension.

Duplicate addresses

Along the 42 km of road, there are many instances of duplicate addresses. The address numbering restarts six times, being differentiated in Google Maps by suburb. For example there are five "1 Great South Road" addresses. [9]

Major intersections

Local BoardSuburbkmjctDestinationsNotes
Albert-Eden Epsom 0.0 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Manukau Road – Royal Oak, Onehunga
Alpers Avenue – City Centre
Broadway – Newmarket
St Marks Road
1.1 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Market Road (east) – Remuera
Market Road (west) – Mount Eden
Greenlane 2.3 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Green Lane East – Remuera
Green Lane West – Western Springs
2.7 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Woodbine Avenue
2.8 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Campbell Road – Royal Oak
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Ellerslie
2.9 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Main Highway – Ellerslie
3.6 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Rockfield Road
3.9 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Central Park business park
Penrose 4.1 New Zealand road sign W11-1.svg Ellerslie Panmure Highway – Ellerslie
4.8 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Station Road East – Penrose
5.5 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Penrose Road – Mount Wellington
6.4 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg South Eastern Highway – Mount Wellington, Pakuranga
Church Street – Onehunga, Royal Oak
6.6 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Church Street East
7.1 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Southdown Lane
Mount Wellington 7.5 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Sylvia Park Road – Mount Wellington
7.9 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Vestey Drive
8.8 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Portage Road (east) – Mount Wellington
Portage Road (west) – Māngere, Manukau City
Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Ōtāhuhu
9.4 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Albion Road
Huia Road
9.5 New Zealand road sign W11-1.svg Princes Street
9.8 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Avenue Road
Mason Avenue
10.1 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Atkinson Avenue
High Street
10.8 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Mangere Road – Māngere, Middlemore Hospital, Airport
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Papatoetoe 11.8 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Bairds Road – Ōtara, MIT
13.0 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Shirley Road
13.2 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg East Tamaki Road – Ōtara, East Tāmaki
13.3 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Kolmar Road
13.5 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Sutton Crescent
13.9 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Tui Road
St George Street
Manukau 15.4 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Reagan Road
Puhinui Road – Airport
15.9 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Ryan Place
16.1 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Te Irirangi Drive – Howick
Cavendish Drive – Airport
16.2 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Southpoint retail park
16.4 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Ronwood Avenue
16.8 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Redoubt Road
Manukau Station Road – Manukau City Centre
Former SH 20
17.0 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Lakewood Court
Manurewa Wiri 17.2 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg New Zealand road sign R3-4.svg from State Highway 1 NZ.svg SH 1 ( Southern Motorway )
18.0 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Kerrs Road
Manurewa 18.8 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Orams Road – Totara Heights
Browns Road – Homai
20.2 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Hill Road
20.3 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Station Road
20.6 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Alfriston Road – Alfriston, Clevedon
Weymouth Road – Clendon, Homai
21.8 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Mahia Road – Wattle Downs, Clendon
Papakura Takanini 22.3 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg State Highway 1 NZ.svg SH 1 north ( Southern Motorway ) – Auckland
22.6 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg State Highway 1 NZ.svg SH 1 south ( Southern Motorway )Hamilton
23.0 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Manuroa Road
Beaumaris Way
23.5 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Taka Street
Walter Strevens Drive
24.2 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Glenora Road
24.3 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg The Furlong
24.7 New Zealand road sign W11-1.svg Walters Road
Inlet Road
Longford Park Drive
25.1 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Waka Street
Papakura 26.1 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Subway Road
26.3 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg O'Shannessey Street
26.4 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Queen Street
26.5 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Broadway
Elliot Street
26.9 New Zealand road sign W11-1.svg Wood Street
27.1 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Wellington Street
Ōpaheke 27.7 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg Settlement Road
Beach Road
Drury 31.4 New Zealand road sign W11-1.svg Waihoehoe Road
Norrie Road
32.0 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg State Highway 1 NZ.svg SH 1 south ( Southern Motorway )Hamilton State Highway 22 NZ.svg SH 22 begins
32.2 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg State Highway 1 NZ.svg SH 1 north ( Southern Motorway ) – Auckland
Franklin Bombay 42.5 New Zealand road sign W11-1.svg Mill Road
42.9 New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg State Highway 1 NZ.svg SH 1 south ( Waikato Expressway )Hamilton

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