State Highway 16 (New Zealand)


State Highway 16 is a New Zealand state highway linking central Auckland with Wellsford, via Auckland's Northwestern Motorway, Helensville and Kaukapakapa. It provides an alternative to for traffic travelling between Auckland and parts of Northland from Wellsford northwards.
Within the Auckland metropolitan area, SH 16 mostly runs along the Northwestern Motorway, the major exception being the first 2 km between the Port of Auckland and the Central Motorway Junction. Outside the Auckland metropolitan area, SH 16 is a single carriageway with at-grade intersections.

Route

SH 16 begins in Central Auckland at the corner of The Strand, Tamaki Drive and Quay Street, directly opposite the Port of Auckland. It travels south via The Strand where it reaches the lights at Beach Road and Parnell Rise where it changes to Stanley Street. After one more set of lights at Alten Road, SH 16 becomes coextensive with the Auckland Northwestern Motorway. The highway travels through the Central Motorway Junction where there are exits to both northbound and southbound. It then runs west and forms a junction with and then continues to West Auckland over a causeway crossing Traherne Island and the Whau Estuary. SH 16 then passes through West Auckland and past the junction with where it can be accessed by northbound traffic. The Northwestern Motorway terminates at a roundabout with Brigham Creek Road and Fred Taylor Drive. From here SH 16 reverts to single carriage road. It passes through the communities of Kumeu, Huapai, Waimauku and Helensville, eventually reaching the west coast. From there on SH 16 skirts the Kaipara Harbour along the Kaipara Coast Highway, eventually bearing northeast to meet SH 1 at Wellsford, where it terminates.

Route changes

SH 16 north of Helensville to Wellsford was temporarily revoked in 1994. It was reinstated in 1997.

Major intersections

Refer to Northwestern Motorway for a complete list of motorway intersections
Territorial authorityLocationkmjctDestinationsNotes
Auckland CouncilPort of Auckland0Quay Street/Tamaki DriveSH 16 begins
Auckland CouncilParnell1Parnell Rise
Beach Road
Auckland CouncilParnell1Nicholls Lane
Alten Road		SH 16 becomes Northwestern Motorway
Auckland CouncilAuckland CBD2/Thermal Explorer Highway – Manukau, HamiltonWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
Auckland CouncilAuckland CBD3/Twin Coast Discovery Highway – North Shore, WhangareiWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
Auckland CouncilAuckland CBD4/Thermal Explorer Highway – Manukau, HamiltonEastbound exit and westbound entrance
Auckland CouncilAuckland CBD4/Twin Coast Discovery Highway – North Shore, WhangareiEastbound exit and westbound entrance
SH 16/Twin Coast Discovery Highway concurrency begins
Auckland CouncilWaterview8Waterview Connection
Auckland CouncilWestgate19 – North ShoreNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
Auckland CouncilWhenuapai22Fred Taylor Drive
Brigham Creek Road 		Northwestern Motorway ends
Auckland CouncilKumeu23Coatesville-Riverhead Highway – Riverhead, AlbanyFormer route for
Auckland CouncilHelensville48Parkhurst Road – Parakai, South Kaipara Head
Auckland CouncilWellsford108/Twin Coast Discovery Hwy North – Whangarei, Kaitaia
/Thermal Explorer Highway South – Warkworth, Auckland		SH 16 ends