New Zealand State Highway 26

State Highway 26
Route information
Maintained by New Zealand Transport Agency
Length:	96 km (60 mi)
Major junctions
Southwest end:	SH 1 at Hillcrest, Hamilton
Northeast end:	SH 25 at Kopu
Location
Major cities:	Morrinsville, Te Aroha, Paeroa
Highway system
New Zealand state highways Motorways and expressways List Unused ← SH 25 SH 27 →

State Highway 26 (SH 26) is a State Highway in the North Island of New Zealand, linking Hamilton with the Coromandel Peninsula. It starts in the Hamilton suburb of Hillcrest, and travels 96 kilometres to Kopu, 6 kilometres south of Thames. It passes through Morrinsville, Te Aroha and Paeroa.

Major junctions

Territorial authority	Location	km	jct	Destinations	Notes
Hamilton City	Hillcrest	0		SH 1/Thermal Explorer Highway south – Airport, Rotorua SH 1/Thermal Explorer Highway north – City Centre, Auckland	SH 26 begins
Waikato District	Newstead	6		SH 1B north – Taupiri	SH 26/SH 1B concurrency begins
		7		SH 1B south – Cambridge	SH 26/SH 1B concurrency ends
Matamata-Piako District	Tatuanui	35		SH 27 north – Auckland SH 27 south – Matamata, Tirau
Hauraki District	Paeroa	69		SH 2 south – Tauranga	SH 2/SH 26 concurrency begins
				SH 2 north – Auckland	SH 2/SH 26 concurrency ends
Thames Coromandel District	Kopu	95		SH 25A – Tairua, Whitianga, Whangamata
		96		SH 25/Pacific Coast Highway west – Auckland SH 25/Pacific Coast Highway north – Coromandel Township, Thames	SH 26 ends

Future

When the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway is constructed and completed, the western terminus of SH 26 will be rerouted via Ruakura Road to connect to the new location of SH 1 in a full diamond interchange.

See also

• List of New Zealand State Highways
• List of roads and highways, for notable or famous roads worldwide

External links

• New Zealand Transport Agency