State Highway 2 (New Zealand)

State Highway 2
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length	968 km (601 mi)
Tourist routes	Pacific Coast Highway Classic New Zealand Wine Trail
Major junctions
North end	SH 1 (Waikato Expressway) near Pōkeno
Major intersections	SH 5 (Napier-Taupō Highway) near Bay View SH 3 (Vogel Street) in Woodville
South end	SH 1 (Wellington Urban Motorway/Centennial Highway) at Ngauranga Interchange
Location
Country	New Zealand
Primary destinations	Paeroa, Waihi, Tauranga, Whakatāne, Ōpōtiki, Gisborne, Wairoa, Napier, Hastings, Waipukurau, Dannevirke, Masterton, Carterton, Featherston, Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt
Highway system
New Zealand state highways Motorways and expressways List
← SH 1 → SH 3

State Highway 2 (SH 2) runs north–south through eastern parts of the North Island of New Zealand from the outskirts of Auckland to Wellington. It runs through Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, Hastings and Masterton. It is the second-longest highway in the North Island, after State Highway 1, which runs the length of both of the country's main islands.

For most of its length it consists of a two-lane single carriageway, with frequent passing lanes. There are sections of four-lane dual-carriageway expressway at Maramarua, Tauranga and Wellington.