State Highway 71 is a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 State Highway

New Zealand State Highway network

The New Zealand State Highway network is the major national highway network in New Zealand. Just under 100 roads in both the North and South Islands are State Highways...

 connecting Kaiapoi

Kaiapoi

Kaiapoi is a town in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand, located close to the mouth of the Waimakariri River, and approximately 17 kilometres north of Christchurch....

/Christchurch

Christchurch

Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 with Rangiora.

Route

For the whole entire length of the highway, SH 71 is also known as Lineside Road. SH 71 can be accessed via a northbound offramp coming off SH1 while as Christchurch Northern Motorway. Alternatively, Smith Street, coming from Kaiapoi also flows onto SH 71. SH 71 parallels the South Island Main Trunk Railway. The road then crosses the railway line at-grade. SH 71 officially ends after the crossing but the road continues into Rangiora.

See also

• List of New Zealand State Highways