New Zealand State Highway 50

State Highway 50
Route information
Maintained by New Zealand Transport Agency
Length:	91.5 km (56.9 mi)
Major junctions
North end:	Port of Napier
South end:	SH 2 near Takapau
Location
Towns:	Napier, Fernhill, Maraekakaho, Tikokino
Highway system
New Zealand state highways Motorways and expressways List Unused ← SH 49 SH 52 →

State Highway 50 (SH 50) is a New Zealand State Highway that runs through the Hawke's Bay Region.

Route

SH 50 begins at the Port of Napier travelling down Breakwater Road, Ahuriri Bypass and Hyderabad Road. It shares a concurrency with SH 2 briefly before turning south-west onto Taradale Road. It then intersects SH 2B where it becomes the Hawke's Bay Expressway and heads southbound leaving Napier city. At the intersection with Links Road it turns west (the expressway southbound is SH 50A), continuing on rural road via Fernhill, Maraekakaho and Tikokino before terminating at SH 2 near Takapau.

Major intersections

Territorial authority	Location	km	jct	Destinations	Notes
Napier City	Napier	0		Port of Napier Breakwater Road	SH 50 begins
		3.7		SH 2 north (Pandora Road) – Napier Airport, Gisborne	SH 50/SH 2 concurrency begins
		4.2		Prebensen Drive
		4.5		SH 2 south (Hyderabad Road) – City Centre	SH 50/SH 2 concurrency ends
		6.9		SH 2B north (Napier-Hastings Expressway)/Hawke's Bay Expressway – Napier Airport, Gisborne	SH 50/Hawke's Bay Expressway concurrency begins
		7.5		Kennedy Road	Northbound exit and southbound entry
		10.8		Meeanee Road	Full diamond interchange
		13.2		Pakowhai Road
	Pakowhai	13.4		SH 50A south (Napier-Hastings Expressway)/Hawke's Bay Expressway – Hastings, Flaxmere	SH 50/Hawke's Bay Expressway concurrency ends SH 50 turns right onto Links Road, SH 50A/Hawke's Bay Expressway continues straight
Hastings District	District contains no major intersections
Central Hawke's Bay District	Takapau	91.5		SH 2 north – Waipukurau, Hastings SH 2 south – Dannevirke	SH 50 ends

Spur section

State Highway 50A (SH 50A) is a spur section covering the southern section of the Hawke's Bay Expressway. It begins at the intersection of Links Road at SH 50. It travels in a general south-west direction between Hastings and Flaxmere and terminates at the intersection of SH 2 at Paki Paki Road and Railway Road.

Major intersections

Territorial authority	Location	km	jct	Destinations	Notes
Napier City	Pakowhai	0		SH 50 north (Hawke's Bay Expressway) – Napier, Airport SH 50 south (Links Road)	SH 50A begins SH 50A/Hawke's Bay Expressway concurrency begins
Hastings District	Hastings	5.1		Evenden Road
		7.4		Omahu Road
	Flaxmere	9.2		York Road Flaxmere Avenue
	Longlands	12.4		Longlands Road Maraekakaho Road
	Pakipaki	16.5		Railway Road (Former SH 2 north) – Hastings Te Aute Road – Havelock North SH 2 south – Waipukurau, Wellington	SH 50A ends SH 50A/Hawke's Bay Expressway concurrency ends

See also

• List of New Zealand State Highways

External links

• New Zealand Transport Agency

New Zealand state highways
List of New Zealand state highways List of unused highways in New Zealand List of motorways and expressways in New Zealand
National	SH 1 (incl. SH 1B, SH 1D) SH 2 (incl. SH 2B) SH 3 (incl. SH 3A) SH 4 SH 5 SH 6 (incl. SH 6A) SH 7 (incl. SH 7A) SH 8 (incl. SH 8A, SH 8B)
North Island	SH 10 SH 11 SH 12 SH 14 SH 15 SH 16 SH 18 SH 20 (incl. SH 20A, SH 20B) SH 21 SH 22 SH 23 SH 24 SH 25 (incl. SH 25A) SH 26 SH 27 SH 28 SH 29 (incl. SH 29A) SH 30 (incl. SH 30A) SH 31 SH 32 SH 33 SH 34 SH 35 SH 36 SH 37 SH 38 SH 39 SH 41 SH 43 SH 44 SH 45 SH 46 SH 47 SH 48 SH 49 SH 50 (incl. SH 50A) SH 53 SH 54 SH 56 SH 57 SH 58
South Island	SH 60 SH 62 SH 63 SH 65 SH 67 (incl. SH 67A) SH 69 SH 71 SH 73 SH 74 (incl. SH 74A) SH 75 SH 76 SH 77 SH 78 SH 79 SH 80 SH 82 SH 83 SH 84 SH 85 SH 86 SH 87 SH 88 SH 90 SH 93 SH 94 SH 95 SH 96 SH 97 SH 98 SH 99
Former state highways	SH 1A SH 2A SH 15 SH 15A SH 17 SH 36 SH 40 SH 47A SH 49A SH 52 SH 57A SH 61 SH 70 SH 72 SH 73A SH 89 SH 91 SH 92
Touring routes	Twin Coast Discovery Highway Thermal Explorer Highway Pacific Coast Highway Classic New Zealand Wine Trail Alpine Pacific Triangle Great Alpine Highway Foothills Scenic Route Inland Scenic Route Southern Scenic Route