New Zealand State Highway 17

State Highway 17
Route information
Maintained by Auckland Council
Length:	32.9 km (20.4 mi)
Major junctions
North end:	SH 1 at Puhoi
South end:	SH 1 at Albany
Location
Primary destinations:	Waiwera, Orewa, Silverdale, Whangaparaoa Peninsula
Highway system
New Zealand state highways Motorways and expressways List Unused ← SH 16 SH 18 →

State Highway 17 was a 32 kilometre stretch of highway in the North Island of New Zealand that was revoked at the end of 2012 by NZTA. It linked State Highway 1 at Puhoi and State Highway 1 at Albany. Its main destinations were the towns of (from north to south) Waiwera, Orewa, Red Beach, Whangaparaoa, Dairy Flat and the suburb of Albany.

History

SH 17 was part of SH 1 before the extension of the Northern Motorway in the late 1990s. Between December 1999 and January 2009, SH 17 ran from present-day Exit 412 at Greville Road north through Albany and Dairy Flat to the interchange of SH 1, SH 1A and SH 17 at Silverdale (Exit 398).

When the SH 1 Northern Gateway Toll Road opened on 25 January 2009 it replaced both SH1's old route and SH 1A, and SH 17 was extended to replace the latter two roads, although this extension has not been signposted.

Revocation

State Highway 17 was revoked in October 2012 because there was no need to maintain SH 1 and SH 17 as close together as they were, especially as most long-distance traffic was taking the SH 1 toll road. Upon revocation, the route became Urban Route 31.

Route

SH 17 began at the junction with SH 1 just south of Puhoi, at Exit 388. While SH 17 officially started here, it was not signposted until its original (pre-toll road) terminus at Silverdale. SH17 wound over the Johnston Hill and down into the town of Waiwera. From here it becomes the Hibiscus Coast Highway and continued along the hills, coming down into Hatfields Beach and over another hill into Orewa township.

After crossing the Orewa River SH 17 arrived at Red Beach, where there are intersections at Red Beach Road and Whangaparaoa Road for Whangaparaoa and other peninsula suburbs. Just outside Silverdale is the intersection with East Coast Road, a third route into Auckland city via Urban Route 25. Almost a kilometre after this is the interchange (Exit 398) with SH 1, the Northern Motorway and Northern Gateway Toll Road. From here SH 17 was signposted through to the city.

SH 17 continued through mostly rural countryside to Albany township, passing through Dairy Flat. Just outside Albany, the surface quality of the highway improves and Botts' dots replace painted lines on the road at the intersection with the Coatesville-Riverhead Highway. As the road enters Albany it becomes the Albany Expressway, running through the township until it meets the Albany Highway, whereupon it becomes a dual carriageway through to its terminus at Greville Road and SH 1.

See also

• List of New Zealand State Highways
• List of roads and highways, for notable or famous roads worldwide

External links

• Transit New Zealand