List of New Zealand state highways

This is a list of highways of the New Zealand state highway network, which is administered by the New Zealand Transport Agency.

Current

North Island

No.	From	To	Via	Length (km)	Notes
1N	Cape Reinga	Wellington International Airport	Kaitaia, Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, Taupo, Wellington	1106	SH 1N is used in official documentation, SH 1 is used on maps and signs.
1B	SH 1 at Taupiri	SH 1 at Cambridge	Gordonton	41.9	Eastern bypass of Hamilton
2	SH 1 at Pokeno Junction (45 km south of Auckland)	SH 1 at Ngauranga Interchange (5 km north of Wellington)	Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, Hastings, Woodville, Masterton, Hutt Valley	968	The 7-km section between central Hastings and SH 50A at Pakipaki is not assigned.
2B	SH 2 at Napier Airport	SH 50 at Taradale		4.1	Northern part of Hawke's Bay Expressway
3	SH 1 at Hamilton	SH 2 at Woodville	New Plymouth, Wanganui, Palmerston North	489.1
3A	SH 3 near Waitara	SH 3 at Inglewood		15.6	New Plymouth Bypass
4	SH 3 at Eight Mile Junction (11 km south of Te Kuiti)	SH 3 at Wanganui	Taumarunui, Raetihi	236.5
5	SH 1 at Tirau	SH 2 at Bay View (10 km north of Napier)	Rotorua and Taupo	247.4
10	SH 1 at Pakaraka (14 km north of Kawakawa)	SH 1 at Awanui	Kaeo	103.8
11	SH 1 at Kawakawa	SH 10 at Puketona Junction	Paihia	34
12	SH 1 at Ohaeawai (79 km south of Kaitaia)	SH 1 at Brynderwyn (28 km north of Wellsford)	Kaikohe, Waipoua Forest, Dargaville	217.8
14	SH 1 at Whangarei	SH 12 at Dargaville		54.6
15A	SH 1 at Ruakaka	Marsden Point Oil Refinery		8.5
16	Port of Auckland	SH 1 at Wellsford	Northwestern Motorway, Helensville	107.5
18	SH 1 at Upper Harbour Highway interchange	SH 16 at Massey	Upper Harbour Motorway	14.0	Will eventually be converted to full motorway status from Albany Highway to SH 1 (Auckland Northern Motorway)
20	SH 1 Manukau interchange at Wiri	Maioro Street, New Windsor	Southwestern Motorway	17.7	Will eventually link to Northwestern Motorway at Waterview (projected completion 2017)
20A	SH 20 south of Walmsley Road interchange	Auckland International Airport		5.0
20B	SH 20 at Puhinui Road interchange	Auckland International Airport		4.0	Eastern access to Auckland Airport
21	SH 1 5 km south of Hamilton	SH 3 5 km south of Hamilton	Hamilton International Airport and Mystery Creek	6.7
22	SH 1 at Drury	Pukekohe		12.9	The continuation south to SH 23 near Raglan has had its State Highway designation revoked
23	SH 1 at Hamilton	Raglan		42.7
24	SH 27 at Matamata	SH 29 near Te Poi		13
25	SH 2 3 km north of Mangatarata	SH 2 at Waihi	Thames, Coromandel, Whitianga and Whangamata	231
25A	SH 25 at Kopu (6 km south of Thames)	SH 25 at Hikuai		28.2	Shortcut across the Coromandel Peninsula
26	SH 1 at Hamilton	SH 25 at Kopu, (6 km south of Thames)	Morrinsville, Te Aroha and Paeroa	96.2
