Hawaii Route 30 Explained

State:HI
Type:HI
Route:30
Alternate Name:Honoapiʻilani Highway
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:Route 30 highlighted in red and Route 3000 in blue
Length Mi:35.7
Direction A:North
Terminus A: in Wailuku
Junction:
Direction B:West
Terminus B: near Kapalua
Previous Type:HI
Previous Route:22
Next Type:HI
Next Route:31
Counties:Maui

Hawaii Route 30, also known as the Honoapiʻilani Highway, is a 35adj=midNaNadj=mid road on West Maui, Hawaii. It begins in downtown Wailuku, extending south through Waikapu and Maalaea. The Olowalu Tunnel, located at mile 10.4, is 318feet long.[1]

Following terrain of the island, the highway circumvents the West Maui Forest Reserve connecting Olowalu, Launiupoko, Lahaina, Kahana, through the regions of Kapalua and Honolua, and ending in Honokohau Bay. At this point the road continues as the Kahekili Highway, a "notoriously narrow and twisty" county-maintained road covering the northern coastline of West Maui and eventually terminating back in Wailuku.[2] The eastern part of Kahekili Highway is signed as Hawaii Route 340. The two highways together, plus a short stretch of Hawaii Route 32, complete the circular journey around West Maui.

Related route

State:HI
Type:HI
Route:3000
Location:Lahaina, Hawaii
Length Mi:2.7
Formed:December 2013[3]

Hawaii Route 3000, also known as the Lahaina Bypass, is a highway that bypasses the town of Lahaina. The Section 2 of the highway opened on December 17, 2013.[3] Hawaii DOT plans call for a much longer bypass to be constructed in the near future, with the possibility of moving the Route 30 designation to the bypass highway.

Phase 1B-2 of Lahaina Bypass, which starts at the southeastern termini of the previous bypass phase (Lahaina Bypass 1B-1) at Hokiokio Road and continues approximately 2.7 miles to the southeast to the proposed southern terminus at the Honoapiilani Highway (State Route 30), opened to the public on April 23, 2018.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Other Maui . Hawaii Highways: Road Photos . September 16, 2015 . 2006 . Voss . Oscar.
  2. Web site: Kahekili Highway . Hawaii Highways: Road Photos . September 16, 2015 . 2006 . Voss . Oscar.
  3. Second Phase of Lahaina Bypass Highway Opens . December 17, 2014 . . August 28, 2014.