State Highway 45 (New Zealand)

State Highway 45
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length	105 km (65 mi)
Tourist routes	Surf Highway
Major junctions
North end	SH 3 at New Plymouth
South end	SH 3 at Hawera
Location
Country	New Zealand
Primary destinations	Oakura, Okato, Rahotu, Opunake, Manaia
Highway system
New Zealand state highways Motorways and expressways List
← SH 44 → SH 46

State Highway 45 (SH 45) is a New Zealand state highway which has the moniker of the Surf Highway due to the number of prominent surfing breaks that are accessible from it.

It is two-line single carriageway for most of its length, with at-grade intersections and property access' in both urban and rural areas.

Route

SH 45 leaves SH 3 at the corner of Leach and Eliot streets north-east of the New Plymouth CBD. It then continues west along the New Plymouth one-way network (westbound Leach and Vivian streets, eastbound Powderham and Courtenay streets) then onto Devon St West and South Road exiting New Plymouth via the south-western suburbs. It then heads south-west along the Taranaki coastal plain passing through Oakura and Okato. At Cape Egmont it turns south-east following the coast passing the Oaonui production station and through Opunake and Manaia before terminating at the northern roundabout in Hawera where it again meets SH 3.

See also

• List of New Zealand state highways
• List of roads and highways, for notable or famous roads worldwide

External links

• New Zealand Transport Agency