State Highway 63 (New Zealand)

State Highway 63
State Highway 63
Route information
	Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length	117 km (73 mi)
Major junctions
Northeast end	SH 6 (Middle Renwick Road/Blenheim Street) at Renwick
Southwest end	SH 6 at Kawatiri Junction
Location
Primary; destinations	, Tophouse, Saint Arnaud, Lake Rotoiti
Highway system

State Highway 63 (SH 63) is a state highway located in the northern parts of the South Island of New Zealand. It is 117 km long and runs between the settlements of Renwick (in Marlborough) and Kawatiri Junction (in the Tasman region) via Saint Arnaud, providing a bypass of the city of Nelson. Despite being a convenient link between the West Coast and Marlborough, and being a relatively straight highway along most of its length, it is only classified by the NZTA as a secondary collector highway.^[1]

Route[]

SH 63 beginning at Kawatiri Junction.

SH 63 begins just to the east of Renwick at SH 6, and parallels the course of the Wairau River for 93 kilometres, originally to the south of the river before crossing to the north side about 20 km from the Marlborough/Tasman border, while passing through the settlements of Wairau Valley, Hillersden and Tophouse. Just before reaching Tophouse, the Wairau River veers to south while the road arrives in St. Arnaud at the shores of Lake Rotoiti. After St. Arnaud the road swings to the northwest and follows the last 24 km alongside the Buller River. At Kawatiri Junction, it terminates at SH 6 between Murchison and the Hope Saddle.^[2]

Major intersections[]

Territorial authority	Location	km	Destinations	Notes
Marlborough District	Renwick	0	SH 6 north (Blenheim Street) – Nelson SH 6 south (Middle Renwick Road) – Blenheim	SH 63 begins
Marlborough District		68.4	Wairau River
Tasman District	Tophouse	88	Korere-Tophouse Road	Alternative route to Nelson
		96.3	Buller River
	Kawatiri	117	SH 6 south (Kawatiri-Murchison Highway) – Murchison, Westport SH 6 north (Kohatu-Kawatiri Highway) – Nelson	SH 63 ends

References[]

^ "One Network Road Classification" (PDF). New Zealand Transport Agency. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
^ State Highway 63 on Google Maps

External links[]

New Zealand Transport Agency

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[1] "One Network Road Classification" (PDF). New Zealand Transport Agency. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

[2] State Highway 63 on Google Maps

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v t New Zealand state highways
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

State Highway 63 (New Zealand)

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