New Zealand State Highways

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About

Captured time

2009

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OpenStreetMap currently has quite good coverage of New Zealand State Highways, however tagging is inconsistent and there are sections where they either mapped but not tagged or not mapped at all.

This project page is an effort to keep track of the status of the individual highways in terms of how completely they are mapped and how consistently they are tagged.

Tagging Guildlines

There is ongoing discussion on Talk:New_Zealand about consistent tagging for State Highways. Until a consensus is reached it probably best not to go making wholesale changes to existing tagging.
The initial scope is identify what is there in terms of highways and ref tagging for each highway, add ref tagging where it is missing and identify sections not mapped. The intention is also to add route relations to group all the ways that make up the individual highways.

See also New Zealand/Road network.

Useful tools

There is a few methods that can be useful for checking the current status of a particular state highway.

• Xapi can be used to extract the osm data for a single highway by constructing a query with an appropriate bbox and tags. This returns a .osm file which you can then open in an editor like JOSM so you can look for gaps and check tagging. Note that the data downloaded via xapi is intended for viewing only, if you want to make changes download live data in a new layer before editing.

e.g. the following url will return the data for State Highway 71 allowing for 3 different formats of the ref tag.

   http://www.informationfreeway.org/api/0.6/way[ref=71|SH71|SH 71][bbox=165.9,-47.9,179.0,-34.0]

• Query-to-map can be used to extract osm the data for a single highway and will automatically convert it to a kml file and overlay it over a OpenStreetMap map so you can see what parts have been mapped.

e.g. the following url will give the Query-to-map form pre-filled with a query for State Highway 71 allowing for 3 different formats of the ref tag.

   http://toolserver.org/~kolossos/osm/index.php?way=ref%3D71|SH71|SH+71&bbox=165.9%2C-47.9%2C179.0%2C-34.0&output=osm

• Planet is a full copy of all osm data updated weekly or it is possible to get Planet#Extracts just for New Zealand. These can then be imported into a database using various tools like Osm2pgsql so you can query the data in any way you want.

The Highways

National State Highways

This table was based on the List of New Zealand State Highways on Wikipedia

SH No.	From / To	highway tags	ref tags	Route Relation	Completely mapped	Notes	Last checked
1	Cape Reinga/Wellington International Airport Picton Ferry Terminal/Bluff	motorway trunk primary	SH 1 SH1 1	State Highway 1 North State Highway 1 South	no	fix needed north end of northern motorway and new toll road[1]	01/05/09 --rcr
1A	SH 1 at Silverdale/ Orewa	none	none	none	no	does this still exist now the toll road has opened?	02/05/09 --rcr
1B	SH 1 at Taupiri/ SH 1 at Cambridge	primary	1B	State Highway 1B	yes		02/05/09 --rcr
2	SH 1 at Pokeno Junction/ SH 1 at Ngauranga Interchange	motorway trunk primary secondary	SH 12 SH2 2	State Highway 2	yes	needed to completly map junction with SH 2A[2] need to confirm what happens in Hastings town centre [3]	02/05/09 --rcr
2A	SH 2 at Tauranga/ Tauranga Harbour Bridge	primary	SH2A	State Highway 2A	yes	needed to completly map junction with SH 2	03/05/09 --rcr
2B	SH 2 at Napier Airport/ SH 50 at Taradale	primary	SH2B	State Highway 2B	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
3	SH 1 at Hamilton/ SH 2 at Woodville	trunk primary	SH 3 SH3	State Highway 3	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
3A	SH 3 near Waitara/ SH 3 at Inglewood	trunk	SH3A	State Highway 3A	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
4	SH 3 at Eight Mile Junction/ SH 3 at Wanganui	trunk	SH 4 SH4	State Highway 4	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
5	SH 1 at Tirau/ SH 2 at Bay View	trunk primary	SH5 5	State Highway 5	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
6	SH 1 at Blenheim/ SH 1 at Invercargill	trunk	6	State Highway 6	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
6A	SH 6 at Frankton/ Queenstown	trunk	6A	State Highway 6A	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
7	SH 1 at Waipara/ SH 6 at Greymouth	trunk primary	7	State Highway 7	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
7A	SH 7 at Waiau Bridge/ Hanmer Springs	primary	7A	State Highway 7A	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
8	SH 1 at Timaru/ SH 1 at Milton	trunk	8	State Highway 8	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
8A	SH 6 at Luggate/ SH 8 at Tarras	trunk	8A	State Highway 8A	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
8B	SH 8 at Deadmans Point/ SH6 at Cromwell	trunk	8B	State Highway 8B	yes		03/05/09 --rcr

