State Highway 50 (New Zealand)

State Highway 50
State Highway 50
Route information
	Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length	91.5 km (56.9 mi)
Major junctions
North end	Port of Napier
	(Hyderabad Road) to SH 51 (Taradale Road/Hyderabad Road) in Napier; SH 2 north (Hawkes Bay Expressway) in Napier; SH 51 (Taradale Road) in Napier; SH 2 south (Hawkes Bay Expressway) near Hastings
South end	SH 2 near Takapau
Location
Towns	Napier, Fernhill, Maraekakaho, Tikokino
Highway system

State Highway 50 (SH 50) is a New Zealand state highway that runs through the Hawke's Bay Region.

Route[]

SH 50 begins at the Port of Napier travelling down Breakwater Road, Ahuriri Bypass and Hyderabad Road turning west onto Prebensen Drive. It then intersects SH 2, running concurrent with SH 2 and the Hawke's Bay Expressway and heads southbound leaving Napier city. At the intersection with Links Road it turns west, leaving the expressway and continuing on rural road via Fernhill, Maraekakaho and Tikokino before terminating at SH 2 near Takapau.

Major intersections[]

Territorial authority	Location	km	Destinations	Notes
Napier City	Napier	0	Port of Napier Breakwater Road	SH 50 begins
		4.2	Hyderabad Road – City Centre	To ()
			SH 2 north (Hawke's Bay Expressway) – Napier Airport, Gisborne	SH 50/SH 2 concurrency begins
		6.9	SH 51 (Taradale Road) – City Centre, Clive, Hastings	Coastal Route
Hastings District	Pakowhai	13.2	Pakowhai Road SH 2 south (Hawke's Bay Expressway) – Hastings	SH 50/SH 2 concurrency ends Staggered intersection converted to roundabout in 2018^[1]
	Waiohiki	15.5	Waiohiki Road – Napier
	Omahu	22.4	Swamp Road Taihape Road – Taihape
	Fernhill	24.2	Omahu Road – Flaxmere, Hastings
	Maraekakaho	33.6	Maraekakaho Road – Hastings
Central Hawke's Bay District	Takapau	91.5	SH 2 north – Waipukurau, Hastings SH 2 south – Dannevirke	SH 50 ends

Spur section[]

State Highway 50A (SH 50A) was a spur section covering the southern section of the Hawke's Bay Expressway. It covered from the intersection of Links Road at SH 50, traveling in a general south-west direction between Hastings and Flaxmere and terminated at the intersection of Paki Paki Road and Railway Road. SH 2 took over this designation in 2019.^[2]

References[]

^ "Higgins to construct SH50 roundabout". NZ Transport Agency. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
^ "Hawke's Bay's state highways to be renumbered in August". NZ Transport Agency. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

External links[]

New Zealand Transport Agency

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[Links-1] "Higgins to construct SH50 roundabout". NZ Transport Agency. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.

[HBRemumbering-2] "Hawke's Bay's state highways to be renumbered in August". NZ Transport Agency. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

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National	SH 1 (incl. SH 1B) SH 2 SH 3 (incl. SH 3A) SH 4 SH 5 SH 6 (incl. SH 6A) SH 7 (incl. SH 7A) SH 8 (incl. SH 8A, SH 8B)
North Island	SH 10 SH 11 SH 12 SH 14 SH 15 SH 16 SH 18 SH 20 (incl. SH 20A, SH 20B) SH 21 SH 22 SH 23 SH 24 SH 25 (incl. SH 25A) SH 26 SH 27 SH 28 SH 29 (incl. SH 29A) SH 30 (incl. SH 30A) SH 31 SH 32 SH 33 SH 34 SH 35 SH 36 SH 37 SH 38 SH 39 SH 41 SH 43 SH 44 SH 45 SH 46 SH 47 SH 48 SH 49 SH 50 SH 51 SH 53 SH 54 SH 56 SH 57 SH 58 SH 59
South Island	SH 60 SH 62 SH 63 SH 65 SH 67 (incl. SH 67A) SH 69 SH 71 SH 73 SH 74 (incl. SH 74A) SH 75 SH 76 SH 77 SH 78 SH 79 SH 80 SH 82 SH 83 SH 84 SH 85 SH 86 SH 87 SH 88 SH 90 SH 93 SH 94 SH 95 SH 96 SH 97 SH 98 SH 99
Former state highways	SH 1A SH 1F SH 2A SH 2B SH 15 SH 15A SH 17 SH 36 SH 40 SH 47A SH 49A SH 50A SH 52 SH 57A SH 61 SH 70 SH 72 SH 73A SH 89 SH 91 SH 92
Touring routes	Inland Scenic Route Southern Scenic Route