Hutt Expressway
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| River Road, Western Hutt Road, Hutt Road | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by New Zealand Transport Agency | |
| Length: | 30 km (20 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| Northeast end: | Maoribank |
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Junction 962 State Highway 58 Exit 979 State Highway 1 | |
| Southwest end: |
Ngauranga Ngauranga Interchange |
| Location | |
| Primary destinations: | Upper Hutt, Stokes Valley, Avalon, Lower Hutt City Centre, Petone |
| Highway system | |
The Hutt Expressway (often erroneously referred to as the Hutt Motorway) is a 3-4 lane divided highway running from the Wellington Urban Motorway at the Ngauranga, past Lower Hutt and central Upper Hutt, to the intersection with Fergusson Drive in Maoribank in north-eastern Upper Hutt. State Highway 2 officially continues north of Maoribank to Te Marua, Kaitoke, and over the Rimutaka Hill to Wairarapa, but this section is two lanes undivided and is covered in the main State Highway 2 article. The names Hutt Expressway and Hutt Motorway are not official, and actually refers to three different roads: Hutt Road from the Ngauranga Interchange to the Petone Overbridge, Western Hutt Road from the Petone Overbridge to the Silverstream Bridge, and River Road from Silverstream Bridge to Maoribank.
Design
South of the Silverstream Bridge intersection the road is mainly two lanes each way, with a three-lane northbound section just south of the Belmont Hills intersection, and is dual carriageway throughout. North of the Silverstream Bridge intersection, the road is dual carriageway as far as Gibbons Street, except for a small section on the Moonshine Bridge across the Hutt River, with the Gibbons Street to Maoribank section being single carriageway. Except for the Moonshine Bridge and Totara Park to Maoribank section, the road has three lanes in total: two in one direction and one in the other, alternating every kilometre (a 2+1 road)
Improvements
The section between the Petone and Normandale Overbridges has been improved by the Dowse to Petone project, replacing three sets of traffic lights with a grade-separated roundabout and an overbridge.
The grade-separation of the SH 58 intersection at Haywards is to be fast-tracked with work commencing in 2015, and there are proposals to replace the Melling intersection with a grade-separated interchange also.
Interchanges
All interchanges are at-grade unless otherwise specified. At-grade intersections are controlled by traffic lights, with minor ones controlled by Give Way and Stop signs. Several minor intersections were changed to prevent traffic turning right into or out of minor roads. The Dowse Drive, Petone, and Ngauranga interchanges are grade-separated.
| Territorial authority | Location | km[lower-alpha 1] | Destinations | Notes |
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| Upper Hutt City | Maoribank | 949.7 |  SH 2 Fergusson Drive (north) – Te Marua, Masterton Fergusson Drive (south) – Mangaroa, Upper Hutt City Centre |
River Road begins |
| 950.9 | Totara Park Road (east) Totara Park Road (west) – Totara Park |
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| 952.3 | Gibbons Street – Upper Hutt City Centre | Traffic light controlled seagull intersection | ||
| 953.9 | Whakataki Street – Wallaceville, Whitemans Valley | |||
| 954.7 | Moonshine Road – Trentham, Heretaunga | Southbound exit and entrance | ||
| 954.9 | Moonshine Bridge over Hutt River | |||
| 955.5 | Moonshine Hill Road – Riverstone Terraces | |||
| Silverstream | 959.1 | Fergusson Drive – Silverstream, Stokes Valley | Silverstream interchange – Traffic light controlled seagull intersection River Road ends; Western Hutt Road begins | |
| Hutt City | Manor Park | 961.5 |  SH 58 Haywards Hill Road/Manor Park Road |
New Haywards interchange – grade-separated roundabout interchange under construction |
| 962.0 | Manor Park Road – Manor Park SH 58 Haywards Hill Road – Pauatahanui, Porirua |
Haywards interchange – Traffic light controlled four-way intersection | ||
| 964.9 | Hebden Crescent/Liverton Road | |||
| 965.7 | Hebden Crescent/Gurney Road | Northbound exit and entrance | ||
| Belmont | 966.4 | Carter Street – Belmont Domain | ||
| 966.9 | Fairway Drive – Avalon, Naenae, Hutt Hospital | Kennedy Good interchange – traffic light controlled staggered-T intersections | ||
| 967.0 | Major Drive – Kelson | |||
| 967.8 | Grounsell Crescent – Belmont Hills | |||
| 968.4 | Wairere Road/Pomare Road | Northbound exit and entrance | ||
| Melling | 969.3 | Block Road (east) – Normandale Tirohanga Road (west) – Tirohanga |
Melling Interchange – Twin traffic light-controlled four-way intersections | |
| 969.4 | Melling Link (east) – Lower Hutt City Centre, Waterloo Harbour View Road (west) – Harbour View | |||
| 971.7 | Dowse Drive – Maungaraki, Petone, Lower Hutt City Centre | Dowse Interchange – grade-separated roundabout interchange | ||
| Korokoro | 973.2 | Petone Railway Station | Southbound exit only | |
| 973.4 | Priests Avenue – Petone Railway Station, Korokoro | Northbound exit and entrance | ||
| 973.9 | Cornish Street – Korokoro Industrial Area | Northbound exit only | ||
| 974.1 | Hutt Road – Petone, Eastbourne, Wainuiomata | Petone Interchange – Northbound exit and southbound entrance Western Hutt Road ends | ||
| Wellington City | 974.7 | Horokiwi Road – Horokiwi | Northbound only. Southbound entrance closed in 2010. | |
| 976.1 | BP Hutt Road | Northbound only | ||
| Ngauranga | 978.4 |  SH 1 Hutt Road – Ngauranga, Porirua, Picton Ferry |
Ngauranga Interchange – Southbound exit and northbound entrance. | |
| 979.0 | SH 1 Wellington Urban Motorway – Wellington City Centre, Airport |
State Highway 2 ends |
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