New Zealand State Highway 50

State Highway 50 (SH 50) is a New Zealand State Highway that runs through the Hawke's Bay Region.

Route

SH 50 begins at the Port of Napier travelling down Breakwater Road, Ahuriri Bypass and Hyderabad Road. It shares a concurrency with SH 2 briefly before turning south-west onto Taradale Road. It then intersects SH 2B where it becomes the Hawke's Bay Expressway and heads southbound leaving Napier city. At the intersection with Links Road it turns west (the expressway southbound is SH 50A), continuing on rural road via Fernhill, Maraekakaho and Tikokino before terminating at SH 2 near Takapau.

Major intersections

Territorial authority	Location	km	jct	Destinations	Notes
Napier City	Napier	0		Port of Napier Breakwater Road	SH 50 begins
		3.7		SH 2 north (Pandora Road) – Napier Airport, Gisborne	SH 50/SH 2 concurrency begins
		4.2		Prebensen Drive
		4.5		SH 2 south (Hyderabad Road) – City Centre	SH 50/SH 2 concurrency ends
		6.9		SH 2B north (Napier-Hastings Expressway)/Hawke's Bay Expressway – Napier Airport, Gisborne	SH 50/Hawke's Bay Expressway concurrency begins
		7.5		Kennedy Road	Northbound exit and southbound entry
		10.8		Meeanee Road	Full diamond interchange
		13.2		Pakowhai Road
	Pakowhai	13.4		SH 50A south (Napier-Hastings Expressway)/Hawke's Bay Expressway – Hastings, Flaxmere	SH 50/Hawke's Bay Expressway concurrency ends SH 50 turns right onto Links Road, SH 50A/Hawke's Bay Expressway continues straight
Hastings District	District contains no major intersections
Central Hawke's Bay District	Takapau	91.5		SH 2 north – Waipukurau, Hastings SH 2 south – Dannevirke	SH 50 ends

Spur section

State Highway 50A (SH 50A) is a spur section covering the southern section of the Hawke's Bay Expressway. It begins at the intersection of Links Road at SH 50. It travels in a general south-west direction between Hastings and Flaxmere and terminates at the intersection of SH 2 at Paki Paki Road and Railway Road.

Major intersections

Territorial authority	Location	km	jct	Destinations	Notes
Napier City	Pakowhai	0		SH 50 north (Hawke's Bay Expressway) – Napier, Airport SH 50 south (Links Road)	SH 50A begins SH 50A/Hawke's Bay Expressway concurrency begins
Hastings District	Hastings	5.1		Evenden Road
		7.4		Omahu Road
	Flaxmere	9.2		York Road Flaxmere Avenue
	Longlands	12.4		Longlands Road Maraekakaho Road
	Pakipaki	16.5		Railway Road (Former SH 2 north) – Hastings Te Aute Road – Havelock North SH 2 south – Waipukurau, Wellington	SH 50A ends SH 50A/Hawke's Bay Expressway concurrency ends

See also

• List of New Zealand State Highways