State Highway 76 (New Zealand)
# State Highway 76 (New Zealand)

State Highway 76 (SH 76) is a state highway in Christchurch, New Zealand. This highway was gazetted in 2012 after stage 1 of the Christchurch Southern Motorway was completed. Beforehand, much of SH 76 was part of SH 73 and included the former two-lane Christchurch Arterial Motorway, which was upgraded to four lanes. SH 76 includes the entire length of the Christchurch Southern Motorway and forms the most direct route from the south of Christchurch to the city centre and Lyttelton.

## Route

The highway currently begins at a grade separated intersection with SH 74 on the northern approach to the Lyttelton road tunnel. It travels east to west through suburban Christchurch via Port Hills Road, Opawa Road and Brougham Street. This section of road used to be part of SH 73 and the speed limit is mostly 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph). At the western end of Brougham Street at the Collins Street/Simeon Street lights, the Christchurch Southern Motorway commences. The speed limit here is 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph). Midway up the motorway is the Curletts Road interchange, a major interchange where two state highways commence: SH 75 to Akaroa via Banks Peninsula and SH 73 to the West Coast via Arthur's Pass.

The motorway continues west for 7.5 kilometres, passing under the Halswell Junction Road and Shands Road interchanges, eventually terminating at SH 1 just north of Rolleston.

## Major intersections

| Territorial authority | Location | km | Destinations | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Christchurch City | Ferrymead | 0 | SH 74 south (Christchurch-Lyttelton Motorway) – Lyttelton | SH 76 begins Access to/from SH 74 southbound via Scruttons Road |
| Christchurch City | Ferrymead | 0 | SH 74 north (Christchurch-Lyttelton Motorway) – Woolston, Linwood | SH 76 begins Access to/from SH 74 southbound via Scruttons Road |
| Christchurch City | Waltham | 3 | SH 74A (Garlands Road) – Woolston, New Brighton | SH 76/Christchurch Ring Road concurrency begins |
| Christchurch City | Waltham | 4 | Ensors Road | |
| Christchurch City | Waltham | | Opawa Road | |
| Christchurch City | Waltham | | Waltham Road – St Martins, City Centre | |
| Christchurch City | Waltham | | Burlington Street – Spreydon Gasson Street – City Centre | |
| Christchurch City | Sydenham | | Colombo Street – Beckenham, Cashmere, City Centre | |
| Christchurch City | Sydenham | | Durham Street | |
| Christchurch City | Sydenham | | Strickland Street – Beckenham Antigua Street – City Centre | |
| Christchurch City | Sydenham | | Selwyn Street | |
| Christchurch City | Sydenham | 8 | Barrington Street – Addington, Cashmere | Christchurch Southern Motorway begins |
| Christchurch City | Middleton | 11 | SH 75 (Curletts Road) – Halswell, Akaroa | SH 76/Christchurch Ring Road concurrency ends |
| Christchurch City | Middleton | 11 | SH 73 (Curletts Road) – Upper Riccarton, Airport, West Coast | SH 76/Christchurch Ring Road concurrency ends |
| Christchurch City | Hornby South | 15 | Halswell Junction Road – Halswell | |
| Christchurch City | Prebbleton | | Shands Road – Leeston, Hornby, Picton | |
| Christchurch City | Templeton | | SH 1 south (Main South Road)– Rolleston, Ashburton, Timaru SH 1 north (Main South Road) – Templeton, Picton | SH 76 ends Christchurch Southern Motorway merges onto SH 1 (southbound) |

## Future

As part of the government's Roads of National Significance, stage 2 of the Christchurch Southern Motorway commenced construction in October 2016. This extended SH 76 to terminate with SH 1 further west near the intersection of Robinsons Road.

