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| rowspan="8"| [[Ashburton, New Zealand|Ashburton District]] || [[ |
| rowspan="8"| [[Ashburton, New Zealand|Ashburton District]] || [[Ashburton, New Zealand|Ashburton]] Central || 0.0 || [[File:New Zealand road sign W10-4.svg|25px]] || {{jct|country=NZL|SH|1|dir1=north|name1=West Street}} – [[Rakaia]], [[Christchurch]] <br /> (Moore Street) – Town Centre <br /> {{jct|country=NZL|SH|1|dir1=south|name1=West Street}} – [[Temuka]], [[Timaru]] || ''SH 77'' begins |
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| || 6.0 || [[File:New Zealand PW-11 (left).svg|25px]] || (Ashburton Staveley Road) – [[Mount Somers]], [[Alford Forest]], [[Staveley, New Zealand|Staveley]] || |
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| || 22.3 || [[File:New Zealand PW-9.svg|25px]] || (Thompsons Track) – Mount Somers, [[Mayfield, Canterbury|Mayfield]], Rakaia, Christchurch ([[File:State Highway 1 NZ.svg|15px]]) || |
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| [[Methven, New Zealand|Methven]] || 33.9 || [[File:New Zealand PW-9.svg|25px]] || (Forest Drive) – Mount Somers, [[Geraldine, New Zealand|Geraldine]] <br /> (Methven Chertsey Road) – [[Lauriston, New Zealand|Lauriston]] || |
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| || 43.6 || [[File:New Zealand road sign R2-1.svg|25px]] ||[[File:Regional Route 72 NZ.png|20px]] [[Inland Scenic Route]] (Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road) – Geraldine, Timaru <br /> (McLennans Bush Road) – Mount Hutt Ski Area || SH 77/Inland Scenic Route (Regional Route 72) concurrency begins |
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| [[Mount Hutt]] || 49.0 || [[File:New Zealand PW-11 (right).svg|25px]] || (Mount Hutt Station Road) – Methven (alternative route) || |
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| rowspan="2"| [[Rakaia Gorge]] || rowspan="2"| 53.0 || rowspan="2"| [[File:New Zealand road sign R2-7.svg|25px]] ||rowspan="2"| [[Rakaia River]] Bridge #1 || rowspan="2"| |
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| rowspan="8"| [[Selwyn District]] |
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| [[Windwhistle]] || 59.4 || [[File:New Zealand PW-9.svg|25px]] || (Coleridge Road) – [[Lake Coleridge]] <br /> (Leaches Road) – [[Hororata]] || |
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| rowspan=2| [[Glentunnel]] || 79.0 || [[File:New Zealand road sign R2-7.svg|25px]] || [[Selwyn River]] Bridge || |
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| 79.2 || [[File:New Zealand PW-11 (left).svg|25px]] || (Whitecliffs Road) – [[Whitecliffs, New Zealand|Whitecliffs]] || |
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| rowspan=2| [[Coalgate, New Zealand|Coalgate]] || 82.8 || [[File:New Zealand PW-9.svg|25px]] || (Malvern Hills Road) <br /> (Bridge Street) – Coalgate, Hororata || |
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| 86.0 || [[File:New Zealand PW-11 (left).svg|25px]] || [[File:Regional Route 72 NZ.png|20px]] [[Inland Scenic Route]] (Deans Road) – [[Oxford, New Zealand|Oxford]], [[Springfield, New Zealand|Springfield]], [[West Coast, New Zealand|West Coast]] via [[Arthur's Pass]] ([[File:State Highway 73 NZ.svg|15px]]) ||SH 77/Inland Scenic Route (Regional Route 72) concurrency ends |
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| [[Darfield, New Zealand|Darfield]] || 94.0 || [[File:New Zealand road sign R2-1.svg|25px]] || {{jct|country=NZL|SH|73|dir1=west|name1=South Terrace}} – Springfield, West Coast via Arthur's Pass <br /> {{jct|country=NZL|SH|73|dir1=east|name1=South Terrace}} – Christchurch || ''SH 77'' ends |
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Revision as of 08:26, 25 April 2016
State Highway 77 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency | ||||
Length | 93.9 km (58.3 mi) | |||
Tourist routes | Inland Scenic Route between Homebush and Mount Hutt | |||
Major junctions | ||||
Northwest end | South Terrace/West Coast Road at Darfield | |||
Southeast end | West Street at Ashburton | |||
Location | ||||
Country | New Zealand | |||
Primary destinations | Coalgate, Glentunnel, Rakaia Gorge, Methven | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Highway 77 is a State Highway in New Zealand going through the inland parts of Central and Mid Canterbury between the towns of Ashburton and Darfield via the Rakaia Gorge. It is wholly single carriageway with two one-lane bridges at the Rakaia and Selwyn Rivers. One set of traffic lights is found in Ashburton marking the southern terminus of the highway.
