Auckland urban route network
The Auckland urban route network consists of strategic and primary arterial roads across the Auckland Region of New Zealand. Urban routes are signposted with white shields with black numbers and borders. To avoid conflict with state highway numbering, there are no urban routes numbered 1, 2, 16, 18, 20, or 22.
Urban route shields are commonly found on signage at motorway interchanges and major urban intersections. The shields are accompanied by supplementary plates with arrows to direct road users along the route. Sometimes more than one urban route shield will be included on a signpost. Freestanding urban route shields are also used between intersections as reassurance that the driver is still following the route.
Urban routes
This is a list of current posted urban routes in Auckland.| Route no. | Roads | Starts at | Finishes at | Suburbs served |
| Mt Wellington Highway, Atkinson Avenue, Great South Road | Mt Wellington Hwy / Sylvia Park Road | and at Drury interchange | Mount Wellington, Ōtāhuhu, Papatoetoe, Manukau, Manurewa, Papakura, Drury | |
| Upper Queen Street, Ian McKinnon Drive, Dominion Road | Karangahape Road | at Dominion Road interchange | Auckland CBD, Eden Terrace, Mount Eden, Mount Roskill | |
| Great South Road, Ellerslie Panmure Highway, Lagoon Drive, Pakuranga Road, Ridge Road, Picton Street, Cook Street, Minerva Terrace, Cook Street, Whitford Road, Chapel Road, Ti Rakau Drive | South Eastern Highway | Ti Rakau Drive / Harris Road | Penrose, Ellerslie, Panmure, Pakuranga, Howick, Botany | |
| Fanshawe Street, Sturdee Street, Lower Hobson Street, Quay Street, Tamaki Drive, Ngapipi Road, Kepa Road, Kohimarama Road, St Heliers Bay Road, Apirana Avenue, Pilkington Road, Jellicoe Road, Morrin Road, Te Horeta Road, Mt Wellington Highway, Sylvia Park Road, Great South Road | / Beaumont Street | Great South Road / South Eastern Highway | Auckland CBD, Ōrākei, Meadowbank, Glen Innes, Panmure, Mount Wellington, Penrose | |
| Tamaki Drive, St Heliers Bay Road | Ngapipi Road | St Heliers Bay Road / Apirana Ave | Mission Bay, St Heliers | |
| Ti Rakau Drive, Harris Road, Springs Road, East Tamaki Road | Pakuranga Road | Great South Road | Pakuranga, East Tāmaki | |
| St Lukes Road, Balmoral Road, Green Lane West, Green Lane East, Remuera Road, St Johns Road | at St Lukes interchange | Kohimarama Road / St Heliers Bay Road | St Lukes, Greenlane, Remuera, Meadowbank | |
| Carrington Road, Mt Albert Road, Mt Smart Road, Mays Road, Church Street, South Eastern Highway, Pakuranga Highway | Great North Road / Pt Chevalier Road | Pakuranga Road | Point Chevalier, Mount Albert, Royal Oak, Penrose, Sylvia Park, Pakuranga | |
| A | Waipuna Road | Mt Wellington Highway / Penrose Road | South Eastern Highway / Pakuranga Highway A | Mount Wellington |
| B | Neilson Street | Church Street | at Neilson Street interchange | Onehunga |
| Great North Road, Blockhouse Bay Road | Carrington Road | Kinross Street / Donovan Street | Point Chevalier, Avondale, Blockhouse Bay | |
| Khyber Pass Road, Crowhurst Street, Gillies Avenue & Owens Road, Alpers Avenue, Manukau Road, Pah Road, Queenstown Road | Symonds Street / Newton Road | at Queenstown Road interchange | Newmarket, Epsom, Royal Oak | |
| Te Atatu Road, Edmonton Road, Alderman Drive, Henderson Valley Road, Forest Hill Road, West Coast Road | at Te Atatu Road interchange | Scenic Drive | Te Atatū, Henderson, Waiatarua | |
| Mangere Road, Massey Road, Kirkbride Road, McKenzie Road, Coronation Road | Great South Road | at Coronation Road interchange | Māngere East, Māngere | |
| Hillsborough Road, White Swan Road, Donovan Street, Kinross Street, Godley Road | Mt Albert Road | Titirangi Road | Three Kings, Hillsborough, Lynfield, Blockhouse Bay, Titirangi | |
| Roscommon Road, Mahia Road | at Cavendish Dr interchange / Cavendish Drive | Great South Road | Wiri, Clendon Park,Manurewa | |
| Lincoln Road, Great North Road, Rata Street, Ash Street, Great North Road | at Lincoln Road interchange | Blockhouse Bay Road | Henderson, New Lynn, Avondale | |
| A | Edmonton Road, Alderman Drive, Sel Peacock Drive | Great North Road | Lincoln Road | Henderson |
| East Coast Road, Forrest Hill Road, Tristram Avenue | East Coast Road / Greville Road | Wairau Road | Pinehill, Sunnynook, Forrest Hill, Wairau Valley | |
| Fred Taylor Drive, Don Buck Road, Triangle Road | at Brigham Creek Roundabout | Lincoln Road | Westgate, Massey, Henderson | |
| Access Road, Waitakere Road, Scenic Drive, Titirangi Road | in Kumeū | Great North Road / Rata Street Great North Road | Kumeū, Taupaki, Waitākere, Titirangi, New Lynn | |
| East Coast Road, Greville Road | Glenvar Road | at Greville Road interchange / Albany Expressway | Northcross, Pinehill | |
| Albany Highway, Glenfield Road, Wairau Road, Taharoto Road, Fred Thomas Drive, Esmonde Road, Lake Road, Albert Road, Victoria Road | at Albany Highway interchange / Albany Highway | Calliope Road | Glenfield, Wairau Valley, Takapuna, Devonport | |
| Glenfield Road, Birkenhead Avenue, Onewa Road | Wairau Road | at Onewa Road interchange | Glenfield, Birkenhead, Northcote | |
| Coatesville-Riverhead Highway | Dairy Flat Highway | near Brigham Creek | Coatesville, Riverhead | |
| Oteha Valley Road, Albany Highway | East Coast Road | at Albany Highway interchange / Albany Highway | Albany, Rosedale | |
| Botany Road, Te Irirangi Drive, Cavendish Drive | Pakuranga Road / Ridge Road | at Cavendish Drive interchange / Roscommon Road | Howick, Botany, Clover Park, Manukau | |
| Albany Expressway, Dairy Flat Highway | Greville Road | at Silverdale interchange / Hibiscus Coast Highway | Albany, Dairy Flat, Silverdale | |
| Fred Taylor Drive, Hobsonville Road | Don Buck Road | Squadron Drive | Westgate, Hobsonville | |
| Great North Road, Clark Street, Wolverton Street, Tiverton Road, New Windsor Road, Maioro Street | Great North Road / Rata Street / Titirangi Road | at Maioro Street interchange | New Lynn, Avondale, New Windsor |
Outside Auckland
The same shield is occasionally employed elsewhere for "Regional Route" roads. These include the route UR1 in New Plymouth, the former route K in Tauranga, and revoked state highways like the Inland Kaikoura Road, Inland Scenic Route 72, and Route 67, the northernmost extent of SH67 on the West Coast.The exception to this is Hamilton which has its own urban route network, but mostly only for main collector roads.