North Island State Highways

This table was based on the List of New Zealand State Highways on Wikipedia

SH No.	From/ To	highway tags	ref tags	Route Relation	Completely mapped	Notes	Last checked
10	SH 1 at Pakaraka (14km north of Kawakawa)/ Awanui	secondary	10	State Highway 10	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
11	SH 1 at Kawakawa/ SH10 at Puketona Junction	primary	11	State Highway 11	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
12	SH 1 at Ohaeawai (79km south of Kaitaia)/ SH 1 at Brynderwyn (28km north of Wellsford)	primary	SH12 12	State Highway 12	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
14	SH 1 at Whangarei/ Dargaville	primary	14	State Highway 14	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
15A	SH1 at Ruakaka/ Marsden Point	primary	15A	State Highway 15A	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
16	Port of Auckland/ SH 1 at Wellsford	trunk primary	SH16	State Highway 16	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
17	SH 1 at Puhoi/ SH 1 at Albany	primary	17	State Highway 17	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
18	SH 1 at Upper Harbour Highway interchange/ SH 16 at Massey	motorway primary	SH18	State Highway 18	yes		03/05/09 --rcr
20	Hillsborough/ SH 1 Manukau interchange at Wiri	motorway primary	SH20	State Highway 20	yes	need to map proposed route/new interchange through waterview	24/06/09 --myfanwy
20A	SH 20 south of Walmsley Road interchange/ Auckland International Airport	motorway primary	SH20A	State Highway 20A	yes		04/05/09 --rcr
20B	SH 20 at Puhinui Road interchange/ Auckland International Airport	primary	20B	State Highway 20B	yes		04/05/09 --rcr
21	SH 1 5km south of Hamilton/ SH 3 5km south of Hamilton	trunk	SH 21	State Highway 21	yes		04/05/09 --rcr
22	SH 1 at Drury/ Waikato River bridge	primary	22	State Highway 22	no	section from Pukekohe to Waikato river not mapped	04/05/09 --rcr
23	SH 1 at Hamilton/ Raglan	primary	SH23	State Highway 23	yes		04/05/09 --rcr
24	Matamata/ SH 29 near Te Poi	primary	SH24	State Highway 24	yes		04/05/09 --rcr
25	SH 2 3km north of Mangatarata/ SH 2 at Waihi	primary secondary	SH25 25	State Highway 25	yes		04/05/09 --rcr
25A	SH 26 at Kopu (6km south of Thames)/ SH 25 at Hikuai	primary	SH25A	State Highway 25A	yes		04/05/09 --rcr
26	Hamilton/ SH 25 at Kopu, (6km south of Thames)	primary	SH26	State Highway 26	yes		04/05/09 --rcr
27	SH 2 at Mangatarata/ SH 1 at Tirau	primary secondary	SH27	State Highway 27	yes		04/05/09 --rcr
28	SH 1 at Putaruru/ SH 29 near Te Poi	primary	SH28	State Highway 28	yes		04/05/09 --rcr
29	SH 1 12km north of Tirau/ Mount Maunganui	primary	SH29	State Highway 29	yes		04/05/09 --rcr
