State Highway 39 (New Zealand)

State Highway 39
State Highway 39
Route information
	Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length	65.5 km (40.7 mi)
Major junctions
North end	SH 1C (Mangaharakeke Drive) at Te Rapa
	SH 23 (Whatawhata Road) at Whatawhata; SH 31 west (Kawhia Road) at Tihiroa;
South end	SH 3 (Maniapoto Street) at Ōtorohanga
Location
Country	New Zealand
Primary; destinations	Te Kowhai, Whatawhata, Pirongia
Highway system
	New Zealand state highways; Motorways and expressways; List;

State Highway 39 (SH 39) is a New Zealand state highway that forms a western bypass of the city of Hamilton. Gazetted in 1999,^[1] it is a generally quicker route to get between Auckland and New Plymouth as well as connecting to the Waitomo Caves, just south of the SH 39 southern terminus. The southernmost 14 km section has a concurrency with SH 31, as this highway has existed for much longer (SH 31 continues west to Kawhia).

^ "Declaring New Sections of State Highway: State Highway No. 1B and State Highway No. 39". NZ Gazette. 16 December 1999. Retrieved 7 July 2016.

[1] "Declaring New Sections of State Highway: State Highway No. 1B and State Highway No. 39". NZ Gazette. 16 December 1999. Retrieved 7 July 2016.

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