State Highway 27 (New Zealand)

State Highway 27 (SH 27) is a state highway in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is an important north/south link along the Waihou/Piako valley and forms an important transport route across the mostly dairy farming Matamata-Piako District. SH 27, in conjunction with SH 2, is often used as an alternative route to SH 1 between Auckland and Tauranga, Rotorua and Taupō.

State Highway 27
Route information
Length92.4 km (57.4 mi)
Major junctions
North end SH 2 at Mangatarata
Major intersections SH 26 at Tatuanui
SH 24 (Broadway) at Matamata
SH 29 near Hinuera
South end SH 1 (Main Road) at Tīrau
Location
TownsWaharoa, Matamata
Highway system
← SH 26→ SH 28

For its entire length, SH 27 is a single carriageway road with one lane in each direction and at-grade intersections and property access. The New Zealand Transport Agency classifies the highway as an arterial route.[1]

Traffic at Kaihere increased by 31%, from an average of 3,965 vehicles a day in 2008, to 5,182 in 2017[2] and 5,467 in 2019.[3] In 2017 982 (19%) of those were heavy vehicles, mainly trucks.[2]

The road was gravelled[4][5] and classified as No.19 Main Highway in 1926.[6]

Major junctions
Territorial authority Location km jct Destinations Notes
Hauraki District Mangatarata 0 SH 2 north – Pōkeno, Auckland
SH 2 south – Paeroa, Tauranga		 SH 27 begins
Matamata-Piako District Springdale 31 Paeroa-Tahuna Road $2.5m roundabout

opened 2010[7]

Tatuanui 45 SH 26 west – Morrinsville, Hamilton
SH 26 east – Te Aroha, Coromandel Peninsula		 $3.5m roundabout,[7]

opened Dec 2011[8]

Matamata 73 SH 24 (Broadway) – Te Poi, Tauranga
Peria Road		 roundabout built between

1967[9] and 1971[9]

Hinuera 82 SH 29 west – Cambridge, Hamilton Staggered T-junction
SH 29 east – Te Poi, Tauranga
South Waikato District Tīrau 92 SH 1 south (Main Road) – Rotorua, Taupō
SH 1 north – Cambridge, Hamilton		 SH 27 ends

See also

References
  1. "One Network Road Classification: North Island State Highways" (PDF). New Zealand Transport Agency. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. "NZTA 2017 National Telemetry Site Traffic Profile" (PDF).
  3. "State highway traffic monitoring – annual average daily traffic". maphub.nzta.govt.nz. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  4. "MATAMATA COUNTY. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 10 April 1926. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  5. "AROUND THE RIDINGS. WAIKATO INDEPENDENT". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 13 April 1926. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  6. "MATAMATA RECORD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 6 December 1926. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  7. "Case study - rural roundabouts" (PDF). October 2020.
  8. "Tatuanui roundabout opens ahead of schedule". www.nzta.govt.nz. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  9. "Survey: SN2432 Photo: 1". Retrolens. 30 September 1971.


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