Country: | NZL |
Type: | SH |
Route: | 50 |
Map Custom: | yes |
Length Km: | 91.5 |
Direction A: | North |
Terminus A: | Port of Napier |
Junction: | |
Direction B: | South |
Terminus B: | near Takapau |
Towns: | Napier, Fernhill, Maraekakaho, Tikokino |
Previous Type: | SH |
Previous Route: | 49 |
Next Type: | SH |
Next Route: | 51 |
State Highway 50 (SH 50) is a New Zealand state highway that runs through the Hawke's Bay Region.
SH 50 begins at the Port of Napier travelling down Breakwater Road, Ahuriri Bypass and Hyderabad Road turning west onto Prebensen Drive. It then intersects SH 2, running concurrent with and the Hawke's Bay Expressway and heads southbound leaving Napier city. At the intersection with Links Road it turns west, leaving the expressway and continuing on rural road via Fernhill, Maraekakaho and Tikokino before terminating at SH 2 near Takapau.
State Highway 50A (SH 50A) was a spur section covering the southern section of the Hawke's Bay Expressway. It covered from the intersection of Links Road at SH 50, travelling in a general south-west direction between Hastings and Flaxmere and terminated at the intersection of Paki Paki Road and Railway Road. SH 2 took over this designation in 2019.[1]