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Full Closure of Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway Eastbound
Full Closure of Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway
Eastbound
The NZ Transport Agency reminds
drivers that the first of a series of overnight closures on
a section of Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway (State
Highway 16) starts tonight (Tuesday, 1 May) at 10pm.
These closures will enable the NZTA to repair the
motorway’s Royal Road Bridge after it was damaged last
Thursday by a digger being carried on a truck.
The
closures will affect both of the Northwestern’s city-bound
lanes between the Brigham Creek Rd round-about and the
on-ramp at Royal Road. The east-bound on-ramp connecting
State Highway 18 to the Northwestern near the Westgate
shopping centre will also be closed.
Repairs
will be carried out between 10pm and 5am when traffic
volumes are lighter.
To minimise disruption to
drivers, the NZTA says it will not carry out repairs on
Friday and Saturdays so that the city-bound lanes remain
open to allow weekend traffic to flow freely.
The
westbound lanes on the Northwestern Motorway are not
affected by the closures, and the Royal Road overbridge
itself remains open although a 30kph speed restriction will
be in place. Repairs to the bridge are expected to be
completed by Tuesday, 15 May.
The NZTA is
continuing to investigate the crash.
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