State Highway 27 (New Zealand)
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State Highway 27 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency | ||||
Length | 92.4 km (57.4 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
North end | SH 2 at Mangatarata | |||
SH 26 at Tatuanui SH 24 (Broadway) at Matamata SH 29 near Hinuera | ||||
South end | SH 1 (Main Road) at Tīrau | |||
Location | ||||
Towns | Waharoa, Matamata | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Highway 27 (SH 27) is a state highway in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is an important north/south link along the Waihou/Piako valley and forms an important transport route across the mostly dairy farming Matamata-Piako District. SH 27, in conjunction with SH 2, is often used as an alternative route to SH 1 between Auckland and Tauranga, Rotorua and Taupō.
For its entire length, SH 27 is a single carriageway road with one lane in each direction and at-grade intersections and property access. The New Zealand Transport Agency classifies the highway as an arterial route.[1]
Traffic at Kaihere increased by 31%, from an average of 3,965 vehicles a day in 2008, to 5,182 in 2017[2] and 5,467 in 2019.[3] In 2017 982 (19%) of those were heavy vehicles, mainly trucks.[2]
The road was gravelled[4][5] and classified as No.19 Main Highway in 1926.[6]
Major junctions[]
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Territorial authority | Location | km | jct | Destinations | Notes |
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Hauraki District | Mangatarata | 0 | SH 2 north – Pōkeno, Auckland SH 2 south – Paeroa, Tauranga |
SH 27 begins | |
Matamata-Piako District | Springdale | 31 | Paeroa-Tahuna Road | $2.5m roundabout
opened 2010[7] | |
Tatuanui | 45 | SH 26 west – Morrinsville, Hamilton SH 26 east – Te Aroha, Coromandel Peninsula |
$3.5m roundabout,[7]
opened Dec 2011[8] | ||
Matamata | 73 | SH 24 (Broadway) – Te Poi, Tauranga Peria Road |
roundabout built between | ||
Hinuera | 82 | SH 29 west – Cambridge, Hamilton | Staggered T-junction | ||
SH 29 east – Te Poi, Tauranga | |||||
South Waikato District | Tīrau | 92 | SH 1 south (Main Road) – Rotorua, Taupō SH 1 north – Cambridge, Hamilton |
SH 27 ends |
See also[]
- List of New Zealand state highways
- List of roads and highways, for notable or famous roads worldwide
References[]
- ^ "One Network Road Classification: North Island State Highways" (PDF). New Zealand Transport Agency. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ a b "NZTA 2017 National Telemetry Site Traffic Profile" (PDF).
- ^ "State highway traffic monitoring – annual average daily traffic". maphub.nzta.govt.nz. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "MATAMATA COUNTY. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 10 April 1926. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "AROUND THE RIDINGS. WAIKATO INDEPENDENT". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 13 April 1926. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "MATAMATA RECORD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 6 December 1926. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Case study - rural roundabouts" (PDF). October 2020.
- ^ "Tatuanui roundabout opens ahead of schedule". www.nzta.govt.nz. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Survey: SN2432 Photo: 1". Retrolens. 30 September 1971.
- State Highways in New Zealand
- Transport in Waikato
- New Zealand road stubs