State Highway 58 (New Zealand)

State Highway 58 (SH 58) is a New Zealand state highway in the Wellington Region linking the Hutt Valley to Porirua.

State Highway 58
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length15.2 km (9.4 mi)
Major junctions
West end SH 1 at Paremata
East end SH 2 at Haywards
Highway system
← SH 57→ SH 60

The two lane 15.3 km highway leaves State Highway 2 at Haywards and goes over the Haywards Hill via Judgeford to a future interchange with the proposed Transmission Gully Motorway at Pauatahanui. Then it skirts the southern side of the Pauatahanui Inlet of Porirua Harbour and the suburb of Whitby, to join State Highway 1 at Paremata near Porirua.

History

The road was first formed during the 1870s.[1] From the 1940s to the 1970s there were proposals for a railway line, the Haywards–Plimmerton Line, via this route.

In June 2010 a road assessment programme found that the Haywards Hill road was amongst the worst in the Wellington region, scoring only 2 out a possible 5.[2] In November 2014 upgrades costing $30 million were announced, with $2.5 million of work starting immediately. [3]

Construction of a new $42 million elevated interchange at the intersection of SH2 and SH58 at Haywards started in 2015 and was completed in 2017; having been brought forward by the NZ Transport Agency.[4] The project included a new "park and ride" car park at Manor Park Railway Station and a linking pedestrian overbridge to replace an existing underpass across SH2 to Manor Park.[5]

Major junctions
Territorial authority Location km jct Destinations Notes
Lower Hutt CityManor Park0.0 SH 2 north (Western Hutt Road) – Upper Hutt, Masterton
Manor Park Road – Manor Park
SH 2 south (Western Hutt Road) – Lower Hutt, Wellington		SH 58 begins
Porirua CityPauatahanui9.5Transmission Gully south – Porirua, WellingtonUnder construction, due to open 2020.
9.6Transmission Gully north – Paraparaumu, Palmerston North
10.0Paekakariki Hill Road – Pauatahanui
Whitby13.6Postgate Drive – Whitby Shops
Paremata15.0Paremata Crescent – Papakowhai
15.1 SH 1 south – Porirua, Wellington
Paremata station park & ride
SH 1 north (Mana Esplanade) – Paraparaumu, Palmerston North		SH 58 ends

See also

References
  1. W. B. Healy, "Pauatahanui Inlet – an environmental study", New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1980. ISSN 0077-9636
  2. "Haywards Hill Road region's worst". Stuff.co.nz. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  3. "Haywards Hill should be a major connection". Stuff (Fairfax). 21 November 2014.
  4. "Fast track for new $42m interchange". Stuff/Fairfax. 14 March 2015.
  5. "SH2/58 Haywards Interchange". NZTA. Archived from the original on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
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