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State Highway 26
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length96 km (60 mi)
Major junctions
Southwest end SH 1 (Waikato Expressway) near Hamilton
Major intersections
Northeast end SH 25 (Ngati Maru Highway) at Kopu
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Major citiesMorrinsville, Te Aroha, Paeroa
Highway system
← SH 25→ SH 27

State Highway 26 (SH 26) is a state highway in the North Island of New Zealand, linking Hamilton with the Coromandel Peninsula. It starts from the Waikato Expressway at Ruakura on the eastern outskirts of Hamilton and travels 96 kilometres to Kopu, 6 kilometres south of Thames. It passes through Morrinsville, Te Aroha and Paeroa.

Major intersections

Territorial authorityLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Waikato District / Hamilton City boundaryRuakura SH 1 north (Waikato Expressway) – Auckland
SH 1 south (Waikato Expressway) – Rotorua, Taupō		SH 26 begins
Waikato DistrictNewstead63.7 SH 1B north (Marshmeadow Road) – TaupiriSH 26/SH 1B concurrency begins
74.3 SH 1B south (Hoeka Road) – CambridgeSH 26/SH 1B concurrency ends
Matamata-Piako DistrictTatuanui3522 SH 27 north – Auckland
SH 27 south – Matamata, Tīrau
Hauraki DistrictPaeroa6943 SH 2 south (Normanby Road) – TaurangaSH 26/SH 2 concurrency begins
6943 SH 2 north (Normanby Road) – AucklandSH 26/SH 2 concurrency ends
Thames-Coromandel DistrictKopu9559 SH 25A (Kopu-Hikuai Road) – Tairua, Whitianga, Whangamatā
9660 SH 25 west/Pacific Coast Highway – Auckland
SH 25 north/Pacific Coast Highway – Thames, Coromandel Township		SH 26 ends

Route changes

When the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway opened in July 2022, the western terminus of SH 26 was rerouted from its old terminus on Cambridge Road in Hillcrest to Ruakura Road to connect to the new location of SH 1 in a full diamond interchange.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Waikato Expressway: Hamilton section project update - November 2015" (PDF). NZ Transport Agency. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Hamilton section of Waikato Expressway open to traffic". NZ Transport Agency. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.


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