New Zealand State Highway 71

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State Highway 71 NZ.svg

State Highway 71
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length 6.4 km (4.0 mi)
Major junctions
South endState Highway 1 NZ.svg SH 1 /Christchurch Northern Motorway at Lineside Road, Kaiapoi
North end Rangiora
Highway system
← State Highway 70 NZ.svg SH 70 SH 73 State Highway 73 NZ.svg →

State Highway 71 (SH 71) is a New Zealand state highway connecting Kaiapoi/Christchurch with Rangiora.

The New Zealand state highway network is the major national highway network in New Zealand. Nearly 100 roads in the North and South Islands are state highways. All state highways are administered by the NZ Transport Agency.

Kaiapoi Place

Kaiapoi is a town in the Waimakariri District of the Canterbury region, in the South Island of New Zealand. The town is located approximately 17 kilometres north of central Christchurch, close to the mouth of the Waimakariri River. It is considered to be a satellite town of Christchurch, although in the Waimakariri for statistical purposes it is part of the Christchurch urban area.

Christchurch Metropolitan area in South Island, New Zealand

Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. The Christchurch urban area lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula. It is home to 404,500 residents, making it New Zealand's third-most populous city behind Auckland and Wellington. The Avon River flows through the centre of the city, with an urban park located along its banks.

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History

The highway was declared in 1992 [1] after State Highway 72, the highway which serviced inland parts of Canterbury, was revoked (along with a number of other highways). [2] SH 71 provided a southern connection to Rangiora from SH 1 in contrast to SH 72, which connected Rangiora to SH 1 from the east.

Accessing the highway from SH 1

SH 71 can be accessed via offramps coming off SH 1 (as the Christchurch Northern Motorway). Smith Street, coming from Kaiapoi, also flows onto SH 71. Initially a northbound only exit, southbound access was provided in 2014. [3]

New Zealand State Highway 1 road in New Zealand

State Highway 1 is the longest and most significant road in the New Zealand road network, running the length of both main islands. It appears on road maps as SH 1 and on road signs as a white number 1 on a red shield, but it has the official designations SH 1N in the North Island, SH 1S in the South Island.

The Christchurch Northern Motorway is a motorway north of Christchurch, New Zealand, linking the northern Christchurch suburb of Belfast with Pineacres, between Woodend and Kaiapoi, bypassing the Kaiapoi area. The motorway is 10.2 kilometres (6.3 mi) in length, and 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 State Highway 1. The southern end of the motorway is being extended to QEII Drive in the Christchurch suburb of Mairehau; this extension forms part of State Highway 74.

The Road

For the entire length of the highway, SH 71 is known as Lineside Road and parallels both the Main North Line of the South Island Main Trunk Railway and a 66 kV transmission line (between Southbrook and Kaiapoi substations) for much of the length. Just south of Rangiora the road crosses the railway line at-grade. SH 71 officially ends after the crossing but the road continues into Rangiora. [4]

Main North Line, New Zealand railway line that runs north from Christchurch in New Zealand

The Main North Line, sometimes referred to as part of the South Island Main Trunk Railway, is a railway line that runs north from Christchurch in New Zealand up the east coast of the South Island through Kaikoura and Blenheim to Picton. It is a major link in New Zealand's national rail network and offers a connection with roll-on roll-off ferries from Picton to Wellington. It was also the longest railway construction project in New Zealand's history, with the first stages built in the 1870s and not completed until 1945.

South Island Main Trunk Railway

The Main North Line between Picton and Christchurch and the Main South Line between Lyttelton and Invercargill, running down the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, are sometimes together referred-to collectively as the South Island Main Trunk Railway (SIMT). Construction of a line running the length of the east coast began in the 1860s and was completed all the way from Picton to Invercargill in 1945; the last sections being on the Main North Line south of Picton. But the designation 'South Island Main Trunk' originally referred to only that line between Christchurch and Invercargill.

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References

  1. ↑ "Transit New Zealand Traffic Volumes 1991" (PDF). Transit New Zealand. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Transit New Zealand Traffic Volumes 1992" (PDF). Transit New Zealand. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "SH1/SH71 (Lineside Road) Interchange Upgrade" (PDF). Nzta.govt.nz.
  4. ↑ "Route of SH 71". Google Maps. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

Coordinates: 44°23′26″S171°15′04″E / 44.390540°S 171.251244°E / -44.390540; 171.251244

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