State Highway 88 (SH 88) is a New Zealand State Highway connecting the city centre of

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...

with

Port Chalmers Port Chalmers is a town serving as the main port of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. Port Chalmers lies ten kilometres inside Otago Harbour, some 15 kilometres northeast of Dunedin's city centre. History Early Māori settlement The origi ...

, which is the location of Dunedin's main port facilities and home of one of New Zealand's major

container terminal A container port or container terminal is a facility where cargo containers are transshipped between different transport vehicles, for onward transportation. The transshipment may be between container ships and land vehicles, for example train ...

s. It is roughly 12 km long.

Route

SH 88 departs from SH 1 at the corner of St. Andrew Street and Castle Street, close to Dunedin's city centre. The highway travels briefly east before turning northeast at a major intersection to follow

Anzac Avenue Anzac Avenue is a heritage-listed major arterial road lined with trees in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. It runs from Petrie to Redcliffe, with most of the route signed as state route 71. The route was formerly the main ro ...

. After some 400 metres, the highway is diverted onto a new stretch of road opened in 2011 to bypass the

Forsyth Barr Stadium The Forsyth Barr Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Dunedin, New Zealand. At various stages of development it was also known as Dunedin Stadium or Awatea Street Stadium, or its non-commercial official name during the 2011 Rugby World Cup an ...

. At this point the highway crosses the

Water of Leith The Water of Leith (Scottish Gaelic: ''Uisge Lìte'') is the main river flowing near central Edinburgh, Scotland, and flows into the port of Leith where it flows into the sea via the Firth of Forth. Name The name ''Leith'' may be of Britto ...

, close to the point at which it empties into Otago Harbour. To the northwest of the stadium it joins Ravensbourne Road, passing along the northwestern shore of

Otago Harbour Otago Harbour is the natural harbour of Dunedin, New Zealand, consisting of a long, much-indented stretch of generally navigable water separating the Otago Peninsula from the mainland. They join at its southwest end, from the harbour mouth. It ...

through Ravensbourne,

Maia Maia (; Ancient Greek: Μαῖα; also spelled Maie, ; la, Maia), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, is one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes, one of the major Greek gods, by Zeus, the king of Olympus. Family Maia is the daugh ...

, and Saint Leonards. Much of this journey is relatively flat, though there are some undulating sections between Maia and St Leonards. This is in marked contrast to the surrounding countryside, which is steeply sloping; the highway passes along the foothills of Signal Hill during much of its course, on a narrow coastal strip shared by the

South Island Main Trunk The Main North Line between Picton and Christchurch and the Main South Line between Lyttelton and Invercargill, running down the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, are sometimes together referred to collectively as the South Isla ...

railway and the

Otago Harbour Cycleway The Otago Harbour Cycleway is a cycleway and shared pathway for walking and cycling in Dunedin, New Zealand. It is known by various names, including The Harbour Loop, and is also known by the names of various sections (e.g., the Dunedin-St Leonar ...

. North of St Leonards the highway passes through a low saddle at the isthmus of the small Roseneath Peninsula. A major intersection to the north of this connects the highway with the main road of Sawyer's Bay. The highway continues its undulating course, passing under a viaduct carrying the

railway before entering

, where it changes name to George Street. The highway terminates at the intersection of five roads close to the gates of the container port.

Route changes

Prior to the building of the Forsyth Barr Stadium in 2011, SH 88 traversed the length of Anzac Avenue, veering east onto Ravensbourne Road at the edge of Logan Park. Realignment of a 1.2 km stretch of the highway, including a new bridge across the mouth of the

was completed in July 2011 at a cost of $NZ 24.7 million. The highway is notoriously dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians. This is due in no small part to its winding (and in places narrow) nature; the heavy container traffic between the port, city, and heavy industrial works close to Logan Park; and the lack of footpaths for much of its length.Price, M.
Cycleway tops list of Dunedin roading issues
" ''Otago Daily Times'', 15 May 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2012. In order to partially alleviate these dangers, a separate walkway and cycleway was built parallel to the highway in the early 2000s between the mouth of the Leith and Maia, bypassing Ravensbourne and its associated industrial sites (the Ravensdown fertiliser factory and Logan Point quarry). The West Harbour cycleway was extended to St Leonards in 2012.

References

External links

New Zealand Transport Agency
{{New Zealand State Highway navbox 88 Transport in Dunedin Transport in Otago Port Chalmers

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Route changes

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