Wellington Urban Motorway under construction

The main motorway trench being excavated through the former Bolton Street Cemetery, photographed in the late-afternoon during the summer of 1972. This photo was probably taken from an upper floor in the Aurora Centre located at the rear of 56 The Terrace (constructed 1968).

35 & 37 Bolton Street can be seen in the foreground with houses on the other side of the street having already been demolished. The remaining houses would have been demolished not long after this photograph was taken. The Hawkestone Street overpass can be seen in the background; this marked the southern end of the motorway (excluding the Terrace off-ramp) until the final stage opened in 1976. 

Ministry of Works motorway design negative: 2626