27	SH 2 at Mangatarata	SH 1 at Tirau	Matamata	92.4
28	SH 1 at Putaruru	SH 29 near Te Poi		20.8
29	SH 1 12 km west of Tirau	SH 2 at Tauranga		53.7	Crosses the Kaimai Range. Route K (Takitimu Drive) became part of the New Zealand State Highway Network in August 2015 and the highway follows this route terminating at SH 2 near Tauranga instead of Te Maunga.
29A	SH 29/SH 36 near Tauriko	SH 2 at Mount Maunganui	Tauranga	13.5	New designation as of August 2015. Follows the former eastern section of SH 29
30	SH 3 at Te Kuiti	Whakatane	Mangakino and Rotorua	219
30A	SH 5 west of central Rotorua	SH 30 at Te Ngae	Rotorua Central	3.6
31	SH 3 at Otorohanga	Kawhia		56.4	14 km is a joint designation with SH 39.
32	SH 1 at Tokoroa	SH 41 at Kuratau Junction		95.9	Traverses the western side of Lake Taupo
33	SH 2 at Paengaroa (9 km south-east of Te Puke)	SH 30 at Te Ngae		35.6
34	SH 2 near Edgecumbe	SH 30	Kawerau	25.2
35	SH 2 at Opotiki	SH 2 near Gisborne	East Cape	334	The longest two-digit State Highway
36	SH 29 at Tauranga	SH 5 at Rotorua		48.0	Rotorua-Tauranga direct road. Notable for being the only highway number revoked and then regazetted in another location
37	SH 3 at Hangatiki	Waitomo Caves		7.3
38	SH 5 near Waiotapu	SH 2 at Wairoa	Te Urewera National Park and Lake Waikaremoana	120.9	Middle section (unsealed) is not a State Highway
39	SH 1 at Te Rapa (expressway NW of Hamilton)	SH 3 at Otorohanga	Pirongia	65.3	The western bypass of Hamilton. The last 14 km from junction of the Kawhia road to Otorohanga is a joint designation with SH 31
41	SH 4 at Manunui(6 km east of Taumarunui)	SH 1 at Turangi		58.6
43	SH 3 at Stratford	SH 4 at Taumarunui	Whangamomona	148.7	The Forgotten World Highway, approx 12 km unsealed
44	SH 3 at New Plymouth	Port Taranaki		5.2
45	SH 3 at New Plymouth	SH 3 at Hawera	Opunake	104.6	The Surf Highway
46	SH 1 at Rangipo	SH 47 near Papakai		19.1
47	SH 4 at National Park	SH 41 3 km north of Turangi		46.4
48	SH 47 9 km from National Park	Whakapapa village,		6.8
49	SH 4 at Tohunga Junction	SH 1 at Waiouru	Ohakune	36.2
50	Port of Napier	SH 2 near Takapau		91.5	Inland route
50A	SH 50 10 km from Napier	SH 2 at Pakipaki, 7 km from Hastings	Flaxmere	16.6	Hawke's Bay Expressway
53	SH 2 at Featherston	Martinborough		17.8	This breaks with the general north-south pattern of the numbering, being some 200 km south of SH 54 and having the southernmost endpoints of North Island State Highways other than SH 1 and 2
54	SH 3 near Palmerston North	SH 1 at Vinegar Hill	Feilding	56.5
56	SH 57 at Makerua	Palmerston North	Manawatu River west bank	22.9	Terminates on Pioneer Highway but used to connect to SH 3 in central Palmerston North
57	SH 1 2 km south of Levin	SH 3 at Ashhurst (the western end of the Manawatu Gorge)	Shannon	63.5
58	SH 1 at Paremata (near Porirua)	SH 2 at Haywards		15.3	Connects the Hutt Valley with Porirua

