New Zealand State Highway 78

State Highway 78
Route information
Maintained by New Zealand Transport Agency
Length:	0.9 km (0.6 mi)
Major junctions
From:	Timaru CBD SH 1 Theodosia Street
To:	Port of Timaru Port Loop Road
Highway system
New Zealand state highways Motorways and expressways List Unused ← SH 77 SH 79 →

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 under 1000 metres.

Route

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.

Major Junctions

State Highway 78
Westbound exits	Distance to (km)	Distance to eastern terminus (km)	Eastbound exits
End as Sefton Street East	0.0	1.0	Start as Sefton Street East
Dunedin, Pareora, Washdyke, Christchurch Theodosia Street			Christchurch, Washdyke, Pareora, Dunedin Theodosia Street
Timaru CBD Stafford Street The Bay Hill	0.15	0.85	Timaru CBD The Bay Hill Stafford Street
name change to Sefton Street East			name change to Port Loop Road
MAIN SOUTH LINE	0.25	0.75	MAIN SOUTH LINE
Caroline Bay Marine Parade	1.0	0.0	Caroline Bay Marine Parade
End continues as Port Loop Road

See also

• List of New Zealand State Highways

New Zealand state highways List of New Zealand state highways List of unused highways in New Zealand National SH 1 (incl. SH 1B, SH 1D) SH 2 (incl. SH 2A, 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 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 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

Coordinates: 44°23′26″S 171°15′04″E / 44.390540°S 171.251244°E / -44.390540; 171.251244