Kamehameha Highway

Kamehameha Highway
Kamehameha Highway highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by HDOT
Length	66.6 mi[1] (107.2 km)
Component highways	Route 99 from Honolulu to Haleiwa Route 80 in Wahiawa Route 83 from Wahiawa to Maunawili Route 830 from Kahaluu to Kaneohe
Major junctions
Loop around Oahu Central Valley
From	H-1 / Route 92 in Honolulu
Major intersections	H-201 in Halawa H-1 / H-2 in Pearl City H-2 in Wahiawa Route 801 near Whitmore Village Route 63 in Kaneohe H-3 in Kaneohe
To	Route 61 in Maunawili
Highway system
Routes in Hawaii
← Route 98 → Route 130 ← Route 78 → Route 83 ← Route 80 → Route 92 ← Route 750 → Route 901

Kamehameha Highway is one of the main highways serving suburban and rural Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Starting from Nimitz Highway near Pearl Harbor and Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, it serves the island's older western suburbs, turning north across the O‘ahu Central Valley to the North Shore. At the North Shore, Kamehameha Highway heads northeast around the northern tip of O‘ahu, then southeast to and just beyond Kāne‘ohe Bay on the windward coast. The road was named after King Kamehameha I.^[2]

A short detached segment of the Kamehameha Highway exists for a few blocks in the Honolulu neighborhood of Kalihi. This segment runs as a short extension of Dillingham Boulevard from Puuhale Road (near the Oahu Community Correctional Center) to exit 18B on Interstate H-1. This section was contiguous with the rest of the highway before the construction of the H-1 viaduct.

Route description[]

Route 99 (Honolulu to Haleiwa)[]

The south end of Route 99 at Route 92

As Route 99, Kamehameha Highway begins at its southern terminus at the Pearl Harbor interchange of Interstate H-1 near Pearl Harbor and Hickam Air Force Base. The highway runs north past the Pearl Harbor historic sites such as the USS Arizona Memorial and the USS Bowfin, the Admiral Clarey Bridge to Ford Island leading to the USS Missouri, and Aloha Stadium. The highway then turns west through the suburbs of Aiea and Pearl City, passing Pearlridge Center, the state's second largest shopping mall.

After passing Pearl City and the interchange with Interstate H-2 near Waipahu, Route 99 turns north through the central O'ahu suburbs of Waipio and Mililani. South of Wahiawā near Wheeler Army Airfield, the named Kamehameha Highway continues through Wahiawā as Route 80, while Route 99 (as Wilikina Drive and Kamananui Road) bypasses Wahiawā on the west, rejoining Kamehameha Highway north of Whitmore Village. It then continues north through pineapple fields and former sugar cane fields to the junction with Route 83 near Haleiwa.

Route 80 (Wahiawa)[]

As Route 80, Kamehameha Highway begins at the interchange with Interstate H-2 and Route 99 and passes through central Wahiawā and passing Whitmore Village before rejoining Route 99 north of Wahiawa.

Route 83 (Haleiwa to Kaneohe)[]

Route 83 westbound in Laie

Originally, Kamehameha Highway continued as Route 83 at the junction with Route 99 at Weed Junction in Haleiwa, passing through Haleiwa up the North Shore. Since 1995,^[3] Route 83 begins inland from Weed Junction as the Joseph P. Leong Highway and bypasses Haleiwa town on the inland side, rejoining Kamehameha Highway north of Haleiwa.

From Haleiwa, Kamehameha Highway passes Waimea Bay, Sunset Beach, and the Turtle Bay Resort at the northern tip of O'ahu before heading down the Windward Coast communities of Lai'e, Hau'ula,^[4] Punalu'u, and Ka'a'awa.

At Kahalu'u, Kamehameha Highway follows the coastline through He'eia and the main commercial district of Kaneohe (this segment was formerly Route 836), while Route 83 continues as Kahekili Highway bypassing Kaneohe town to the west before reaching the junction with Likelike Highway (Route 63). Route 83 rejoins Kamehameha Highway in Kaneohe and continues south to the interchange with Interstate H-3 and the eastern terminus at Route 61.

Route 830[]

Hawaii Route 830 is a 5.5-mile-long (8.9 km) north–south route on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. Its northern terminus is with Route 83, near Kahaluu. It then continues southward along the shore of the Kaneohe Bay, until its southern terminus with Routes 63 and 83, only 1.5 miles away from Interstate H3.^[5][6][7]

Major intersections[]

The entire route is in Honolulu County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Honolulu	0.0	0.0	H-1 east / Route 92 – Honolulu, Airport, Hickam AFB, Naval Base	Southern terminus of Route 99 and Kamehameha Highway; exit 15A on H-1
Halawa	1.9– 2.4	3.1– 3.9	H-201 / Route 78 east to H-1 – Aiea, Honolulu	Interchange; eastern terminus of H-201 / Route 78
Pearl City	5.3	8.5	H-1 west / H-2 north – Waianae, Mililani, Wahiawa	Access via spur road; exits 8A-C on H-1; no eastbound access to H-1 west
	6.1	9.8	H-1 east – Honolulu	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; exit 8B on H-1
	6.4	10.3	Route 7101 west – Waipahu	interchange; eastern terminus of Route 7101
Waipio Acres	12.8	20.6	To H-2 south – Honolulu	Access via Leilehua Road; to H-2 exit 8
Wahiawa	13.6	21.9	H-2 south / Route 99 north (Wilikina Drive) – Honolulu, Kunia, Schofield Barracks	Route 99 leaves Kamehameha Highway; southern terminus of Route 80; northern terminus of H-2
Whitmore Village	14.7	23.7	Route 7012 east (Whitmore Avenue) – Whitmore Village, U.S. Naval Communication Station	Western terminus of Route 7012
​	15.3	24.6	Kaukonahua Road (Route 801 west) – Waialua	Eastern terminus of Route 801
​	15.6	25.1	Route 99 south – Schofield Barracks, Honolulu	Route 99 rejoins Kamehameha Highway; northern terminus of Route 80
Waialua	22.1	35.6	Route 83 north (Joseph P. Leong Highway) – Kahuku	Northern terminus of Route 99; southern terminus of Route 83
	22.3	35.9	Kaukonahua Road (Route 930 south) / Waialua Beach Road (Route 82 west) – Haleiwa, Mokuleia	Weed Circle; termini of Routes 930 and 82
Haleiwa	24.2	38.9	Route 83 south – Wahiawa	Route 83 joins Kamehameha Highway
Kahaluu	58.7	94.5	Route 83 south	Route 83 leaves Kamehameha Highway; northern terminus of Route 830
Kaneohe	64.3	103.5	Route 63 west / Route 83 north (Likelike Highway) – Honolulu, Pearl Harbor,	Route 83 rejoins Kamehameha Highway; termini of Routes 830 and 63
	65.7	105.7	H-3 – Kailua, Kaneohe MCBH, Pearl Harbor	Exit 11 on H-3
Maunawili	66.6	107.2	Route 61 (Pali Highway) – Kailua, Waimanalo, Honolulu	Southern terminus of Route 83 and Kamehameha Highway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also[]

Route map:

• List of Hawaii state highways

References[]