About 43 km of the highway lie on the Inland Scenic Route (formerly State Highway 72).
Route
This is the current route of SH 77 as of June 2010.
The highway begins as Bangor Road just west of Darfield town centre, and proceeds in a westerly directions towards the mountains through flat pastoral farmland. Just before reaching the foothills, the road intersects with the Inland Scenic Route (Deans Road) coming from Waddington and begins its concurrency at Homebush. After a name change to Homebush Road, the road skirts to the north of Coalgate and then to the south of Glentunnel before veering left and narrowing to one lane to cross the Selwyn River.
Now known as Wairiri Road, the road widens back to two lanes and passes through undulating to hilly farmland. At Glenroy the road changes name to Windwhistle Road and climbs towards the settlement of Windwhistle.
Beyond Windwhistle, the name changes to Rakaia Gorge Road and begins a spectacular descent into the Rakaia Gorge. For most of its length the Rakaia River runs on shingle river beds as a braided river but here the river is mostly a single channel. The river here has carved out the surrounding land to form two level terraces. The road passes over both these terraces before narrowing to one lane again to cross the river.
After widening again, the road changes name to Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road and rises towards the plains again. The road emerges onto the plains but passes right underneath the towering Mount Hutt. The road is frequently covered by snow and ices over in sheltered areas during the calmer periods of the winter months in higher parts of the road.
The road turns left onto Waimarama Road 10 km north of Alford Forest and proceeds through arable farmland, changes name again to Mount Hutt Station Road and arrives in Methven, where it changes name again to Main Street.
After Methven, the road changes name to Methven Highway and proceeds in a south to southeasterly direction through more pastoral farmland. Before Ashburton, the road hugs the Ashburton River, the name of the road changes to Alford Forest Road for about 2 km, then to River Terrace for 600 m and lastly to Moore Street for the last 300 m of the route before terminating at SH 1 in the town centre.
Major intersections
Territorial authority | Location | km | jct | Destinations | Notes |
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Ashburton District | Ashburton Central | 0.0 | SH 1 north (West Street) – Rakaia, Christchurch (Moore Street) – Town Centre SH 1 south (West Street) – Temuka, Timaru |
SH 77 begins | |
6.0 | (Ashburton Staveley Road) – Mount Somers, Alford Forest, Staveley | ||||
22.3 | (Thompsons Track) – Mount Somers, Mayfield, Rakaia, Christchurch () | ||||
Methven | 33.9 | (Forest Drive) – Mount Somers, Geraldine (Methven Chertsey Road) – Lauriston |
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36.6 | (Mount Hutt Station Road) – Rakaia Gorge (alternative route) | ||||
43.6 | Inland Scenic Route (Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road) – Geraldine, Timaru (McLennans Bush Road) – Mount Hutt Ski Area |
SH 77/Inland Scenic Route (Regional Route 72) concurrency begins | |||
Mount Hutt | 49.0 | (Mount Hutt Station Road) – Methven (alternative route) | |||
Rakaia Gorge | 53.0 | Rakaia River Bridge #1 | |||
Selwyn District | |||||
Windwhistle | 59.4 | (Coleridge Road) – Lake Coleridge (Leaches Road) – Hororata |
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70.0 | (Downs Road) – Hororata | ||||
Glentunnel | 79.0 | Selwyn River Bridge | |||
79.2 | (Whitecliffs Road) – Whitecliffs | ||||
Coalgate | 82.8 | (Malvern Hills Road) (Bridge Street) – Coalgate, Hororata |
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86.0 | Inland Scenic Route (Deans Road) – Oxford, Springfield, West Coast via Arthur's Pass () | SH 77/Inland Scenic Route (Regional Route 72) concurrency ends | |||
Darfield | 94.0 | SH 73 west (South Terrace) – Springfield, West Coast via Arthur's Pass SH 73 east (South Terrace) – Christchurch |
SH 77 ends |
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