State Highway 50 (New Zealand)

State Highway 50 (SH 50) is a New Zealand state highway that runs through the Hawke's Bay Region.

State Highway 50
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length	91.5 km (56.9 mi)
Major junctions
North end	Port of Napier
Major intersections	(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
South end	SH 2 near Takapau
Location
Country	New Zealand
Towns	Napier, Fernhill, Maraekakaho, Tikokino
Highway system
New Zealand state highways Motorways and expressways List
← SH 49 → SH 51

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
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
Central Hawke's Bay District	Takapau	91.5	56.9	SH 2 north – Waipukurau, Hastings SH 2 south – Dannevirke	SH 50 ends
Concurrency terminus

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.

See also

• List of New Zealand state highways

External links

• New Zealand Transport Agency