Nelson Street Cycleway

Lightpath / Te Ara I Whiti near the northern end, before continuing to the street section the Nelson Street Cycleway.
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Nelson Street Cycleway

The Nelson Street Cycleway is a cycleway (and in some sections, a shared pathway for walking and cycling) in Auckland, New Zealand. The most well-known section of the path is Te Ara I Whiti, translated as, and commonly known as Lightpath (also known as the Pink Path). The cycleway then continues on to the Nelson Street arterial road into the City Centre.

Unique features of the old offramp are the hot-pink colour of its surface, and its LED mood lighting system that constantly changes; the latter feature inspired the Māori name.[1]

Stage 1 of the project was opened on 3 December 2015, and Stage 2 opened in December 2017. The last part of the route to the waterfront remains incomplete as of 2019. Once completed, the route will give access from Upper Queen Street to the Auckland CBD and the cycleway along the waterfront.[2] Stage 1 utilises an unused off-ramp in the Central Motorway Junction (CMJ) where State Highway 1 and 16 cross – this is the section that is called Lightpath – plus the first three street blocks of Nelson Street up to Victoria Street West.[3]

  1. ^ Smith, Catherine (5 December 2015). "Auckland: Pedal to the new metal". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Nelson Street Cycleway". Auckland Transport. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Nelson Street Cycleway". NZ Transport Agency. Retrieved 8 December 2015.