Colloquial naming of roads

[Nasty]

I need to know some roads in the Auckland region - Rural or other that have both formal names (e.g. SH43, Ohura Road) and Colloquial/common names e.g. Forgotten Highway. I need this information ASAP for a little project I am doing.

Your help is appreciated

Regards
Nasty

[sunhuntin]

sounds like a good idea. cant help with the road names though, sorry.

[Mom]

State Highway One runs through Warkworth. It is called Browns Road, Auckland Road and Great North Road, but is SH1 the whole way.

[MisterD]

I did hear somewhere that Twilight Road out of Clevedon is so-named because properties on either side were owned by Mr Day and Mr Knight...don't know how true that is though.

[Mom]

SH22 is known as the goat track.

[Storm]

SH22 is known as the goat track.

So is Paekakariki Hill Road

[Hitcher]

So is Paekakariki Hill Road

No, that would be The Goat Track Of Death.

[Hitcher]

What's the proper name for the Watertower Hill Road?

[MSTRS]

What's the proper name for the Watertower Hill Road?

Dowse Drive? ;)

[CookMySock]

"The Rotomas" = State Highway 30, 42km north of Rotorua.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-38.06823,176.615911&spn=0.013041,0.027637&z=15

"The East Cape Loop" = State Highway 35, east of Opotiki.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-37.894363,177.794495&spn=0.836633,1.768799&z=9

"The Waioeka Gorge" = State Highway 2, south of Opotiki.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-38.378269,177.82196&spn=0.831104,1.768799&z=9

edit: er, none of these locations have cellphone coverage either. The Rotomas do - VF and Telecom coverage 2km to the south.

This sort of stuff should be in a wiki. A pity mere mortals don't get to edit it.

HTH
Steve

[Nasty]

What about Coro Loop and all those ... come on please.

(btw thanks steve)

[sunhuntin]

This sort of stuff should be in a wiki. A pity mere mortals don't get to edit it.

HTH
Steve

i was thinking a sticky thread might be a good idea, and then it could cover nationwide.

[Blatman]

The Great South Rd to South Auckland has an unusual name, when I was a kid and dad was driving there he used to call it "Wind-up-the-windows-and-lock-the-fucking-doors"

[MadDuck]

What about Coro Loop and all those ... come on please.

The Coro loop is the Coro loop. Not many non bikers would get that. We ride it clockwise or counter clockwise

[Hitcher]

We ride it clockwise or counter clockwise
Pah! Pussies.

[Motu]

counter clockwise

You count the crashes? I'm more of an anti type myself.....

[Ixion]

I find the best roads are those where no-one actually knows what it is called.

[R6_kid]

What about Coro Loop and all those ... come on please.

(btw thanks steve)

SH16, most people accidentally include Old North and/or Peak Road as being included in SH16 but they're actually not.

Coro Loop is Coro Loop, some people say 'The Coro GP' but that's not very common.

[lankyman]

I need to know some roads in the Auckland region - Rural or other that have both formal names (e.g. SH43, Ohura Road) and Colloquial/common names e.g. Forgotten Highway. I need this information ASAP for a little project I am doing.

Your help is appreciated

Regards
Nasty

The "Forotton Highway" referrs to SHW43 between Taumaranui and Stratford (In Taranaki). It runs through a small establishment known as Whangamomana which has a fair bit of history behind it.
Interesting to learn that the "Coro Loop" refers to SHW16. I'd always assumed in was short for the "Coromandel Loop", or SHW25. learn something new every day....

[Mom]

The "Forotton Highway" referrs to SHW43 between Taumaranui and Stratford (In Taranaki). It runs through a small establishment known as Whangamomana which has a fair bit of history behind it.
Interesting to learn that the "Coro Loop" refers to SHW16. I'd always assumed in was short for the "Coromandel Loop", or SHW25. learn something new every day....

No, the Coro loop is the road around the Coromandel, not SH16.

[Naki Rat]

In the same way that SH43 has been glamourised with the name Forgotten Highway, SH45 (from New Plymouth-Opunake-Hawera) has been named the Surf Highway but has also long been referred to as " 'Round the Coast".

