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

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

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 authorityLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Napier CityNapier00.0Port of Napier
Breakwater Road		SH 50 begins
4.22.6 SH 2 north (Hawke's Bay Expressway) – Napier Airport, GisborneSH 50/SH 2 concurrency begins
6.94.3 SH 51 (Taradale Road) – City Centre, Clive, Hastings
Hastings DistrictPakowhai13.28.2Pakowhai Road
SH 2 south (Hawke's Bay Expressway) – Hastings		SH 50/SH 2 concurrency ends
Staggered intersection converted to roundabout in 2018[1]
Central Hawke's Bay DistrictTakapau91.556.9 SH 2 north – Waipukurau, Hastings
SH 2 south – Dannevirke		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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