New Zealand State Highway 26

State Highway 26
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Route information
Maintained by New Zealand Transport Agency
Length:	96 km (60 mi)
Major junctions
Southwest end:	SH 1 at Hillcrest, Hamilton
Northeast end:	SH 25 at Kopu
Location
Major cities:	Morrinsville, Te Aroha, Paeroa
Highway system
New Zealand state highways Motorways and expressways List Unused ← x20px 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 in the Hamilton suburb of Hillcrest, and travels 96 kilometres to Kopu, 6 kilometres south of Thames. It passes through Morrinsville, Te Aroha and Paeroa.

Major junctions

Territorial authority	Location	km	Destinations	Notes
Hamilton City	Hillcrest	0	SH 1/Thermal Explorer Highway south Airport, Rotorua	SH 26 begins
			SH 1/Thermal Explorer Highway north City Centre, Auckland
Waikato District	Newstead	6	SH 1B north Taupiri	SH 26/SH 1B concurrency begins
		7	SH 1B south Cambridge	SH 26/SH 1B concurrency ends
Matamata Piako District	Tatuanui	35	SH 27 south Matamata, Tirau	Roundabout
			SH 27 north Auckland
Hauraki District	Paeroa	69	SH 2 south Tauranga	SH 2/SH 26 concurrency begins
			SH 2 north Auckland	SH 2/SH 26 concurrency ends
Thames Coromandel District	Kopu	95	20px SH 25A Tairua, Whitianga, Whangamata
		96	20px SH 25/Pacific Coast Highway west Auckland	SH 26 ends
			20px SH 25/Pacific Coast Highway north Coromandel Township, Thames

Future

When the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway is constructed and completed, the western terminus of SH 26 will be rerouted via Ruakura Road to connect to the new location of SH 1 in a full diamond interchange.

See also

• List of New Zealand State Highways
• List of roads and highways, for notable or famous roads worldwide

External links

• New Zealand Transport Agency