New Zealand State Highway 45

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Route information
Maintained by New Zealand Transport Agency
Length:	105 km (65 mi)
Major junctions
North end:	SH 3 at New Plymouth
South end:	SH 3 at Hawera
Location
Primary destinations:	Oakura, Okato, Rahotu, Opunake, Manaia
Highway system
New Zealand state highways Motorways and expressways List Unused ← x20px SH 44 SH 46 →

State Highway 45 (SH 45) is a New Zealand State Highway which 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

SH 45 leaves SH 3 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 SH 3.

See also

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