South Island

No.	From	To	Via	Length (km)	Notes
1S	Picton Ferry Terminal	Bluff	Blenheim, Kaikoura, Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin, Gore, Invercargill	940.7	SH 1S is used in official documentation, SH 1 on maps and signs.
6	SH 1 at Blenheim	SH 1 at Invercargill	Nelson, Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, Wanaka, Queenstown	1162.2	The longest single-island State Highway
6A	SH 6 at Frankton	Queenstown		6.9
7	SH 1 at Waipara (60 km north of Christchurch)	SH 6 at Greymouth	Lewis Pass	272.4
7A	SH 7 at Waiau Bridge	Hanmer Springs		9.4
8	SH 1 at Timaru	SH 1 at Milton	Twizel, Cromwell, Alexandra	456.7
8A	SH 6 at Luggate	SH 8 at Tarras		21	Northern route crossing Lake Dunstan
8B	SH 8 at Deadmans Point	SH6 at Cromwell		2.6	Southern route crossing Lake Dunstan
60	Collingwood	SH 6 near Richmond	Motueka and Takaka,	116.5	Was shortened by 2 km in 2010 after the opening of the Ruby Bay bypass.
62	SH 1 at Spring Creek	SH 6 2 km North of Renwick	Rapaura	12.8
63	SH 6 Renwick	SH 6 at Kawatiri Junction	Wairau Valley, Saint Arnaud	117.3
65	SH 7 at Springs Junction	SH 6 11 km west of Murchison,	Maruia	71.4
67	SH 6 near Westport	4 km past Summerlea,	Westport, Waimangaroa, Granity, Hector/Ngakawau	52.3	The road continues for a further 44 km to Karamea but not as a State Highway.
67A	SH 67 at Westport	Cape Foulwind	Carters Beach	9
69	SH 6 at Inangahua Junction	SH 7 at Reefton		33.3
71	SH 1 at Kaiapoi Interchange	Rangiora	Lineside Rd	6.4
73	SH 75/SH 76 interchange near Hillmorton, Christchurch	SH 6 at Kumara Junction	Darfield, Springfield, Porters Pass, Arthur's Pass and Kumara	224	Great Alpine Highway
74	SH 1 at Belfast	Lyttelton	Lyttelton road tunnel	22.2	Has followed the eastern part of the Christchurch Ring Road since January 2004
74A	SH 76 at Brougham St/Garlands/Opawa Rds, Christchurch	SH 74 at Palinurus/Dyers Rds	Garlands Rd, Rutherford St and Palinurus Rd	2.1	Part of the Christchurch Ring Road
75	SH 73/SH 76 interchange near Hillmorton, Christchurch	Akaroa	Halswell Tai Tapu, Little River and Duvauchelle	77.3
76	SH 74 at the Tunnel Rd/Port Hills Rd interchange, Christchurch	SH 1 at Islington, Christchurch	Christchurch Southern Motorway	17.8	Gazetted 2012. Halswell Junction Road section to be revoked when Christchurch Southern Motorway is extended to meet SH 1 near Templeton
77	SH 1 at Ashburton	SH 73 at Darfield	Methven and Glentunnel/Coalgate	93.9	Includes part of Inland Scenic Route 72
78	SH 1 at Timaru	Port Loop Road		0.9	The shortest State Highway, entirely within Timaru
79	SH 1 at Rangitata	SH 8 at Fairlie	Geraldine	61.1
80	SH 8 at Pukaki Dam	Mount Cook Village	Glentanner	54.6
82	SH 1 near Hook (Cup and Saucer Junction)	SH 83 at Kurow	Waimate	71.1	Along the north bank of the Waitaki River
83	SH 1 at Pukeuri Junction	SH 8 at Omarama	Kurow, Otematata, Duntroon	109.5	Along the south bank of the Waitaki River
84	SH 6 3 km east of Wanaka	Wanaka		2.6	Originally part of SH 89 (Crown Range Road)
85	SH 1 at Palmerston	SH 8 at Alexandra	Ranfurly, Omakau	164.3	The Pigroot
86	SH 1 at Allanton	Dunedin International Airport at Momona,		5.3
87	SH 1 at the Mosgiel Interchange	SH 85 at Kyeburn	Hyde, Middlemarch and Taieri valley,	114.2
88	SH 1 at Dunedin	Port Chalmers	Ravensbourne	12.7
90	SH 8 at Raes Junction	SH 1 at McNab 3 km east of Gore	Tapanui	59.3
93	SH 1 at Clinton	SH 1 at Mataura		43.2	Gore southern bypass
94	SH 1 at Gore	Milford Sound	Riversdale, Lumsden, Mossburn, Te Anau and the Homer Tunnel	254.4	Regarded as the most scenic road in New Zealand
95	SH 94 at Te Anau	Manapouri		20.5
96	SH 1 at Mataura	Ohai	Hedgehope, Winton and Nightcaps	89.8
97	SH 6 at Five Rivers	SH 94 at Mossburn		20.6	Shortcut between Queenstown and Fiordland
98	SH 6 at Lorneville	SH 1 near Dacre	Rakahouka	21.6
99	SH 6 at Lorneville	Clifden	Wallacetown, Riverton and Tuatapere	92.5

Unsigned

These roads are under the control of the NZTA, but are not signposted as state highways. Many of them are former state highway routes that have been bypassed, but the state highway status has yet to be revoked.

No.	From	To	Via	Length (km)	Notes
1D	SH 1 at Green Island, Dunedin	SH 1 at Saddle Hill, Dunedin	Fairfield		Formerly SH 1, bypassed by Dunedin Southern Motorway in 2003.
1G	SH 1 at Taupiri	SH 1 at Horotiu	Ngaruawahia		Formerly SH 1, bypassed by Waikato Expressway in December 2013.

Past

The following state highways have been decommissioned. After revocation roads revert to their original names (e.g. Crown Range Road), are referred to as a route (e.g. Route 72), or have white shields.

