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| River Road, Western Hutt Road, Hutt Road | |
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by NZ Transport Agency | |
| Length | 30 km (19 mi) |
| Component highways | State Highway 2 |
| Major junctions | |
| Northeast end | Maoribank |
| Junction 962 State Highway 58 Exit 979 State Highway 1 | |
| Southwest end | Ngauranga Ngauranga Interchange |
| Location | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Primary destinations | Upper Hutt, Stokes Valley, Avalon, Lower Hutt City Centre, Petone |
| Highway system | |
The Hutt Expressway (often erroneously referred to as the Hutt Motorway) is a 3-4 lane divided highway running from the Wellington Urban Motorway at Ngauranga, past Lower Hutt and central Upper Hutt, to the intersection with Fergusson Drive in Maoribank in north-eastern Upper Hutt. State Highway 2 officially continues north of Maoribank to Te Mārua, Kaitoke, and over the Rimutaka Hill to Wairarapa, but this section is two lanes undivided and is covered in the main State Highway 2 article. The names Hutt Expressway and Hutt Motorway are not official, and actually refers to three different roads: Hutt Road from the Ngauranga Interchange to the Petone Overbridge, Western Hutt Road from the Petone Overbridge to the Silverstream Bridge, and River Road from Silverstream Bridge to Maoribank.