State Highway 50 (New Zealand)
Road in New Zealand
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State Highway 50 (SH 50) is a New Zealand state highway that runs through the Hawke's Bay Region.
(Hyderabad Road) to SH 51 (Taradale Road/Hyderabad Road) in Napier
SH 2 north (Hawkes Bay Expressway) in Napier- SH 51 (Taradale Road) in Napier
- SH 2 south (Hawkes Bay Expressway) near Hastings
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| Maintained by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi | ||||
| Length | 91.5 km (56.9 mi) | |||
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| North end | Port of Napier | |||
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| South end |  SH 2 near Takapau | |||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||
| Towns | Napier, Fernhill, Maraekakaho, Tikokino | |||
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Route
SH 50 begins at the Port of Napier travelling down Breakwater Road, Ahuriri Bypass and Hyderabad Road turning west onto Prebensen Drive. It then intersects SH 2, running concurrent with SH 2 and the Hawke's Bay Expressway and heads southbound leaving Napier city. At the intersection with Links Road it turns west, leaving the expressway and continuing on rural road via Fernhill, Maraekakaho and Tikokino before terminating at SH 2 near Takapau.
Major intersections
| Territorial authority | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Napier City | Napier | 0 | 0.0 | Port of Napier Breakwater Road | SH 50 begins |
| 4.2 | 2.6 | SH 2 north (Hawke's Bay Expressway) – Napier Airport, Gisborne | SH 50/SH 2 concurrency begins | ||
| 6.9 | 4.3 |  SH 51 (Taradale Road) – City Centre, Clive, Hastings | |||
| Hastings District | Pakowhai | 13.2 | 8.2 | Pakowhai Road SH 2 south (Hawke's Bay Expressway) – Hastings | SH 50/SH 2 concurrency ends Staggered intersection converted to roundabout in 2018[1] |
| Central Hawke's Bay District | Takapau | 91.5 | 56.9 | SH 2 north – Waipukurau, Hastings SH 2 south – Dannevirke | SH 50 ends |
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Spur section
State Highway 50A (SH 50A) was a spur section covering the southern section of the Hawke's Bay Expressway. It covered from the intersection of Links Road at SH 50, travelling in a general south-west direction between Hastings and Flaxmere and terminated at the intersection of Paki Paki Road and Railway Road. SH 2 took over this designation in 2019.[2]
