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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NZ Transport Agency | ||||
| Length | 262 km (163 mi) | |||
| Tourist routes | Thermal Explorer Highway | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| Northwest end |  SH 1 at Tīrau | |||
| SH 1 north at Wairakei SH 1 south (East Taupō Arterial) at Taupō | ||||
| Southeast end |  SH 2 (Main North Road) near Bay View | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | New Zealand | |||
| Primary destinations | Rotorua, Wairakei, Taupō | |||
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State Highway 5 (SH 5), one of New Zealand's eight national highways, runs from State Highway 1 at Tīrau, in the south Waikato, to State Highway 2, close to the Hawkes Bay coast at Bay View, 10 km north of Napier. It is the second shortest of the national highways.
SH 5 is a two-lane single carriageway, except for a two-kilometre section of dual carriageway in Rotorua, and has at-grade intersections and property accesses in both rural and urban areas. The NZ Transport Agency classifies SH 5 as a regional strategic highway, except for the section concurrent with SH 1 around Taupō, where it is classified as a national strategic road.[1]
- ^ "One Network Road Classification: North Island State Highways" (PDF). New Zealand Transport Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2016.