Transmission Gully Motorway

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Transmission Gully Motorway

Te Ara Nui o Te Rangihaeata (Māori)
State Highway 1
Map
Map of the Transmission Gully motorway
Route information
Maintained by Ventia on behalf of NZ Transport Agency
Length27 km (17 mi)
Existed30 March 2022–present
Major junctions
North end SH 1 north (Kāpiti Expressway) / SH 59 south (Whareroa Road) at Mackays Crossing
Major intersections (Paekākāriki Link Road) to SH 59 (Centennial Highway) near Paekākāriki
SH 58 (Paremata-Haywards Road) at Pāuatahanui
South end SH 1 south (Johnsonville-Porirua Motorway) / SH 59 north (Johnsonville-Porirua Motorway) at Linden
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Primary
destinations
Highway system

The Transmission Gully Motorway (Māori: Te Ara Nui o Te Rangihaeata) is a 27-kilometre-long (17-mile), four-lane motorway north of Wellington, New Zealand; it is part of the State Highway 1 route.[1] Construction began on 8 September 2014 and completion was originally scheduled for April 2020, but contractual negotiations as well as difficulties resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic caused delays.[2] The motorway was officially opened on 30 March 2022 and opened to public traffic the following day.[3]

  1. ^ "Transmission Gully motorway". NZ Transport Agency. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  2. ^ MacManus, Joel (13 December 2021). "Transmission Gully will not open in 2021, transport agency confirms". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 16 December 2021 – via Stuff.
  3. ^ "Transmission Gully opens to traffic after the road was first proposed 100 years ago". NZ Herald. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.