New Zealand State Highway 71

80px State Highway 71
Route information
Maintained by New Zealand Transport Agency
Length:	6.4 km (4.0 mi)
Major junctions
South end:	SH 1/Christchurch Northern Motorway at Lineside Road, Kaiapoi
North end:	Rangiora
Highway system
New Zealand state highways Motorways and expressways List Unused ← x20px SH 69 SH 73 →

State Highway 71 (SH 71) is a New Zealand State Highway connecting Kaiapoi/Christchurch with Rangiora.

Route

History

The highway was declared in 1992 after State Highway 72, the highway which serviced inland parts of Canterbury, was revoked (along with a number of other highways). SH 71 provided a southern connection to Rangiora from SH 1 in contrast to SH 72, which connected Rangiora to SH 1 from the east.

Accessing the highway from SH 1

SH 71 can be accessed via offramps coming off SH 1 (as the Christchurch Northern Motorway). Smith Street, coming from Kaiapoi, also flows onto SH 71. Initially a northbound only exit, southbound access was provided in 2014.

The Road

For the entire length of the highway, SH 71 is known as Lineside Road and parallels both the Main North Line of the South Island Main Trunk Railway and a 66 kV transmission line (between Southbrook and Kaiapoi substations) for much of the length. Just south of Rangiora the road crosses the railway line at-grade. SH 71 officially ends after the crossing but the road continues into Rangiora.

See also

• List of New Zealand State Highways