State Highway 75 (New Zealand)

State Highway 75
State Highway 75
Route information
	Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length	76.9 km (47.8 mi)
Major junctions
Northwest end	SH 73 (Curletts Road)/ SH 76 (Christchurch Southern Motorway) at Christchurch
Southeast end	Woodills Road at Akaroa
Location
Country	New Zealand
Primary; destinations	Halswell, Tai Tapu, Motukarara, Birdling's Flat, Little River, Cooptown, Duvauchelle, Takamatua
Highway system
	New Zealand state highways; Motorways and expressways; List;

State Highway 75 (SH 75) is a state highway in New Zealand servicing the Banks Peninsula region, connecting Christchurch on the northwestern part of the peninsula with Akaroa towards the east coast. It is wholly two lane (with the exception of some passing lanes near Hilltop), but partially functions as a major arterial corridor of Christchurch. Its highest point is at Hilltop, where it rises to about 555 m - just 8 m lower than the more mountainous Haast Pass in the Southern Alps.

Route

The highway currently begins at the intersection of Curletts Road and Christchurch Southern Motorway (the former SH 73, the latter SH 76) which is now a dogbone interchange. At Curletts Road, the road proceeds as a short expressway to the southeast until it reaches the intersection of Hoon Hay Road and Halswell Road. SH 75 turns right onto Halswell Road, and continues in a southwesterly direction until it just passes the settlement of Halswell.

Now known as Tai Tapu Road, the road skirts the outer edges of Banks Peninsula while passing through arable farmland to reach the settlement of Tai Tapu. The road then changes name to Christchurch Akaroa Highway while continuing to skirt between Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora and the hills until Birdling's Flat, where it turns sharply into the hills of Banks Peninsula while hugging the shore of Lake Forsyth / Waiwera. The road proceeds through Western Valley to Little River and Cooptown.

After Cooptown, the road then begins to climb in a zigzag fashion towards Hilltop Saddle, which is frequently covered under snow during winter cold fronts. After Hilltop, the road descends in a similar fashion onto Akaroa Harbour at Barry's Bay. The road then hugs the shoreline as it passes through Duvauchelle and Takamatua before descending into Akaroa, terminating just before the Woodills Road/Rue Lavaud intersection.

Route changes

In the early 1990s when SH 1 used to travel through central Christchurch, via Moorhouse Avenue, SH 75 covered the entire length of Lincoln Road and terminated there. When SH 1 was re-routed to the west of Christchurch, SH 75 was altered to its current route, terminating with the Christchurch Arterial Motorway (now the Christchurch Southern Motorway). The motorway at the same time became the new route for SH 73.

SH 75 used to travel down Rue Lavaud and Beach Road, terminating in the township of Akaroa. This has since been curtailed back. The former state highway section of Beach Road was redeveloped in the early 2000s.^[1]

References

^ "Akaora Historical Overview (pt.2)" (PDF). Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 17 March 2016.

External links

[1] "Akaora Historical Overview (pt.2)" (PDF). Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 17 March 2016.

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v t e New Zealand state highways
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National	SH 1 (incl. SH 1B, SH 1C) SH 2 SH 3 (incl. SH 3A) SH 4 SH 5 SH 6 (incl. SH 6A) SH 7 (incl. SH 7A) SH 8 (incl. SH 8A, SH 8B)
North Island	SH 10 SH 11 SH 12 SH 14 SH 15 SH 16 SH 18 SH 20 (incl. SH 20A, SH 20B) SH 21 SH 22 SH 23 SH 24 SH 25 (incl. SH 25A) SH 26 SH 27 SH 28 SH 29 (incl. SH 29A) SH 30 (incl. SH 30A) SH 31 SH 32 SH 33 SH 34 SH 35 SH 36 SH 37 SH 38 SH 39 SH 41 SH 43 SH 44 SH 45 SH 46 SH 47 SH 48 SH 49 SH 50 SH 51 SH 53 SH 54 SH 56 SH 57 SH 58 SH 59
South Island	SH 60 SH 62 SH 63 SH 65 SH 67 (incl. SH 67A) SH 69 SH 71 SH 73 SH 74 (incl. SH 74A) SH 75 SH 76 SH 77 SH 78 SH 79 SH 80 SH 82 SH 83 SH 84 SH 85 SH 86 SH 87 SH 88 SH 90 SH 93 SH 94 SH 95 SH 96 SH 97 SH 98 SH 99
Former state highways	SH 1A SH 1F SH 2A SH 2B SH 15 SH 15A SH 17 SH 36 SH 40 SH 47A SH 49A SH 50A SH 52 SH 57A SH 61 SH 70 SH 72 SH 73A SH 89 SH 91 SH 92
Touring routes	Twin Coast Discovery Highway Thermal Explorer Highway Pacific Coast Highway Classic New Zealand Wine Trail Alpine Pacific Triangle Great Alpine Highway Foothills Scenic Route Inland Scenic Route Central Otago Touring Route Southern Scenic Route

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