State Highway 26 (New Zealand)

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.

State Highway 26
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length96 km (60 mi)
Major junctions
Southwest end SH 1 at Hillcrest, Hamilton
Northeast end SH 25 at Kopu
Location
Major citiesMorrinsville, Te Aroha, Paeroa
Highway system
← SH 25SH 27 →

Major junctions
Territorial authority Location km jct Destinations Notes
Hamilton City Hillcrest 0 SH 1 south (Cambridge Road)/Thermal Explorer Highway – Airport, Rotorua
SH 1 north (Cambridge Road)/Thermal Explorer Highway – Hamilton City Centre, Auckland		 SH 26 begins
Waikato District Newstead 6 SH 1B north (Marshmeadow Road) – Taupiri SH 26/SH 1B concurrency begins
7 SH 1B south (Hoeka Road) – Cambridge SH 26/SH 1B concurrency ends
Matamata-Piako District Tatuanui 35 SH 27 north – Auckland
SH 27 south – Matamata, Tīrau
Hauraki District Paeroa 69 SH 2 south (Normanby Road) – Tauranga SH 2/SH 26 concurrency begins
SH 2 north (Normanby Road) – Auckland SH 2/SH 26 concurrency ends
Thames-Coromandel District Kopu 95 SH 25A (Kopu-Hikuai Road) – Tairua, Whitianga, Whangamatā
96 SH 25 west/Pacific Coast Highway – Auckland
SH 25 north/Pacific Coast Highway – Thames, Coromandel Township		 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]

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See also

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


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