The Hutt Valley Expressway is a 20 km (12 mi) section of State Highway 2, running from the end of the Wellington Urban Motorway at the Ngauranga

Ngauranga

Ngauranga is a suburb of New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, in the lower North Island. Situated on the western bank of Wellington Harbour, it lies to the north of the centre of the city. It is a Maori name meaning "the landing place", and the original spelling was "Nga-Uranga"...

, near Wellington, past Lower Hutt

Lower Hutt

Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its council has adopted the name Hutt City Council, but neither the New Zealand Geographic Board nor the Local Government Act recognise the name Hutt City. This alternative name can lead to confusion, as there are two cities in the...

, to the seagull intersection

Seagull intersection

A seagull intersection or continuous green-T intersection is a common type of three-way at-grade intersection, usually used on high traffic volume roads and dual carriageways. This form of intersection is popular in Australia and New Zealand, and sometimes used in the United States.- Design :Note:...

 at Fergusson Drive and River Road. The road has two names: Hutt Road from the Ngauranga Interchange to the Petone Overbridge, and Western Hutt Road from the Petone Overbridge to Fergusson Drive.

Design

The road is mainly two lanes each way, with a three-lane northbound section just south of the Belmont Hills intersection. The road is dual carriageway except for a small section between the Petone Overbridge and the Petone Railway Station

Petone Railway Station

Petone railway station is a dual platform, suburban railway station serving Petone, a suburb of Hutt City in the Wellington region of New Zealand’s North Island. Facilities at this station include a bus terminal, carpark, ticket office, and cycle storage...

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Only three intersections are not at-grade, the others being major ones controlled by traffic lights and minor ones controlled by Give Way and Stop signs. The Dowse, Petone, and Nguaranga interchanges are grade-separated.

Improvements

In recent years, works have been started to improve safety along the road.

The section between the Petone and Normandale Overbridges is currently being improved by the Dowse to Petone project, which will eliminate three sets of traffic lights and replace them with a grade separated roundabout and an overbridge.

Several minor intersections have been improved to prevent traffic turning right into or out of the minor roads, and there are provisions to replace the Melling and Haywards intersections with grade-separated interchanges in the future.

Interchanges

All interchanges are at-grade unless otherwise specified.

