New Zealand State Highway 26

State Highway 26
Route information
Maintained by NZ 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
← SH 25SH 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.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Waikato Expressway: Hamilton section project update - November 2015" (PDF). NZ Transport Agency. Retrieved 6 July 2016.


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