New Zealand State Highway 50
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| Maintained by New Zealand Transport Agency | ||||
| Length: | 91.5 km (56.9 mi) | |||
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| North end: | Port of Napier | |||
| South end: |
 SH 2 near Takapau | |||
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| Towns: | Napier, Fernhill, Maraekakaho, Tikokino | |||
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State Highway 50 (SH 50) is a New Zealand State Highway that runs through the Hawke's Bay Region.
Route
SH 50 begins at the Port of Napier travelling down Breakwater Road, Ahuriri Bypass and Hyderabad Road. It shares a concurrency with SH 2 briefly before turning south-west onto Taradale Road. It then intersects SH 2B where it becomes the Hawke's Bay Expressway and heads southbound leaving Napier city. At the intersection with Links Road it turns west (the expressway southbound is SH 50A), continuing on rural road via Fernhill, Maraekakaho and Tikokino before terminating at SH 2 near Takapau.
Major intersections
| Territorial authority | Location | km | jct | Destinations | Notes |
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| Napier City | Napier | 0 | .svg.png){kind=small} | Port of Napier Breakwater Road | SH 50 begins |
| 3.7 |  | SH 2 north (Pandora Road) – Napier Airport, Gisborne | SH 50/SH 2 concurrency begins | ||
| 4.2 | | Prebensen Drive | |||
| 4.5 | | SH 2 south (Hyderabad Road) – City Centre | SH 50/SH 2 concurrency ends | ||
| 6.9 | |  SH 2B north (Napier-Hastings Expressway)/Hawke's Bay Expressway – Napier Airport, Gisborne | SH 50/Hawke's Bay Expressway concurrency begins | ||
| 7.5 |  | Kennedy Road | Northbound exit and southbound entry | ||
| 10.8 | | Meeanee Road | Full diamond interchange | ||
| 13.2 |  | Pakowhai Road | |||
| Pakowhai | 13.4 | .svg.png){kind=small} |  SH 50A south (Napier-Hastings Expressway)/Hawke's Bay Expressway – Hastings, Flaxmere | SH 50/Hawke's Bay Expressway concurrency ends SH 50 turns right onto Links Road, SH 50A/Hawke's Bay Expressway continues straight | |
| Hastings District | District contains no major intersections | ||||
| Central Hawke's Bay District | Takapau | 91.5 |  | SH 2 north – Waipukurau, Hastings SH 2 south – Dannevirke | SH 50 ends |
Spur section
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| Location: | Napier–Hastings |
| Length: | 16.5 km (10.3 mi) |
State Highway 50A (SH 50A) is a spur section covering the southern section of the Hawke's Bay Expressway. It begins at the intersection of Links Road at SH 50. It travels in a general south-west direction between Hastings and Flaxmere and terminates at the intersection of SH 2 at Paki Paki Road and Railway Road.
Major intersections
| Territorial authority | Location | km | jct | Destinations | Notes |
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| Napier City | Pakowhai | 0 | |  SH 50 north (Hawke's Bay Expressway) – Napier, Airport SH 50 south (Links Road) | SH 50A begins SH 50A/Hawke's Bay Expressway concurrency begins |
| Hastings District | Hastings | 5.1 | | Evenden Road | |
| 7.4 | | Omahu Road | |||
| Flaxmere | 9.2 | | York Road Flaxmere Avenue | ||
| Longlands | 12.4 | | Longlands Road Maraekakaho Road | ||
| Pakipaki | 16.5 | | Railway Road (Former SH 2 north) – Hastings Te Aute Road – Havelock North SH 2 south – Waipukurau, Wellington | SH 50A ends SH 50A/Hawke's Bay Expressway concurrency ends |
See also
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