Territorial authority	Location	Destinations	Notes
Upper Hutt City Upper Hutt Upper Hutt is a satellite city of Wellington. It is New Zealand's smallest city by population, the second largest by land area. It is in Greater Wellington.-Geography:Upper Hutt is 30 km north-east of Wellington...	Silverstream	SH 2 New Zealand State Highway 2 State Highway 2 is one of New Zealand's eight national highways. With the exception of State Highway 1, which runs the length of both of the country's main islands, SH 2 is the longest highway in the North Island...  north (River Road) Upper Hutt City Centre, Masterton Masterton Masterton is a large town and local government district in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a region separated from Wellington by the Rimutaka ranges...	Hutt Valley Expressway ends
		(Fergusson Drive) Silverstream, Stokes Valley	Seagull intersection Seagull intersection A seagull intersection or continuous green-T intersection is a common type of three-way at-grade intersection, usually used on high traffic volume roads and dual carriageways. This form of intersection is popular in Australia and New Zealand, and sometimes used in the United States.- Design :Note:...   Intersection lies on the border between the two cities
Hutt City Lower Hutt Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its council has adopted the name Hutt City Council, but neither the New Zealand Geographic Board nor the Local Government Act recognise the name Hutt City. This alternative name can lead to confusion, as there are two cities in the...
	Manor Park	(Manor Park Road) Manor Park
		SH 58  (Haywards Hill Road) Pauatahanui Pauatahanui Pauatahanui is a village in New Zealand's North Island. It is at the far eastern end of the Pauatahanui Inlet, an arm of the Porirua Harbour, northeast of Wellington.... , Porirua Porirua Porirua is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, immediately north of the city of Wellington, with their central business districts 20 km apart. A large proportion of the population commutes to Wellington, so it may be considered a satellite city. It almost completely surrounds...
		(Hebden Crescent/Liverton Road)
		(Hebden Crescent/Gurney Road)	Northbound exit and entrance
	Belmont Domain	(Carter Street) Belmont Domain
		(Fairway Drive) Avalon Avalon, New Zealand Avalon, a suburb of Lower Hutt in New Zealand, formed as a private residential development in the 1970s on land formerly occupied by market-gardens on the left bank of the Hutt River... , Naenae Naenae Naenae is a suburb of the city of Lower Hutt in the North Island of New Zealand. It lies on the eastern edge of the floodplain of the Hutt River, four kilometres from the Lower Hutt Central business district. A small tributary of the Hutt, the Waiwhetu Stream, flows through the suburb.Naenae has a... , Hutt Hospital
		(Major Drive) Kelson Kelson The kelson or keelson is the member which, particularly in a wooden vessel, lies parallel with its keel but above the transverse members such as timbers, frames or in a larger vessel, floors...
		(Grounsell Crescent) Belmont Hills
		(Wairere Road/Pomare Road)	Northbound exit and entrance
	Melling	(Tirohanga Road/Block Road) Tirohanga, Normandale
		(Melling Link/Harbour View Road) Lower Hutt City Centre Lower Hutt Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its council has adopted the name Hutt City Council, but neither the New Zealand Geographic Board nor the Local Government Act recognise the name Hutt City. This alternative name can lead to confusion, as there are two cities in the... , Harbour View
		(Dowse Drive) Manguraki, Petone, Lower Hutt City Centre	Grade-separated roundabout interchange
		(Korokoro Road) Korokoro	To be removed mid 2009 on completion of new Korokoro overbridge
		Petone Railway Station Petone Railway Station Petone railway station is a dual platform, suburban railway station serving Petone, a suburb of Hutt City in the Wellington region of New Zealand’s North Island. Facilities at this station include a bus terminal, carpark, ticket office, and cycle storage...	Southbound exit only
		(Priests Ave) Petone Railway Station Petone Railway Station Petone railway station is a dual platform, suburban railway station serving Petone, a suburb of Hutt City in the Wellington region of New Zealand’s North Island. Facilities at this station include a bus terminal, carpark, ticket office, and cycle storage...	Opens 2009. Northbound exit and entrance
		(Cornish Street) Korokoro Industrial Area	Will become northbound exit only in 2009
		(Hutt Road) Petone, Eastbourne, Wainuiomata	Petone Interchange. Northbound exit and southbound entrance
Wellington City Wellington City Wellington City Council is a territorial authority in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Wellington city extends as far north as Linden, and includes the rural areas of Makara and Ohariu. It is New Zealand's third-largest city, behind Auckland and Christchurch.Wellington attained city status in...		(Horokiwi Road) Horokiwi	Northbound Only. Southbound Access closed in 2010.
		BP BP BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...  Hutt Road	Northbound only
	Ngauranga	SH 1 State Highway 1 (New Zealand) State Highway 1 is the longest and most significant road in the New Zealand roading network, running the length of both main islands. It appears on road maps as SH 1 and on road signs as a white number 1 on a red shield, but it has the official designations SH 1N in the North Island, SH 1S in the...  north (Hutt Road) Ngauranga, Porirua Porirua Porirua is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, immediately north of the city of Wellington, with their central business districts 20 km apart. A large proportion of the population commutes to Wellington, so it may be considered a satellite city. It almost completely surrounds... , Picton Ferry	Ngauranga Interchange Ngauranga Interchange The Ngauranga Interchange is a major interchange in the suburb of Ngauranga, in Wellington City, New Zealand. The Ngauranga interchange connects State Highways 1 and 2 with each other, and also allows traffic to connect to Hutt Road, for access to the interisland ferry terminals... . Southbound exit and northbound entrance.
		SH 1 State Highway 1 (New Zealand) State Highway 1 is the longest and most significant road in the New Zealand roading network, running the length of both main islands. It appears on road maps as SH 1 and on road signs as a white number 1 on a red shield, but it has the official designations SH 1N in the North Island, SH 1S in the...  south (Wellington Urban Motorway Wellington Urban Motorway The Wellington Urban Motorway, part of SH 1, is the major road into and out of Wellington, New Zealand. It is 7 km long, ranges from three to six lanes wide, and extends from the base of the Ngauranga Gorge into the Wellington CBD.... ) Wellington City Centre, Wellington International Airport Wellington International Airport Wellington International Airport is an international airport located in the suburb of Rongotai in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. It is a secondary hub and focus city for Air New Zealand and its subsidiaries...	Hutt Valley Expressway ends