Great North Road is a major thoroughfare in Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand. It runs from the fringe of the Auckland CBD to West Auckland. The road is the second longest in Auckland, after its counterpart, Great South Road, and is named after the Great North Road in Britain. In the days before the Auckland Harbour Bridge, Northern Motorway and Northwestern Motorway were built, it was the main road route from central Auckland to the areas north of the Auckland isthmus. In the 1960s, it carried 25,000–30,000 vehicles a day."Road engineering – traffic flow". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. 1966. Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
History In 1873 Great North Road was extended west into Henderson. In 1898 the road through Henderson was realigned and moved slightly.
Major intersections
Local board Suburb jct Destinations Waitemata Grey Lynn Ponsonby Road – Ponsonby Karangahape Road – City Centre Newton Road – Newmarket Bond Street – Mount Roskill Tuarangi Rd Williamson Avenue – Ponsonby Surrey Crescent Western Springs Stadium Road – Western Springs Stadium – Auckland Saint Lukes Road – Mount Albert, Remuera Motions Road Albert-Eden Point Chevalier Kiwi Road Carrington Road – Mount Albert, Mount Wellington Point Chevalier Road – Point Chevalier Waterview – Auckland – Helensville Alford Street Blockhouse Bay Road – Blockhouse Bay Whau / Waitakere Ranges Avondale Henry Street Victor Street Ash Street – New Lynn Rosebank Road Saint Jude Street – Mount Albert Saint Georges Road – Blockhouse Bay Wingate Street New Lynn Portage Road Veronica Street Memorial Drive Delta Avenue McCrae Way Clark Street Titirangi Road – Titirangi Rata Street – Avondale Glen Eden West Coast Road – Glen Eden, Piha Archibald Road Brandon Road Glenview Road – Glen Eden Sabulite Road Hepburn Road Henderson-Massey Glendene View Road Felgrove Street Norcross Ave Te Atatu Road – Te Atatū South Henderson Edsel Street Edmonton Road – Waitakere Hospital, Te Atatū South Railside Avenue Ratanui Street Henderson Valley Road – Waitakere Central Alderman Drive – Te Atatū South Mount Lebanon Lane Swanson Road – Ranui, Swanson Lincoln Road – Waitakere Hospital, Helensville () Buscomb Avenue
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