State Highway 11 (New Zealand)

State Highway 11 (SH 11) is a 30 kilometre stretch of highway in the North Island of New Zealand. It links SH 10 at Puketona and SH 1 at Kawakawa. Its main destination is the Bay of Islands township of Paihia. Until 2004, it terminated at Tohitapu Road, in southern Paihia township.

State Highway 11 shield}}
State Highway 11
Map
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length30 km (19 mi)
Known forWaitangi Treaty Grounds
Major junctions
Southeast end SH 1 (Queen Street), Kawakawa
Northwest end SH 10 at Puketona Junction
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Primary
destinations
Paihia
Highway system
SH 10 SH 12

Route

edit

First gazetted in 1997,[1] SH 11 begins at a junction with SH 1 in Kawakawa. It heads north along the coast, passing west of Opua before entering Paihia along Paihia Road, Seaview Road and Marsden Road. It then leaves Paihia to the west along Puketona Road and passes through Haruru, before terminating at Puketona Junction on SH 10, 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Kerikeri.

SH 11 provides access, via Paihia, to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds: the location where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840.

Major intersections

edit
Territorial authorityLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Far North DistrictKawakawa00.0  SH 1 south – Whangārei
  SH 1 north – Kaikohe, Kerikeri, Cape Reinga
SH 11 begins
35°22′51″S 174°04′18″E / 35.380792°S 174.071717°E / -35.380792; 174.071717 (SH 1/SH 11 intersection (Kawakawa))
Paihia16.910.5Te Karuwha Parade – Waitangi
Puketona Junction29.518.3  SH 1 south – Kawakawa
  SH 1 north – Kerikeri, Kaitaia
SH 11 ends
35°18′12″S 173°57′45″E / 35.303286°S 173.962566°E / -35.303286; 173.962566 (SH 1/SH 11 intersection (Kawakawa))

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Revoking Sections of State Highways Declaring New Sections of State Highway". NZ Gazette. 26 June 1997. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
edit