30	SH 3 at Te Kuiti/ Whakatane	primary	SH 30 SH30 30	State Highway 30	yes		04/05/09 --rcr
30A	SH 5 west of central Rotorua/ SH 30 at Te Ngae	tertiary	30A	State Highway 30A	yes		04/05/09 --rcr
31	SH 3 at Otorohanga/ Kawhia	primary	SH31	State Highway 31	yes	shares 14km section with SH39	04/05/09 --rcr
32	SH 1 at Tokoroa/ SH 41 at Kuratau Junction	primary	SH 32	State Highway 32	yes		04/05/09 --rcr
33	SH 2 at Paengaroa (9km south-east of Te Puke)/ SH 30 at Te Ngae	primary	SH33	State Highway 33	yes		04/05/09 --rcr
34	SH 2 near Edgecumbe/ SH 30 west of Kawerau	primary	34	State Highway 34	yes		05/05/09 --rcr
35	SH 2 at Opotiki/ Gisborne	primary	SH35 35	State Highway 35	yes		08/05/09 --rcr
36	SH 29 at Tauranga/ SH 5 at Rotorua	primary	SH36	State Highway 36	yes		05/05/09 --rcr
37	SH 3 at Hangatiki/ Waitomo Caves	primary	SH37	State Highway 37	yes		05/05/09 --rcr
38	SH 5 near Waiotapu/Murupara Aniwaniwa/SH 2 at Wairoa	primary	SH 38 SH38	State Highway 38	yes	Murupara to Aniwaniwa not designated State Highway	05/05/09 --rcr
39	SH 1 at Ngaruawahia/ SH 3 at Otorohanga	primary	SH39	State Highway 39	yes	shares 14km section with SH31	05/05/09 --rcr
41	SH 4 at Manunui(6km west of Taumarunui)/ SH 1 at Turangi	primary	SH 41	State Highway 41	yes		05/05/09 --rcr
43	SH 3 at Stratford/ SH 4 at Taumarunui	primary	SH43	State Highway 43	yes	has unsealed section	05/05/09 --rcr
44	SH 3 at New Plymouth/ Port Taranaki	primary	44	State Highway 44	yes		05/05/09 --rcr
45	SH 3 at New Plymouth/ SH 3 at Hawera	primary	SH45	State Highway 45	yes		05/05/09 --rcr
46	SH 1 at Rangipo/ SH 47 near Papakai	primary	SH 46	State Highway 46	yes		05/05/09 --rcr
47	SH 4 at National Park/ SH 41 3km north of Turangi	primary	SH 47 SH47	State Highway 47	yes		05/05/09 --rcr
48	SH 47 9km from National Park/ Whakapapa village	primary	48	State Highway 48	yes		05/05/09 --rcr
49	SH 4 at Tohunga Junction/ SH 1 at Waiouru	primary	SH 49	State Highway 49	yes		05/05/09 --rcr
50	SH 2 at Napier/ SH 2 near Takapau	primary	50	State Highway 50	yes		05/05/09 --rcr
50A	SH 50 10km from Napier/ Pakipaki, 7km from Hastings	primary	50A	State Highway 50A	yes		05/05/09 --rcr
53	SH 2 at Featherston/ Martinborough	primary	SH 53	State Highway 53	yes		05/05/09 --rcr
54	SH 3 near Palmerston North/ SH 1 at Vinegar Hill	primary	SH 54 SH54	State Highway 54	yes		05/05/09 --rcr
56	SH 57 at Makerua/ Palmerston North	primary	SH56	State Highway 56	yes		05/05/09 --rcr
57	SH 1 2km south of Levin/ SH 3 at Ashhurst (western end of Manawatu Gorge)	primary	SH57 57	State Highway 57	yes		05/05/09 --rcr
58	SH 1 at Paremata (near Porirua)/ SH 2 at Haywards	trunk primary	SH58	State Highway 58	yes		05/05/09 --rcr

