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State Highway 27
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length92.4 km (57.4 mi)
Major junctions
North end SH 2 at Mangatarata
Major intersections
South end SH 1 (Main Road) at Tīrau
Location
CountryNew Zealand
TownsWaharoa, Matamata
Highway system
← SH 26→ SH 28

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

Territorial authorityLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Hauraki DistrictMangatarata00.0 SH 2 north – Pōkeno, Auckland
SH 2 south – Paeroa, Tauranga		SH 27 begins
Matamata-Piako DistrictTatuanui4528 SH 26 west – Morrinsville, Hamilton
SH 26 east – Te Aroha, Coromandel Peninsula
Matamata7345 SH 24 (Broadway) – Te Poi, Tauranga
Hinuera8251 SH 29 west – Cambridge, HamiltonStaggered intersection
8251 SH 29 east – Te Poi, TaurangaStaggered intersection
South Waikato DistrictTīrau9257 SH 1 south (Main Road) – Rotorua, Taupō
SH 1 north – Cambridge, Hamilton		SH 27 ends
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ "One Network Road Classification: North Island State Highways" (PDF). New Zealand Transport Agency. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. 1 2 "NZTA 2017 National Telemetry Site Traffic Profile" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "State highway traffic monitoring – annual average daily traffic". maphub.nzta.govt.nz. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "MATAMATA COUNTY. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 10 April 1926. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "AROUND THE RIDINGS. WAIKATO INDEPENDENT". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 13 April 1926. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "MATAMATA RECORD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 6 December 1926. Retrieved 27 November 2021.


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