State Highway 54 (New Zealand)

State Highway 54
State Highway 54
Route information
	Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length	56.5 km (35.1 mi)
Major junctions
North end	SH 1 at Vinegar Hill
South end	SH 3 (Rangitikei Line) near Palmerston North
Location
Towns	Feilding, Cheltenham
Highway system

State Highway 54 (SH 54) is a New Zealand state highway in the Manawatu district in the North Island. It runs from SH 1 at Vinegar Hill (near Hunterville) to SH 3 near Palmerston North. The highway connects the Manawatu agricultural town of Feilding to the New Zealand state highway network and forms an alternative route to SH 1 and SH 3 between the North Island Volcanic Plateau and Palmerston North.

Route[]

SH 54 begins at a junction with SH 1 near the locality of Vinegar Hill, 6 km (3.7 mi) north of Hunterville. It steeply descends to cross the Rangitikei River before winding along the eastern side of the Rangitikei Valley. The route then exits the valley and heads to Cheltenham, where it meets Kimbolton Road at a T-junction.

From Cheltenham, the route turns south on to Kimbolton Road and proceeds to Feilding, where it then parallels the North Island Main Trunk railway line for a short distance along Aorangi Street and Waughs Road. It then leaves Waughs Road and travels south along Camerons Line and east along Milson Line, before leaving Milson Line and turning south on Kairanga-Bunnythorpe Road. The SH 54 designation ends at the junction of Kairanga-Bunnythorpe Road with SH 3 near the settlement of Newbury, 4.5 km (2.8 mi) north of Palmerston North.

Route changes[]

SH 54 previously began further north at Mangaweka, leaving SH 1 on Ruahine Road and travelling via Rangiwahia to Kimbolton, where it travelled along Kimbolton Road to Cheltenham before continuing along its current route to Feilding and beyond. SH 54 was shifted to the Cheltenham-Hunterville Road (its current route between SH 1 and Cheltenham) in the 1990s.

Major intersections[]

Territorial authority	Location	km	Destinations	Notes
Rangitikei District	Vinegar Hill	0	SH 1 south – Palmerston North SH 1 north – Taupo	SH 54 begins
Rangitikei District	Vinegar Hill	1	Rangitikei River
Manawatu District	Cheltenham	29	Kimbolton Road – Kimbolton
	Feilding		Kimbolton Road – Town Centre Aorangi Street – Halcombe
	Feilding		Waughs Road – Bunnythorpe, Ashhurst
	Newbury		Kairanga Bunnythorpe Road – Bunnythorpe Milson Line – Airport
	Newbury	55	SH 3 south – Palmerston North Kairanga Bunnythorpe Road – Kairanga SH 3 north – Whanganui	SH 54 ends

References[]

External links[]

New Zealand Transport Agency

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List of New Zealand state highways List of motorways and expressways in New Zealand
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