South Island State Highways

This table was based on the List of New Zealand State Highways on Wikipedia

SH No.	From/ To	highway tags	ref tags	Route Relation	Completely mapped	Notes	Last checked
60	Collingwood/ SH 6 near Richmond	primary	60	State Highway 60	yes		06/05/09 --rcr
62	SH 1 at Spring Creek/ SH 6 2km North of Renwick	primary	62	State Highway 62	yes		06/05/09 --rcr
63	SH 6 Renwick/ SH 6 at Kawatiri Junction	primary	63	State Highway 63	yes		06/05/09 --rcr
65	SH 7 at Springs Junction/ SH 6 11km west of Murchison	trunk	65	State Highway 65	yes		06/05/09 --rcr
67	Westport/ Mokihinui	primary	67	State Highway 67	yes		06/05/09 --rcr
67A	SH 67 at Westport/ Cape Foulwind	primary	67A	State Highway 67A	yes		06/05/09 --rcr
69	Inangahua Junction/ Reefton	primary	69	State Highway 69	yes		06/05/09 --rcr
71	SH 1 at Kaiapoi Interchange/ Southbrook(Rangiora)	primary	71	State Highway 71	yes		01/05/09 --rcr
73	SH 74 at the Tunnel Rd/Port Hills Rd interchange/ SH 6 at Kumara Junction	motorway primary trunk	SH73 73	State Highway 73	yes		28/09/09 --gerkin
73A	SH 1 at Hornby/ SH 73 at Curletts Rd	primary	73A	State Highway 73A	yes		06/05/09 --rcr
74	SH 1 at Belfast/ Lyttelton	primary	SH 74 SH74 74	State Highway 74	yes		06/05/09 --rcr
74A	SH73 at Brougham St/Garlands/Opawa Rds/ SH 74 at Palinurus/Dyers Rds	primary	SH74A	State Highway 74A	yes		06/05/09 --rcr
75	SH 73 near Hillmorton/ Akaroa,	motorway trunk	75	State Highway 75	yes		28/09/09 --gerkin
77	SH 1 at Ashburton/ SH 73 at Darfield	primary	77	State Highway 77	yes		06/05/09 --rcr
78	SH 1 at Timaru/ Port Loop Road	primary	78	State Highway 78	yes		06/05/09 --rcr
79	SH 1 at Rangitata/ SH 8 at Fairlie	primary	79	State Highway 79	yes		06/05/09 --rcr
80	SH 8 at Lake Pukaki/ Mount Cook Village	secondary	80	State Highway 80	yes		06/05/09 --rcr
82	SH 1 near Hook (Cup and Saucer Junction)/ SH 83 at Kurow	primary	82	State Highway 82	yes		06/05/09 --rcr
83	SH 1 at Pukeuri Junction/ SH 8 at Omarama	primary	83	State Highway 83	yes		06/05/09 --rcr
84	SH 6 3km east of Wanaka/ Wanaka	primary	84	State Highway 84	yes		06/05/09 --rcr
85	SH 1 at Palmerston/ Alexandra	primary	85	State Highway 85	yes		07/05/09 --rcr
86	SH 1 at Allanton/ Dunedin International Airport at Momona,	primary	86	State Highway 86	yes		07/05/09 --rcr
87	SH 1 at the Mosgiel Interchange/ SH 85 at Kyeburn	primary	87	State Highway 87	yes		07/05/09 --rcr
88	SH 1 at Dunedin/ Port Chalmers	trunk	88	State Highway 88	yes		07/05/09 --rcr
90	Raes Junction/ SH 1 at McNab 3km east of Gore	primary	90	State Highway 90	yes		07/05/09 --rcr
93	SH 1 at Clinton/ SH 1 at Mataura	primary	93	State Highway 73	yes		07/05/09 --rcr
94	SH 1 at Gore/ Milford Sound	primary	94	State Highway 94	yes		07/05/09 --rcr
95	SH 94 at Te Anau/ Manapouri	primary	95	State Highway 95	yes		07/05/09 --rcr
96	SH 1 at Mataura/ Ohai	primary	96	State Highway 96	yes		07/05/09 --rcr
97	SH6 at Five Rivers/ SH 94 at Mossburn	primary	97	State Highway 97	yes		07/05/09 --rcr
98	SH 6 at Lorneville/ SH 1 near Dacre,	primary	98	State Highway 98	yes		07/05/09 --rcr
99	SH 6 at Lorneville/ Road linking Te Anau with Clifden	primary	99	State Highway 99	yes		07/05/09 --rcr