State Highway 31 (New Zealand)

State Highway 31 (SH 31) is a New Zealand state highway in the Waikato region. It provides a link to the harbour town of Kawhia on the west coast of the North Island.

State Highway 31
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length56.4 km (35.0 mi)
Major junctions
East end SH 3 at Otorohanga
West endKawhia
Highway system
← SH 30→ SH 32

Route description

SH 31 route begins at SH 3 in Otorohanga. The first section of this route is a joint designation with SH 39. SH 31/SH 39 initially travels north-west along Kawhia Road. After 14 km and just after the locality of Tihiroa the highway meets a junction where SH 39 carries on north and SH 31 turns sharply west, staying on Kawhia Road. The road from here on is extremely windy and treachourous, having in 2012 been assessed as the state highway with the highest personal risk.[1] SH 31 eventually reaches Pouewe Street in Kawhia where it terminates.

It was classified as a state highway on 1 April 1948.[2]

Major intersections
Territorial authorityLocationkmjctDestinationsNotes
Otorohanga DistrictOtorohanga SH 3 north – Hamilton
SH 3 south – New Plymouth		SH 31 begins
SH 31/SH 39 concurrency begins
Tihiroa SH 39 north – Pirongia, NgāruawāhiaSH 31/SH 39 concurrency ends
KawhiaRaglan Road – Raglan
Pouewe StreetSH 31 ends

See also

References
  1. "New Zealand's riskiest roads revealed". NZ Herald. 22 November 2012.
  2. "AtoJs Online — Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives — 1949 Session I — D-01 MINISTRY OF WORKS STATEMENT (BY THE HON. R. SEMPLE, MINISTER OF WORKS)". atojs.natlib.govt.nz. p. 70. Retrieved 18 May 2016.


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