State Highway 22 (New Zealand)

State Highway 22 (SH 22) is a New Zealand state highway just south of Auckland. It connects the town of Pukekohe to the Auckland Southern Motorway.

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State Highway 22
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length12.7 km (7.9 mi)
Major junctions
North end SH 1 (Auckland Southern Motorway) near Drury
South endAdams Drive in Pukekohe
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Highway system
← SH 21→ SH 23

Route

The route begins at Exit 461 on SH 1 near Drury and travels in a general south-west direction along Karaka Road, and then south to Pukekohe. The highway officially terminates where SH 22 meets the northern intersection with Adams Drive. From there the road changes to Edinburgh Street and continues into Pukekohe town centre.

Major intersections
Territorial authorityLocationkmDestinationsNotes
AucklandDrury0 SH 1 south (Auckland Southern Motorway) Exit 461
Hamilton		SH 22 begins
SH 1 north (Auckland Southern Motorway) Exit 461
Auckland
Karaka7.1Glenbrook Road
Waiuku
Pukekohe12.7 Corner of Paerata Road, Adams Drive and Lough Bourne DriveSH 22 ends

History
Ahuroa telecommunications tower at the junction of Highway 22 and Waikaretu Valley Road

SH 22 used to cover a much longer route, via Tuakau, all the way to meet with SH 23 (which runs from Hamilton to Raglan). This section was revoked circa 1990[1] although much of the original route still holds the name "Highway 22".[2]

Metalling of the southern Te Uku-Waingaro section, to what is now SH 23, was completed in 1937.[3] In 1944 what was to become State Highway 22 was expected to become an arterial road linking Auckland and New Plymouth.[4] That was long before the National Roads Board, gazetted it as State Highway 22 in July 1963,[5] which designation was first shown on a one-inch map in 1971.[6]

A start was made on upgrading the road to the SH 23 junction near Te Uku in the early 1960s. 85% of the cost (£75,000 in 1961 – $3.3m at 2017 prices)[7] was paid by the National Roads Board.[5]

See also

References
  1. State Highway Traffic Volumes 1991
  2. "Highway%2022 – NZ Topo Map". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  3. "Te Uku-Waingaro Road". New Zealand Herald. 1 December 1937. p. 10. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  4. "TOUR OF INSPECTION. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 15 July 1944. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  5. CW Vennell & Susan Williams: Raglan County Hills and Sea 1876–1976 p. 179
  6. "1:63360 map Sheet: N64 Raglan". www.mapspast.org.nz. 1971. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  7. "Inflation calculator – Reserve Bank of New Zealand". www.rbnz.govt.nz. Retrieved 17 February 2018.


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