State Highway 76 (New Zealand)

State Highway 76 (SH 76) is a state highway in Christchurch, New Zealand. This highway was gazetted in 2012 after stage 1 of the Christchurch Southern Motorway was completed. Beforehand, much of SH 76 was part of SH 73 and included the former two-lane Christchurch Arterial Motorway, which was upgraded to four lanes. SH 76 includes the entire length of the Christchurch Southern Motorway and forms the most direct route from the south of Christchurch to the city centre and Lyttelton.

State Highway 76
Route of State Highway 76
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length	17.8 km (11.1 mi)
Major junctions
East end	SH 74 (Christchurch–Lyttelton Motorway) near Christchurch
West end	SH 1 (Main South Road) at Hornby, Christchurch
Location
Country	New Zealand
Primary destinations	Christchurch
Highway system
New Zealand state highways Motorways and expressways List
← SH 75 → SH 77

Route

The highway currently begins at a grade separated intersection with SH 74 on the northern approach to the Lyttelton road tunnel. It travels east to west through suburban Christchurch via Port Hills Road, Opawa Road and Brougham Street. This section of road used to be part of SH 73 and the speed limit is mostly 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph). At the western end of Brougham Street at the Collins Street/Simeon Street lights, the Christchurch Southern Motorway commences. The speed limit here is 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph). Midway up the motorway is the Curletts Road interchange, a major interchange where two state highways commence: SH 75 to Akaroa via Banks Peninsula and SH 73 to the West Coast via Arthur's Pass.

The motorway continues west for 7.5 kilometres, passing under the Halswell Junction Road and Shands Road interchanges, eventually terminating at SH 1 just north of Rolleston.^[1]

Major intersections

Territorial authority	Location	km	jct	Destinations	Notes
Christchurch City	Ferrymead	0		SH 74 south (Christchurch-Lyttelton Motorway) – Lyttelton	SH 76 begins Access to/from SH 74 southbound via Scruttons Road
				SH 74 north (Christchurch-Lyttelton Motorway) – Woolston, Linwood
	Waltham	3		SH 74A (Garlands Road) – Woolston, New Brighton	SH 76/Christchurch Ring Road concurrency begins
		4		Ensors Road
				Opawa Road
				Waltham Road – St Martins, City Centre
				Burlington Street – Spreydon Gasson Street – City Centre
	Sydenham			Colombo Street – Beckenham, Cashmere, City Centre
				Durham Street
				Strickland Street – Beckenham Antigua Street – City Centre
				Selwyn Street
		8		Barrington Street – Addington, Cashmere	Christchurch Southern Motorway begins
	Middleton	11		SH 75 (Curletts Road) – Halswell, Akaroa	SH 76/Christchurch Ring Road concurrency ends
				SH 73 (Curletts Road) – Upper Riccarton, Airport, West Coast
	Hornby South	15		Halswell Junction Road – Halswell
	Prebbleton			Shands Road – Leeston, Hornby, Picton
	Templeton			SH 1 south (Main South Road)– Rolleston, Ashburton, Timaru SH 1 north (Main South Road) – Templeton, Picton	SH 76 ends Christchurch Southern Motorway merges onto SH 1 (southbound)

Future

As part of the government's Roads of National Significance, stage 2 of the Christchurch Southern Motorway commenced construction in October 2016. This extended SH 76 to terminate with SH 1 further west near the intersection of Robinsons Road.^[2][3]

See also

• List of New Zealand state highways

References

1. State Highway 76 on Google Maps
2. "Christchurch Southern Corridor; NZ Transport Agency". Nzta.govt.nz.
3. "$435 million investment in Christchurch's transport network". Nzta.govt.nz. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.