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State Highway 5 (New Zealand)
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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.
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State Highway 5 | ||||
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Maintained by NZ Transport Agency | ||||
Length | 262 km (163 mi) | |||
Tourist routes | Thermal Explorer Highway | |||
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Country | New Zealand | |||
Primary destinations | Rotorua, Wairakei, Taupō | |||
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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]