The stretch of winding road road on SH3 between Kai Iwi and Wanganui used to be known as Goat Valley but that name no longer really applies since they took all the bendies out of it.

SH3 south of Mt Messenger to Pukearuhe is "the Uruti Valley".
Most of SH3 from Mahoenui to Pio Pio is "The Mahoenui's"

Enough to go on with?

[Mom]

Mangakahia Road between Kaikohe and Maungatapere is also known as the Twin Bridges Road.

[MSTRS]

The road from Hastings (well, Fernhill/Omahu) to Taihape is known as the Gentle Annie (or just the Annie). Originally, the term Gentle Annie referred only to the steep hill in the middle at Kurapaponga. It is not yet a state highway, so has no number.

[lankyman]

The road from Hastings (well, Fernhill/Omahu) to Taihape is known as the Gentle Annie (or just the Annie). Originally, the term Gentle Annie referred only to the steep hill in the middle at Kurapaponga. It is not yet a state highway, so has no number.

Very cool road. Used to drive Unimogs over in during my army days

[Hitcher]

The road from Hastings (well, Fernhill/Omahu) to Taihape is known as the Gentle Annie (or just the Annie). Originally, the term Gentle Annie referred only to the steep hill in the middle at Kurapaponga. It is not yet a state highway, so has no number.

Is it sealed right through yet?

[MSTRS]

No (10 etc)
Edit. There is about 35kms of gravel, split about 25/10 either side of the sealed hill in the middle. There is talk of NZTA taking over the upkeep from Hastings and Rangitaikei district councils...in which case, sealing should not be far off.

[sunhuntin]

the road between wangas and national park is commonly known as the paraparas. wouldnt have a clue what number it is though. SH1 from bulls to waiouru is known as the desert road. i dont know if that refers to whole road, or just a section of it.
levin to foxton is the foxton straights. [also SH1 i think]

hope these help, though im guessing youve already got them.

[KoroJ]

SH22 is known as the goat track.
Goat Track - yes! SH - No! It's just humble 'Highway 22'



What's the proper name for the Watertower Hill Road?
Yeah, that would be 'Tupurupuru Te Wharau Road'



the road between wangas and national park is commonly known as the paraparas. wouldnt have a clue what number it is though..............
SH4......and right now, it's condition is said to be crap! Fortunately I had to divert to Tauranga on the SC and missed out the Para's, but Max was bitching about it for days.


Sorry Nasty, I don't know many of the delightful roads up that way, but I do particularly like the bit of SH1 I believe is known as the Mangamuka Gorge and I have yet to sample the part of SH12 through the Waipoua Forest on a nice day, but I don't think that has a name.

[Toot Toot]

Waiwera Hill = SH1 just north of Orewa, Johnstones Hill= SH1 just south of puhoi, Schedaways = 1-2 km stretch of SH1 north of Puhoi, to include the hill. So named as it is next to the Schedaways farm.
Matamata Straights is SH just to the north of Matamata stretching for approx 10 kms..

Will think of some more and edit this post as I do.

[MSTRS]

the road between wangas and national park is commonly known as the paraparas. wouldnt have a clue what number it is though. SH1 from bulls to waiouru is known as the desert road. i dont know if that refers to whole road, or just a section of it.
levin to foxton is the foxton straights. [also SH1 i think]

.

Not quite...
Wanganui to Raetihi = Paraparas SH4
Waiouru to Turangi = Desert Rd SH1
Foxton to Sanson =- Foxton (or Himitangi) Straights SH1

The road from Tokaanu towards National Park is known as the Saddle Rd (at least the hill part at the Tokaanu end). As is the road from Ashhurst to Woodville on the north side of the Manawatu Gorge.

[rickstv]

The part of State Highway 16 that runs from Helensville to Wellsford is also known as the Kaipara Coast Highway.

State Highway 18 is also known as the Riverhead Coatsville Road.
Rick.

[Nasty]

Thanks guys .. I have forwarded the information some of which will be used by TVNZ to help make the point on common name capture by services.

Cheers
Nasty