Auckland urban route network
Map showing all urban routes in Auckland
The Auckland urban route network consists of strategic and primary arterial roads across the Auckland Region of New Zealand. Urban routes are signposted with white shields with black numbers and borders. To avoid conflict with state highway numbering, there are no urban routes numbered 1, 2, 16, 18, 20, or 22.[1]
Urban route shields are commonly found on signage at motorway interchanges and major urban intersections. The shields are accompanied by supplementary plates with arrows to direct road users along the route. Sometimes more than one urban route shield will be included on a signpost.[2] Freestanding urban route shields are also used between intersections as reassurance that the driver is still following the route.
Urban routes
[edit]This is a list of current posted urban routes in Auckland.
| Route no. | Roads | Starts at | Finishes at | Suburbs served | Notes |
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Mt Wellington Highway, Atkinson Avenue, Great South Road |  Sylvia Park Road
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 SH 1 (Southern Motorway) and  SH 22 at Drury interchange
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Mount Wellington, Ōtāhuhu | |
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Upper Queen Street, Ian McKinnon Drive, Dominion Road | Karangahape Road |  SH 20 (Southwestern Motorway) at Dominion Road interchange
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Auckland CBD, Eden Terrace, Mount Eden, Mount Roskill | |
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Great South Road, Ellerslie Panmure Highway, Lagoon Drive, Pakuranga Road, Ridge Road, Picton Street, Cook Street, Minerva Terrace, Cook Street, Whitford Road, Chapel Road, Ti Rakau Drive |  South Eastern Highway
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 Ti Rakau Drive / Harris Road
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Penrose, Ellerslie, Panmure, Pakuranga, Howick, Botany | |
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Fanshawe Street, Sturdee Street, Lower Hobson Street, Quay Street, Tamaki Drive, Ngapipi Road, Kepa Road, Kohimarama Road, St Heliers Bay Road, Apirana Avenue, Pilkington Road, Jellicoe Road, Morrin Road, Te Horeta Road, Mt Wellington Highway, Sylvia Park Road, Great South Road | SH 1 (Northern Motorway) / Beaumont Street
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Great South Road / South Eastern Highway
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Auckland CBD, Ōrākei, Meadowbank, Glen Innes, Panmure, Mount Wellington, Penrose | |
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Tamaki Drive, St Heliers Bay Road | Ngapipi Road | St Heliers Bay Road / Apirana Ave
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Mission Bay, St Heliers | |
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Ti Rakau Drive, Harris Road, Springs Road, East Tamaki Road | Pakuranga Road
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Great South Road
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Pakuranga, East Tāmaki | |
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St Lukes Road, Balmoral Road, Green Lane West, Green Lane East, Remuera Road, St Johns Road | St Lukes Road Interchange,  SH 16 (Northwestern Motorway)
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Kohimarama Road / St Heliers Bay Road
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St Lukes, Greenlane, Remuera, Meadowbank | |
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Carrington Road, Mt Albert Road, Mt Smart Road, Mays Road, Church Street, South Eastern Highway, Pakuranga Highway |  Great North Road / Pt Chevalier Road
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Ti Rakau Drive
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Point Chevalier, Mount Albert, Royal Oak, Penrose, Sylvia Park, Pakuranga | Eastern terminius of UR10 is the Western terminius of Te Whitiwhiti o te Huarahi o Reeves (Māori for 'Reeves Road Flyover') |
| A
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Waipuna Road | Mt Wellington Highway / Penrose Road
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South Eastern Highway / Pakuranga Highway  A (Pakuanga Motorway)
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Mount Wellington | |
| B
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Neilson Street | Church Street
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SH 20 (Southwestern Motorway) at Neilson Street interchange
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Onehunga | |
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Great North Road, Blockhouse Bay Road | Carrington Road
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 Kinross Street / Donovan Street
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Point Chevalier, Avondale, Blockhouse Bay | |
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Khyber Pass Road, Crowhurst Street, Gillies Avenue & Owens Road (southbound), Alpers Avenue (northbound), Manukau Road, Pah Road, Queenstown Road | Symonds Street / Newton Road | SH 20 (Southwestern Motorway) at Queenstown Road interchange
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Newmarket, Epsom, Royal Oak | |
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Te Atatu Road, Edmonton Road, Alderman Drive, Henderson Valley Road, Forest Hill Road, West Coast Road | SH 16 (Northwestern Motorway) at Te Atatu Road interchange
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 Scenic Drive
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Te Atatū, Henderson, Waiatarua | |
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Mangere Road, Massey Road, Kirkbride Road, McKenzie Road, Coronation Road | Great South Road
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SH 20 (Southwestern Motorway) at Coronation Road interchange
