New Zealand State Highway 63

State Highway 63

Route information

Maintained by New Zealand Transport Agency

Length:

117 km (73 mi)

Major junctions

Northeast end:

Middle Renwick Road/Blenheim Street

at Renwick

Southwest end:

Kawatiri Murchison Highway

at Kawatiri Junction

Location

Primary
destinations:

Hillersden, Tophouse, Saint Arnaud, Lake Rotoiti

Highway system

New Zealand state highways

←

SH 62

SH 65

→

State Highway 63 (SH 63) is a New Zealand State Highway located in the northern parts of the South Island of New Zealand. It is 117 km long and runs between the settlements of Renwick (in Marlborough) and Kawatiri Junction (in the Tasman region) via Saint Arnaud, providing a bypass of the city of Nelson. Despite being a convenient link between the West Coast and Marlborough, and being a relatively straight highway along most of its length, it is only classified by the NZTA as a secondary collector highway.^[1]

Route

SH 63 beginning at Kawatiri Junction.

SH 63 begins just to the east of Renwick at SH 6, and parallels the course of the Wairau River for 93 kilometres, originally to the south of the river before crossing to the north side about 20 km from the Marlborough/Tasman border, while passing through the settlements of Wairau Valley, Hillersden and Tophouse. Just before reaching Tophouse, the Wairau River veers to south while the road arrives in St. Arnaud at the shores of Lake Rotoiti. After St. Arnaud the road swings to the northwest and follows the last 24 km alongside the Buller River. At Kawatiri Junction, it terminates at SH 6 between Murchison and the Hope Saddle.^[2]

Major intersections

Territorial authority	Location	km	Destinations	Notes
Marlborough District	Renwick	0	SH 6 north (Blenheim Street) Nelson	SH 63 begins
Marlborough District	Renwick	0	SH 6 south (Middle Renwick Road) Blenheim	SH 63 begins
Tasman District	Tophouse	88	Korere-Tophouse Road	Alternative route to Nelson
	Kawatiri	117	SH 6 south (Kawatiri-Murchison Highway) Murchison, Westport	SH 63 ends
	Kawatiri	117	SH 6 north (Kohatu-Kawatiri Highway) Nelson	SH 63 ends

References

↑ One Network Road Classification New Zealand Transport Agency
↑ State Highway 63 on Google Maps

New Zealand state highways

List of New Zealand state highways List of unused highways in New Zealand List of motorways and expressways in New Zealand

National	SH 1 (incl. SH 1B, SH 1D) SH 2 (incl. SH 2B) SH 3 (incl. SH 3A) SH 4 SH 5 SH 6 (incl. SH 6A) SH 7 (incl. SH 7A) SH 8 (incl. SH 8A, SH 8B)

North Island	SH 10 SH 11 SH 12 SH 14 SH 15A SH 16 SH 18 SH 20 (incl. SH 20A, SH 20B) SH 21 SH 22 SH 23 SH 24 SH 25 (incl. SH 25A) SH 26 SH 27 SH 28 SH 29 (incl. SH 29A) SH 30 (incl. SH 30A) SH 31 SH 32 SH 33 SH 34 SH 35 SH 36 SH 37 SH 38 SH 39 SH 41 SH 43 SH 44 SH 45 SH 46 SH 47 SH 48 SH 49 SH 50 (incl. SH 50A) SH 53 SH 54 SH 56 SH 57 SH 58

South Island	SH 60 SH 62 SH 63 SH 65 SH 67 (incl. SH 67A) SH 69 SH 71 SH 73 SH 74 (incl. SH 74A) SH 75 SH 76 SH 77 SH 78 SH 79 SH 80 SH 82 SH 83 SH 84 SH 85 SH 86 SH 87 SH 88 SH 90 SH 93 SH 94 SH 95 SH 96 SH 97 SH 98 SH 99

Former state highways	SH 1A SH 2A SH 15 SH 17 SH 36 SH 40 SH 47A SH 49A SH 52 SH 57A SH 61 SH 70 SH 72 SH 73A SH 89 SH 91 SH 92

Touring routes	Twin Coast Discovery Highway Thermal Explorer Highway Pacific Coast Highway Classic New Zealand Wine Trail Alpine Pacific Triangle Great Alpine Highway Foothills Scenic Route Southern Scenic Route

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