New Zealand State Highway 78

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State Highway 78
Length	0.9 km 0.6 mi
Primary direction	East-West
Start	Timaru CBD SH 1 Theodosia Street
Primary destinations	None
End	Port of Timaru Port Loop Road
Route quality	100% single carriageway 0% dual carriageway 0% motorway
Tourist routes	None

State Highway 78 is a New Zealand State Highway connecting central Timaru with its port. It holds the record for New Zealand's shortest State Highway, with a length of just 900 metres.

[edit] Route

As of 2008, this is the route State Highway 78 takes.

State Highway 78 begins at State Highway 1 just north of the CBD. It follows Sefton Street East for 200 metres to Stafford Street, where it becomes the Port Loop Road. The road then proceeds northeast over the South Island Main Trunk Railway, before turning anticlockwise around a loop, passing under itself parallel to the railway line. The highway terminates at the intersection of Port Loop Road with Marine Parade.

[edit] Major Junctions

Territorial authority	Location	km	Destinations	Notes
Timaru District	Timaru	0.0	SH 1 North Theodosia Street Temuka, Christchurch	SH 78 begins
			SH 1 South Theodosia Street Waimate, Dunedin
		0.2	Stafford Street City Centre
	Port of Timaru	0.9	Port Loop Road Port	SH 78 ends

[edit] See also

• List of New Zealand State Highways