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Western Corridor

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Existed:
  
2013 – present

North end:
  
SH 1 (Main North Road) at Belfast

South end:
  
SH 1 (Main South Road) at Hornby

Major cities:
  
Belfast, Harewood, Russley, Hornby

The Western Corridor is a road in Christchurch, New Zealand which connects the suburb of Belfast, New Zealand in the north to Hornby in the south and connects the Canterbury region to Christchurch Airport. Most of the traffic on the corridor heads to the city, the airport, Belfast or Hornby, while 15% of traffic travels further north or south.

Contents

The route comprises a number of projects currently under way or planned, which will four lane New Zealand State Highway 1 from The Groynes to the centre of Hornby and provide a motorway bypass of Belfast, connecting the Western Corridor directly to the Christchurch Northern Motorway.

Route

The Western Corridor currently comprises, form north to south, Johns Road, Russley Road, Masham Road and Carmen Road.

History

The Western Corridor upgrade was announced by the government as a Road of National Significance in 2009. The section between Avonhead Road and Yaldhurst Road was completed in 2013. The next section to open was further north along the corridor between Sawyers Arms Road and Harewood Road creating a four lane 80 km/h section of highway and restricting McLeans Island Road to a left in, left out intersection.

Projects

Projects currently under way, planned or completed, form north to south, are as follows:

  • Western Belfast Bypass - A proposed limited access, four lane median separated motorway between the Northern Motorway and Johns Road bypassing the Belfast urban area.
  • Groynes to Sawyers Arms Road - This section to be widened to four lanes and separated by a central median. Some intersections will be restricted to left in, left out and a service lane is proposed between Wilkinsons Road and Gardiners Road.
  • Sawyers Arms Road to Harewood Road - To be widened to four lanes and separated by a central median. McLeans Island Road restricted to left in, left out. Completed late 2013.
  • Harewood Road to Avonhead Park - To be widened to four lanes and separated by a central median. A grade separated interchange will replace the roundabout at Memorial Avenue (for Christchurch International Airport) and an additional airport access road south of Avonhead Road will also be constructed.
  • Avonhead to Yaldhurst - To be widened to four lanes and separated by a central median. First completed section in 2013.
  • Masham/Carmen Road - Masham and Carmen roads widened four lanes with raised median between Yaldhurst and Waterloo roads. Completed in 2014.

    • References

    Western Corridor Wikipedia
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