State Highway 26 (New Zealand)

State Highway 26
State Highway 26
Route information
	Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length	96 km (60 mi)
Major junctions
Southwest end	SH 1 (Waikato Expressway) near Hamilton
	SH 27 at Tatuanui; SH 2 (Normanby Road) at Paeroa;
Northeast end	SH 25 (Ngati Maru Highway) at Kopu
Location
Country	New Zealand
Major cities	Morrinsville, Te Aroha, Paeroa
Highway system
	New Zealand state highways; Motorways and expressways; List;

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[edit]

Territorial authority	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Waikato District / Hamilton City boundary	Ruakura			SH 1 north (Waikato Expressway) – Auckland SH 1 south (Waikato Expressway) – Rotorua, Taupō	SH 26 begins
Waikato District	Newstead	6	3.7	SH 1B north (Marshmeadow Road) – Taupiri	SH 26/SH 1B concurrency begins
Waikato District	Newstead	7	4.3	SH 1B south (Hoeka Road) – Cambridge	SH 26/SH 1B concurrency ends
Matamata-Piako District	Tatuanui	35	22	SH 27 north – Auckland SH 27 south – Matamata, Tīrau
Hauraki District	Paeroa	69	43	SH 2 south (Normanby Road) – Tauranga	SH 26/SH 2 concurrency begins
Hauraki District	Paeroa	69	43	SH 2 north (Normanby Road) – Auckland	SH 26/SH 2 concurrency ends
Thames-Coromandel District	Kopu	95	59	SH 25A (Kopu-Hikuai Road) – Tairua, Whitianga, Whangamatā
Thames-Coromandel District	Kopu	96	60	SH 25 west/Pacific Coast Highway – Auckland SH 25 north/Pacific Coast Highway – Thames, Coromandel Township	SH 26 ends
Concurrency terminus

Route changes[edit]

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]

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

New Zealand Transport Agency

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[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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v t e 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 1C) 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	Twin Coast Discovery Highway Thermal Explorer Highway Pacific Coast Highway Classic New Zealand Wine Trail Alpine Pacific Triangle Great Alpine Highway Foothills Scenic Route Inland Scenic Route Central Otago Touring Route Southern Scenic Route

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