State Highway 26 (New Zealand)
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| State Highway 26 | ||||
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| File:NZ-SH26 map.png | ||||
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| Maintained by NZ Transport Agency | ||||
| Length | 96 km (60 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| Southwest end | File:State Highway 1 NZ.svg SH 1 (Waikato Expressway) near Hamilton | |||
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| Northeast end | File:State Highway 25 NZ.svg SH 25 (Ngati Maru Highway) at Kopu | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | New Zealand | |||
| Major cities | Morrinsville, Te Aroha, Paeroa | |||
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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.
Major intersections
Route changes
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
References
- ↑ "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.