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Wellington Urban Motorway official opening brochure

Pamphlets & Ephemera

TitleWellington Urban Motorway official opening, 31 May 1978 by the Prime Minister, Rt Hon. R. D. MuldoonCollectionM.O.W Wellington Urban Motorway ConstructionPublisherMinistry of Works and DevelopmentDate 1978Place of originWellingtonDescription

A souvenir brochure issued to mark the official opening of what turned out the final stage of the Wellington Urban Motorway in 1978. The final proposed stage which was to cross Te Aro from the Terrace Tunnel to the Mt Victoria Tunnel was never built.

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	[...]l now run 7.7 kilometres along the foothills from Ngauranga Gorge to Vivian Street. The first ‘sod’? was turne[...]nee St in 1978 The motorway has: Six lanes from Ngauranga to Bolton Street. Four lanes to Everton T[...]