New Zealand State Highway 78

State Highway 78
Route information
Maintained by New Zealand Transport Agency
Length:	0.9 km (0.6 mi)
Major junctions
From:	Timaru CBD SH 1 Theodosia Street
To:	Port of Timaru Port Loop Road
Highway system
New Zealand State Highways Motorways and Expressways • List • Unused ← SH 77 SH 79 →

State Highway 78 is a New Zealand State Highway connecting central Timaru with its port. It holds the record for New Zealand's shortest State Highway, with a length of just under 1000 metres.

Route

State Highway 78 begins at State Highway 1 just north of the CBD. It follows Sefton Street East for 200 metres to Stafford Street, where it becomes the Port Loop Road. The road then proceeds northeast over the South Island Main Trunk Railway, before turning anticlockwise around a loop, passing under itself parallel to the railway line. The highway terminates at the intersection of Port Loop Road with Marine Parade.

Major Junctions

State Highway 78
Westbound exits	Distance to (km)	Distance to eastern terminus (km)	Eastbound exits
End as Sefton Street East	0.0	1.0	Start as Sefton Street East
Dunedin, Pareora, Washdyke, Christchurch Theodosia Street			Christchurch, Washdyke, Pareora, Dunedin Theodosia Street
Timaru CBD Stafford Street The Bay Hill	0.15	0.85	Timaru CBD The Bay Hill Stafford Street
name change to Sefton Street East			name change to Port Loop Road
MAIN SOUTH LINE	0.25	0.75	MAIN SOUTH LINE
Caroline Bay Marine Parade	1.0	0.0	Caroline Bay Marine Parade
End continues as Port Loop Road

See also

• List of New Zealand State Highways