Wellington Urban Motorway
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The Wellington Urban Motorway, part of SH 1, is the major road into and out of Wellington, New Zealand. It is 7 km long, ranges from three to seven lanes wide, and extends from the base of the Ngauranga Gorge into the Wellington CBD.
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Wellington Urban Motorway | |
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State Highway 1 | |
Route information | |
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency | |
Length | 7 km (4.3 mi) |
Existed | 1969–present |
History | Completed in 2007 |
Major junctions | |
North end | Ngauranga Ngauranga Interchange |
Major intersections | Exit 1068 Ngauranga Interchange State Highway 2 |
South end | Te Aro Karo Drive (northbound) and Vivian Street (southbound) |
Location | |
Country | New Zealand |
Primary destinations | Ngauranga, Kaiwharawhara, Thorndon, Kelburn, Te Aro, Wellington CBD, Waterfront |
Highway system | |
From the Ngauranga Interchange (State Highways 1 & 2), the motorway travels south across an extra piece of reclaimed land alongside the Wairarapa and North Island Main Trunk railway lines. After passing through the suburb of Kaiwharawhara, the motorway travels across the 1335m long Thorndon overbridges, the longest bridges in the North Island, before entering the suburb of Thorndon. Shortly after it enters the Terrace Tunnel before terminating at Vivian Street in Wellington City.