State Highway 26 (New Zealand)
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| Maintained by NZ Transport Agency | ||||
| Length | 96 km (60 mi) | |||
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| Southwest end |  SH 1 (Cambridge Road) in Hamilton | |||
 SH 27 at Tatuanui SH 2 (Normanby Road) at Paeroa | ||||
| Northeast end |  SH 25 (Ngati Maru Highway) at Kopu | |||
| Location | ||||
| 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 in the Hamilton suburb of Hillcrest, and travels 96 kilometres to Kopu, 6 kilometres south of Thames. It passes through Morrinsville, Te Aroha and Paeroa.
Major junctions[]
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| Territorial authority | Location | km | jct | Destinations | Notes |
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| Hamilton City | Hillcrest | 0 | 
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SH 1 south (Cambridge Road)/ – Airport, Rotorua SH 1 north (Cambridge Road)/ – Hamilton City Centre, Auckland
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SH 26 begins |
| Waikato District | Newstead | 6 | 
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 SH 1B north (Marshmeadow Road) – Taupiri
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SH 26/SH 1B concurrency begins |
| 7 | 
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SH 1B south (Hoeka Road) – Cambridge
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SH 26/SH 1B concurrency ends | ||
| Matamata-Piako District | Tatuanui | 35 |
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SH 27 north – Auckland SH 27 south – Matamata, Tīrau
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| Hauraki District | Paeroa | 69 | 
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SH 2 south (Normanby Road) – Tauranga
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SH 2/SH 26 concurrency begins |
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SH 2 north (Normanby Road) – Auckland
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SH 2/SH 26 concurrency ends | |||
| Thames-Coromandel District | Kopu | 95 |
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 SH 25A (Kopu-Hikuai Road) – Tairua, Whitianga, Whangamatā
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| 96 |
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SH 25 west/Pacific Coast Highway – Auckland SH 25 north/Pacific Coast Highway – Thames, Coromandel Township
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SH 26 ends |
Future[]
When the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway is constructed and completed, the western terminus of SH 26 will be rerouted via Ruakura Road to connect to the new location of SH 1 in a full diamond interchange.[1]
See also[]
- List of New Zealand state highways
- List of roads and highways, for notable or famous roads worldwide
- Bus routes
References[]
- ^ "Waikato Expressway: Hamilton section project update - November 2015" (PDF). NZ Transport Agency. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
External links[]
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