State Highway 50 (New Zealand)

State Highway 50 (SH 50) is a New Zealand state highway that runs through the Hawke's Bay Region.

State Highway 50
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length91.5 km (56.9 mi)
Major junctions
North endPort of Napier
South end SH 2 near Takapau
Location
TownsNapier, Fernhill, Maraekakaho, Tikokino
Highway system
SH 49 SH 51

Route

SH 50 begins at the Port of Napier travelling down Breakwater Road, Ahuriri Bypass and Hyderabad Road turning west onto Prebensen Drive. It then intersects SH 2, running concurrent with SH 2 and the Hawke's Bay Expressway and heads southbound leaving Napier city. At the intersection with Links Road it turns west, leaving the expressway and continuing on rural road via Fernhill, Maraekakaho and Tikokino before terminating at SH 2 near Takapau.

Major intersections

Territorial authorityLocationkmjctDestinationsNotes
Napier CityNapier0Port of Napier
Breakwater Road
SH 50 begins
4.2Hyderabad Road – City CentreTo ()
SH 2 north (Hawke's Bay Expressway)Napier Airport, GisborneSH 50/SH 2 concurrency begins
6.9 SH 51 (Taradale Road) – City Centre, Clive, HastingsCoastal Route
Hastings DistrictPakowhai13.2Pakowhai Road
SH 2 south (Hawke's Bay Expressway)Hastings
SH 50/SH 2 concurrency ends
Staggered intersection converted to roundabout in 2018[1]
Waiohiki15.5Waiohiki Road – Napier
Omahu22.4Swamp Road
Taihape Road – Taihape
Fernhill24.2Omahu Road – Flaxmere, Hastings
Maraekakaho33.6Maraekakaho Road – Hastings
Central Hawke's Bay DistrictTakapau91.5 SH 2 northWaipukurau, Hastings
SH 2 southDannevirke
SH 50 ends

Spur section

State Highway 50A (SH 50A) was a spur section covering the southern section of the Hawke's Bay Expressway. It covered from the intersection of Links Road at SH 50, traveling in a general south-west direction between Hastings and Flaxmere and terminated at the intersection of Paki Paki Road and Railway Road. SH 2 took over this designation in 2019.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Hawke's Bay's state highways to be renumbered in August". NZ Transport Agency. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.


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