New Zealand State Highway 45

New Zealand State Highway 45

State Highway 45 NZ.svg

State Highway 45
Route information
Maintained by New Zealand Transport Agency
Length: 105 km (65 mi)
Major junctions
North end: New Plymouth
South end: Hawera
Location
Primary
destinations:
Oakura, Okato, Rahotu, Opunake, Manaia
Highway system

New Zealand State Highways
Motorways and Expressways • List • Unused

SH 44 SH 46

State Highway 45 is part of the New Zealand State Highway network and has the moniker of the Surf Highway due to the number of prominent surfing breaks that are accessible from it.

It is two-line single carriageway for most of its length, with at-grade intersections and property access' in both urban and rural areas.

Route

SH45 leaves SH3 at the corner of Leach and Eliot streets north-east of the New Plymouth CBD. It then continues west along the New Plymouth one-way network (westbound Leach and Vivian streets, eastbound Powderham and Courtenay streets) then onto Devon St West and South Road exiting New Plymouth via the south-western suburbs. It then heads south-west along the Taranaki coastal plain passing through Oakura and Okato. At Cape Egmont it turns south-east following the coast passing the Oaonui production station and through Opunake and Manaia before terminating at the northern roundabout in Hawera where it again meets SH3.

See also