State Highway 26 (SH 26) is a state highway in the North Island of New Zealand, linking Hamilton with the Coromandel Peninsula. It starts from the Waikato Expressway at Ruakura on the eastern outskirts of Hamilton and travels 96 kilometres to Kopu, 6 kilometres south of Thames. It passes through Morrinsville, Te Aroha and Paeroa.
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| Maintained by NZ Transport Agency | ||||
| Length | 96 km (60 mi) | |||
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| Southwest end |  SH 1 (Waikato Expressway) near Hamilton | |||
| Northeast end |  SH 25 (Ngati Maru Highway) at Kopu | |||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||
| Major cities | Morrinsville, Te Aroha, Paeroa | |||
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Major intersections edit
| Territorial authority | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Waikato District / Hamilton City boundary | Ruakura | SH 1 north (Waikato Expressway) – Auckland SH 1 south (Waikato Expressway) – Rotorua, Taupō | SH 26 begins | ||
| Waikato District | Newstead | 6 | 3.7 |  SH 1B north (Marshmeadow Road) – Taupiri | SH 26/SH 1B concurrency begins |
| 7 | 4.3 | SH 1B south (Hoeka Road) – Cambridge | SH 26/SH 1B concurrency ends | ||
| Matamata-Piako District | Tatuanui | 35 | 22 |  SH 27 north – Auckland SH 27 south – Matamata, Tīrau | |
| Hauraki District | Paeroa | 69 | 43 |  SH 2 south (Normanby Road) – Tauranga | SH 26/SH 2 concurrency begins |
| 69 | 43 | SH 2 north (Normanby Road) – Auckland | SH 26/SH 2 concurrency ends | ||
| Thames-Coromandel District | Kopu | 95 | 59 |  SH 25A (Kopu-Hikuai Road) – Tairua, Whitianga, Whangamatā | |
| 96 | 60 | SH 25 west/Pacific Coast Highway – Auckland SH 25 north/Pacific Coast Highway – Thames, Coromandel Township | SH 26 ends | ||
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Route changes edit
When the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway opened in July 2022, the western terminus of SH 26 was rerouted from its old terminus on Cambridge Road in Hillcrest to Ruakura Road to connect to the new location of SH 1 in a full diamond interchange.[1][2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Waikato Expressway: Hamilton section project update - November 2015" (PDF). NZ Transport Agency. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "Hamilton section of Waikato Expressway open to traffic". NZ Transport Agency. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
External links edit
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