New Zealand State Highway 15A

State Highway 15A

Route information

Maintained by New Zealand Transport Agency

Length:

8.5 km (5.3 mi)

Major junctions

Southwest end:

SH 1 at Ruakaka

Northeast end:

Marsden Point

Highway system

New Zealand state highways

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State Highway 15A (SH 15A) is a New Zealand state highway in the Northland region of the North Island. It is 8.5km long and links SH 1 with the Marsden Point Oil Refinery and Northport. SH 15A is a peculiarity since there is currently no corresponding SH 15. This is because SH 15, which used to connect SH 1 with the former site of Port Whangarei, had its highway designation revoked in December 2003.^[1] SH 15A was created six months later, in June 2004, to provide a highway connection to the new site of the port at Marsden Point.^[2]

Route

SH 15A commences near the town of Ruakaka, 26km south of Whangarei, at a roundabout with SH 1. It travels northwest along a road named Port Marsden Highway for 8.5km, terminating at the entrances of Northport and Marsden Point Oil Refinery. The first 3km of the highway runs along the route formerly taken by the southern end of One Tree Point Road, which was significantly realigned as part of its upgrade to highway status. The next 3km of the highway uses a section of road which was newly built as part of the creation of the highway, whilst the final 2.5km uses an existing road which was formerly the northern end of Marsden Point Road.

Major Junctions

Territorial authority	Location	km	Destinations	Notes
Whangarei District	Ruakaka	0	SH 1 north Whangarei	SH 15A begins
		0	SH 1 south Wellsford, Auckland	SH 15A begins
		2.6	Mccathie Road Ruakaka
		2.6	One Tree Point Road One Tree Point
		5.8	Marsden Point Road Ruakaka
	Marsden Point	7.1	Marsden Bay Drive Marsden Cove, One Tree Point
		7.1	Rama Road
		8.5	Northport	SH 15A ends
		8.5	Ralph Trimmer Drive Marsden Point Oil Refinery	SH 15A ends

References

↑ "Revoking Sections of State Highway and Declaring New Sections of State Highway - 11 December 2003". New Zealand Gazzette. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
↑ "Revoking Sections of State Highway and Declaring New Sections of State Highway - 17 June 2004". New Zealand Gazette. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

New Zealand state highways

List of New Zealand state highways List of unused highways in New Zealand List of motorways and expressways in New Zealand

National	SH 1 (incl. SH 1B, SH 1D) SH 2 (incl. SH 2B) 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 15A 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 (incl. SH 50A) SH 53 SH 54 SH 56 SH 57 SH 58

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 2A SH 15 SH 17 SH 36 SH 40 SH 47A SH 49A 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 Southern Scenic Route

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