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Northern Gateway Toll Road

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Northern Gateway Toll Road

This toll road, which bypasses Ōrewa on State Highway One north of Auckland, opened in 2009. The toll collection gantries calculate tolls electronically and there are no booths – sensors direct digital cameras to photograph vehicle licence plates. Regular users can open an account, and occasional users have three days to pay before an account is sent to the registered owner of the motor vehicle.

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Carl Walrond, Roads – Funding road construction, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/23316/northern-gateway-toll-road (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 2 March 2010, updated 1 March 2016.