State Highway 18 (New Zealand)

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State Highway 18 NZ.svg
State Highway 18
State Highway 18 (New Zealand)
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length14 km (8.7 mi)
Major junctions
North-east endState Highway 1 NZ.svg SH 1 (Auckland Northern Motorway) at North Shore
South-west endState Highway 16 NZ.svg SH 16 south (Northwestern Motorway) at West Harbour
Location
Country New Zealand
Primary
destinations
Greenhithe, Hobsonville
Highway system
State Highway 17 NZ.svg SH 17 State Highway 20 NZ.svg SH 20
The former route of State Highway 18, in 2010, was a mostly rural highway. This route is now designated Urban route 32. Hobsonville, Rural Scenes Giving Way.jpg
The former route of State Highway 18, in 2010, was a mostly rural highway. This route is now designated Urban route 32.
The Hobsonville section of the Upper Harbour Motorway, looking west from the Trig Road Interchange Upper Harbour Motorway at Trig Road Interchange.jpg
The Hobsonville section of the Upper Harbour Motorway, looking west from the Trig Road Interchange

State Highway 18 (SH 18), also known as the Upper Harbour Motorway, is a state highway that runs between the Auckland Northern Motorway (SH 1) on the North Shore and the Northwestern Motorway (SH 16) in West Auckland, New Zealand. SH 18 forms the northern part of the Western Ring Route, which continues from Waitakere south-east to Manukau.

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Route

SH 18 begins at the Auckland Northern Motorway and runs southwest as a dual carriageway road, and is coextensive with the Upper Harbour Highway, which after two kilometres becomes a motorway at the Albany Highway interchange. This four-lane section of motorway opened in December 2007, and bypassed the single carriageway Upper Harbour Drive. The motorway heads south-west, crossing the upper reaches of the Waitematā Harbour over the Upper Harbour Bridge. At Squadron Drive, the highway extends onto a new section of motorway, which opened in August 2011, bypassing Hobsonville Road. [1] This road cuts across in a southwestern direction across farmland to Westgate, where it turns southward and merges with the Northwestern Motorway (SH 16) southbound.

Interchanges

Territorial authority LocationkmmiExitDestinationsNotes
Auckland – Upper Harbour Local Board Unsworth Heights 0.00.0State Highway 1 NZ.svg SH 1 south (Northern Motorway) – AucklandSH 18 and Upper Harbour Motorway begins
State Highway 1 NZ.svg SH 1 north (Northern Motorway) – Whangarei
0.50.311Caribbean Drive
Paul Matthews Road
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
2.41.52NZL Urban Route 26.svg Route 26 (Albany Highway)
Greenhithe 4.32.74Greenhithe RoadWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
6.23.96Tauhinu RoadEastbound exit and Westbound entrance
7.44.6 Upper Harbour Bridge (Waitematā Harbour)
Hobsonville 8.85.58Squadron DriveWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
10.76.69Brigham Creek Road – Whenuapai, Wellsfordto State Highway 16 NZ.svg SH 16 north
12.77.910Trig RoadWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
Auckland – Henderson-Massey Local Board Westgate 13.98.611NZL Urban Route 32.svg Route 32 (Hobsonville Road)Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
14.08.7State Highway 16 NZ.svg SH 16 south (Northwestern Motorway) – Waitakere, AucklandSH 18 and Upper Harbour Motorway ends
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Former route

SH 18 formerly ran along the Coatesville Riverhead Highway, further north than its current position. This route is now designated as Auckland Urban Route 28.

Cycleway

The route of the new motorway from Upper Harbour Bridge to Westgate was originally to receive a cycleway as well, but although the land was set aside, there is no timetable for the construction of the route. [1]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pedestrians to hit new motorway". Auckland Now. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.