Lane closures on Auckland’s Northwestern motorway (State Highway 16) and the Te Atatu interchange are planned after Christmas and early in the New Year.
The closures are due to the second section of the Te Atatu Road over bridge being raised to increase clearance for motorway traffic underneath.
Te Atatu over bridge is being raised 600mm by using jacks to slowly raise the bridge and the first section of the structure was raised during November and the third and last section will be raised during 2015.
Work to raise the second section of the over bridge is taking place over 10 days during the summer holiday period when traffic volumes are at their lightest.
The lane closures will be from 4am Saturday 27 December to 5am Monday 5 January and are as follows:
- Te Atatu Rd will be reduced to a single lane in each direction over the bridge between Te Atatu South and Te Atatu Peninsula from 4am Saturday 27 December to 5am Monday 5 January
- The Northwestern motorway will be reduced to a single lane each way under the Te Atatu bridge during the day, and then closed under the bridge from 10pm each night.
- All lanes on the motorway will be open on New Year’s Eve night (31 December) and New Year’s Day (1 January)
- The Te Atatu city bound loop onramp will be closed from Saturday 27 December to Monday 5 January
The Northwestern cycleway and footpaths will remain open throughout the works.