No.	From	To	Via	Length (km)	Notes
1A	Silverdale	Orewa		6	Motorway section now State Highway 1, remainder of the road revoked.
2A	SH 2 at Tauranga	SH 29A at Maungatapu	Fifteenth Avenue	3.8	Revoked August 2015
15	SH 1 at Whangarei	Port of Whangarei		4	Revoked in 2003 when port moved to Marsden Point.
17	SH 1 at Puhoi	SH 1 at Albany	Orewa	32.9	Revoked in 2012 because of the opening of the Northern Gateway Toll Road[1]
36	SH 2 at Patutahi	SH 38 at Frasertown	Tiniroto	83.4	Revoked in 1990-91 [2][3] but regazetted at its current location in 2004-2005 [4]
40	SH 3 at Ahititi	SH 4 at Maungatupoto	Ohura	90	Revoked in 1991-92.[3][5]
47A	SH 1 at Rangipo	SH 47 near Papakai		19	Now State Highway 46.
49A	SH 49 at Ohakune	SH 4 at Raetihi		9	Revoked in 1991-92.[3][5]
52	SH 2 at Waipukurau	SH 2 at Masterton	Pongaroa	215	Revoked in 1990-91 [2][3]
57A	SH 57 near Massey University	SH 3 at the western entrance of the Manawatu Gorge		18.3	Now part of SH 57, which originally ran into central Palmerston North.
61	SH 60 at Motueka	SH 6 at Kohatu Junction		58	Revoked in 1990-91 [2][3]
70	SH 1 4 km south of Kaikoura	SH 7 at Red Post Junction (2 km north of Culverden)	Waiau	97	SH 70 north of Waiau was revoked in 1990-91.[2][3] Fully revoked in 2004 after the commencement of the tourist route Alpine Pacific Triangle. White shields are used (Route 70).
72	SH 1 at Woodend	SH 1 near Temuka	Rangiora, the Waimakariri and Rakaia Gorge and Geraldine	194	Revoked in 1991-92.[3][5] Now the Inland Scenic Route, 42.4 km of it being part of SH 77. White shields are used (Route 72).
73A	SH 1 at Carmen/Main South Rds, Christchurch	SH 73 at Blenheim/Curtletts Rds, Christchurch		3.6	Originally part of SH 1, then SH 73 until January 2004 was gazetted as SH 73A. Revoked in 2014 after completion of the first stage of the Christchurch Southern Motorway (SH 76).
89	SH 6 near Wanaka	SH 6 near Arrowtown	Cardrona	53	Revoked in 1990-91.[2][3] Now the Crown Range Road and SH 84.
91	SH 1 at Balclutha	Kaitangata		13	Became part of SH 92 and then revoked in 1990-91.[2][3]
92	SH 1 at Balclutha	SH 1 at Invercargill	Owaka	176	Revoked in 1990-91.[2][3] The Catlins Route, part of the Southern Scenic Route.

Future

The following state highways are approved to be commissioned as brand new state highways, either reusing old designations or as a brand new designation. The official state highway number may yet to be confirmed.

No.	From	To	Via	Length (km)	Notes
	SH 1 near Lake Omapere	SH 1 at Portland near Otaika	Kaikohe, Titoki, Maungatapere		A proposed new state highway is being set up as the "Northland Inland Freight Route" from just south of Lake Omapere on SH 1, via Kaikohe, across SH 12, south along Mangakahia Road, through Titoki to Maungatapere, across SH 14 and down Otaika Valley Road and Loop Road to SH 1 near Portland.[6]

Unused numbers

There has never been a New Zealand State Highway 9. In addition the following two-digit numbers have never been used:

• North Island: SH 13, SH 19, SH 42, SH 51, SH 55, SH 59
• South Island: SH 64, SH 66, SH 68, SH 81

See also

• List of main streets of New Zealand cities
• List of roads and highways, for notable or famous roads worldwide

References

1. "Big changes to Auckland's roading network". NZTA. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
2. "Traffic Volumes" (PDF). Transit New Zealand. 1990. ISSN 0112-3165. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
3. "Traffic Volumes" (PDF). Transit New Zealand. 1991. ISSN 0112-3165. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
4. "State Highway Traffic Data Booklet 2002-2006" (PDF). Transit New Zealand. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
5. "Traffic Volumes" (PDF). Transit New Zealand. 1992. ISSN 0112-3165. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
6. "Change in status for Northland Inland Freight Route a boost for region". www.NZTA.govt.nz. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2016.