State Highway 85 (New Zealand)

State Highway 85 (SH 85) is a South Island state highway in New Zealand, servicing the Maniototo Plains and the North and Central Otago regions of the South Island between the major settlements of Alexandra and Palmerston. It is wholly two lane and passes through some of the most extreme climatic regions in New Zealand. The highway is known colloquially as "The Pigroot".[1] Though there is no definitive explanation for this name, A. W. Reed, in his book Place Names of New Zealand, mentions an incident during John Turnbull Thomson's survey of inland Otago in which local wild pigs were so unafraid of humans that a huge boar approached his party and rubbed its nose against that of Thomson's horse.[2]

State Highway 85
"The Pigroot."
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length165 km (103 mi)
Major junctions
West end SH 8 (Dunorling Street/Centennial Avenue) in Alexandra, New Zealand
East end SH 1 (Ronaldsay Street) at Palmerston
Location
Primary
destinations		Omakau, Ranfurly, Dunback
Highway system
← SH 84SH 86 →

Route

SH 85 leaves Alexandra town centre and runs in a northerly direction parallel (but not directly next to) with the Manuherikia River. After passing through Chatto Creek, Omakau, Lauder and Becks, the road crosses the river and ascends onto the high plateau known as the Maniototo Plains.

The road then veers to the southeast and runs across the plains through Idaburn and Wedderburn before the road "detours" to go to Ranfurly. After Ranfurly, the road resumes its original direction and after Kyeburn, the road descends through the Kakanui Ranges as well as through Morrisons and Dunback and the Inch Valley to emerge at Palmerston.

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See also

References
  1. "Pig Root". Contractor magazine. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  2. Reed, A.W. (1975) Place names of New Zealand. Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed. p. 328


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