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Māngere East, Māngere | |
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Hillsborough Road, White Swan Road, Donovan Street, Kinross Street, Godley Road | Mt Albert Road
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Titirangi Road
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Three Kings, Hillsborough, Lynfield, Blockhouse Bay, Titirangi | |
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Roscommon Road, Mahia Road | SH 20 (Southwestern Motorway) at Cavendish Dr interchange /  Cavendish Drive
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Great South Road (UR3)
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Wiri, Clendon Park, Manurewa | |
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Lincoln Road, Great North Road, Rata Street, Ash Street, Great North Road | SH 16 (Northwestern Motorway) at Lincoln Road interchange
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Blockhouse Bay Road
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Henderson, New Lynn, Avondale | |
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Edmonton Road, Alderman Drive, Sel Peacock Drive | Great North Road
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Lincoln Road
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Henderson | |
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East Coast Road, Forrest Hill Road, Tristram Avenue |  East Coast Road / Greville Road
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 Wairau Road
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Pinehill, Sunnynook, Forrest Hill, Wairau Valley | |
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Fred Taylor Drive, Don Buck Road, Triangle Road | SH 16 (Northwestern Motorway) at Brigham Creek Roundabout
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Lincoln Road
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Westgate, Massey, Henderson | |
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Access Road, Waitakere Road, Scenic Drive, Titirangi Road | SH 16 in Kumeū
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Great North Road / Rata Street Great North Road
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Kumeū, Taupaki, Waitākere, Titirangi, New Lynn | |
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East Coast Road, Greville Road | Glenvar Road | SH 1 (Northern Motorway) at Greville Road interchange /  Albany Expressway
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Northcross, Pinehill | |
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Albany Highway, Glenfield Road, Wairau Road, Taharoto Road, Fred Thomas Drive, Esmonde Road, Lake Road, Albert Road, Victoria Road |  SH 18 (Upper Harbour Motorway) at Albany Highway interchange /  Albany Highway
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Calliope Road | Glenfield, Wairau Valley, Takapuna, Devonport | |
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Glenfield Road, Birkenhead Avenue, Onewa Road | Wairau Road
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SH 1 (Northern Motorway) at Onewa Road interchange
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Glenfield, Birkenhead, Northcote | |
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Coatesville-Riverhead Highway | Dairy Flat Highway
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SH 16 (State Highway 16) near Brigham Creek
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Coatesville, Riverhead\ | |
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Oteha Valley Road, Albany Highway | East Coast Road
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SH 18 (Upper Harbour Motorway) at Albany Highway interchange / Albany Highway
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Albany, Rosedale | |
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Botany Road, Te Irirangi Drive, Cavendish Drive | Pakuranga Road / Ridge Road
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SH 20 (Southwestern Motorway) at Cavendish Drive interchange / Roscommon Road
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Howick, Botany, Manukau | |
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Albany Expressway, Dairy Flat Highway | Greville Road (UR25)
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SH 1 (Northern Motorway) at Silverdale interchange / Hibiscus Coast Highway
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Albany, Dairy Flat, Silverdale | |
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Fred Taylor Drive, Hobsonville Road | Don Buck Road
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Squadron Drive | Westgate, Hobsonville | |
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Great North Road, Clark Street, Wolverton Street, Tiverton Road, New Windsor Road, Maioro Street | Great North Road / Rata Street / Titirangi Road
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SH 20 (Southwestern Motorway) at Maioro Street interchange
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New Lynn, Avondale, New Windsor |
Outside Auckland
[edit]The same shield may appear elsewhere, but is very scarse and only tends to be used up to once in a region. This "Regional Route" system includes the route UR1 in New Plymouth, the former route K in Tauranga (now SH29), and a couple revoked state highways like the Inland Scenic Route or the northern extent of SH67.
The exception to this is Hamilton which has its own urban route network, but mostly only for main collector roads.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Traffic control devices manual: Part 2 - Direction, service and general guide signs" (PDF). New Zealand Transport Agency. 1 January 2011. p. 4-3. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ "Traffic control devices manual: Part 2 - Direction, service and general guide signs" (PDF). New Zealand Transport Agency. 1 January 2011. p. 4-10, 4-15. Retrieved 3 January 2025.