State Highway 30 (New Zealand)

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State Highway 30
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length219 km (136 mi)
Tourist
routes
Thermal Explorer Highway
in concurrency with SH 5
Pacific Coast Highway
Paroa to Whakatane
Major junctions
Southwest end SH 3 (Carroll Street/Awakino Road) at Te Kūiti
Major intersections SH 32 south (Tihoi Road) at Whakamaru
SH 32 north (Whakamaru Road) near Whakamaru
SH 1 south at Ātiamuri
SH 1 north at Upper Ātiamuri
SH 5 south in Rotorua
SH 5 north (Old Taupo Road) in Rotorua
SH 33 at Tikitere
SH 34 north (Kawerau Road West) near Kawerau
SH 34 (Military Road/Kawerau Road) near Te Teko
SH 2 north in Awakeri
SH 2 south in Awakeri
Northeast endLanding Road in Whakatane
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Primary
destinations
Mangakino, Ātiamuri, Rotorua, Awakeri
Highway system
SH 29 SH 31

State Highway 30 (SH 30) is a New Zealand state highway, linking the Waikato and Bay of Plenty towns of Te Kūiti, Mangakino, Rotorua, and Whakatāne.

At 219 kilometres, SH 30 is New Zealand's fifth longest provincial (two-digit) state highway, after SH 25, SH 35, SH 73, and SH 94.[1] With the exception of SH 4, it has junctions with every national (one-digit) state highway in the North Island.

SH 30 has the most concurrencies of all the state highways. It shares sections with, from west to east, SH 32, SH 1, SH 5, SH 34 (albeit briefly), and SH 2.

  1. ^ "State Highways: Numbers Used, Location Descriptors, and Lengths (As at January 2004)" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2008.