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

The Great South Road was the northern section of the earliest highway between Auckland and Wellington, in the North Island of New Zealand.

History

Construction of the Great South Road began in 1861 during the New Zealand Wars under the orders of Governor Grey to improve supply lines through swampy and thickly forested country.[1] The road was constructed by British Army troops, including Dominic Jacotin Gamble, and provided a flow of supplies for the Waikato campaign.[2] Queen's Redoubt at Pōkeno was a major base of operations for soldiers working on constructing the road.[3] Approximately 12,000 soldiers were involved in the construction over two years. 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.[4]

Much of the road between Newmarket and Drury is laid in concrete, up to 1 foot thick but is now covered with asphalt. 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there is a ‘22 mile’ milestone marker outside Drury School, in Drury.[4] The Auckland Southern Motorway has largely superseded Great South Road as a through route, but many parts of the road are still in use, particularly the urban sections.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[5] in the central Auckland suburb of Epsom, then passes through the suburbs of Greenlane, Penrose, Otahuhu, 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.[6]

Historically it continued, over the Bombay Hills, and followed the east bank of the Waikato River until crossing it at Ngaruawahia. A section of State Highway 3 through Ohaupo retains the road's southernmost extension.[7]

Major intersections

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

See also

References

  1. ^ O'Malley, Vincent. "'The great war for NZ broke out less than 50 km from Queen St': Vincent O'Malley on the Waikato War and the making of Auckland". Spinoff.
  2. ^ Roads – Development (from Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 1966 Edition. Accessed 19 July 2008.)
  3. ^ Prickett, Nigel (2003). "THE HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF QUEEN'S REDOUBT, SOUTH AUCKLAND". Records of the Auckland Museum. 40: 5–37. ISSN 1174-9202.
  4. ^ a b "Newmarket Viaduct – Landscape & Urban Design Framework". Transit New Zealand. 7 November 2008. p. Section 5.3.
  5. ^ North End: Great South Road, Epsom, Auckland (Google Maps, accessed 7 December 2010.)
  6. ^ Bombay: [1] (Google Maps, accessed 12 September 2018.)
  7. ^ South End: Great South Road, Ohaupo, Waikato (Google Maps, accessed 7 December 2010.)

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