- New Zealand State Highway 21
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State Highway 21 Route information Maintained by New Zealand Transport Agency Length: 6.7 km (4.2 mi) Major junctions Northeast end: Tamahere Hamilton Airport
Mystery CreekSouthwest end: Ohaupo Highway system New Zealand State Highways
Motorways and Expressways • List • Unused← SH 20 SH 22 → State Highway 21 is a short 6.7 kilometre stretch of highway in the North Island of New Zealand. It links State Highway 1, Waikato Expressway at Tamahere and State Highway 3 at Ohaupo. Its main destination is Hamilton International Airport and Mystery Creek, where the National Agricultural Fieldays are held.
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Oddities
State Highway 21 is actually 120 km south of where the number is supposed to be; in reality, it should lie somewhere in South Auckland. This southern placement makes SH 21 the second-most southern SH 2x highway, after SH 28.
At the exit to Hamilton Airport, State Highway 21 shows Hamilton to be in both directions (i.e. left to Hamilton and Rotorua, right to Hamilton and Waitomo Caves), and is possibly the only place in the State Highway network in which this happens. The actual difference between turning left and turning right is only 800 metres.
Major intersections
Territorial authority Location km Destinations Notes Waikato District Tamahere 0 SH 1/Thermal Explorer Highway south
(Waikato Expressway)
RotoruaSH 21 begins SH 1/Thermal Explorer Highway north
(Waikato Expressway)
Hamilton2 Waikato River Waipa District Mystery Creek 5 Hamilton Airport (Mystery Creek Road)
Mystery Creek Events CentreRukuhia 7 SH 3 south
Waitomo Caves, New PlymouthSH 21 ends SH 3 north
HamiltonSee also
- List of New Zealand State Highways
- List of roads and highways, for notable or famous roads worldwide
External links
New Zealand highways National North Island SH 10 · SH 11 · SH 12 · SH 14 · SH 15A · SH 16 · SH 17 · SH 18 · SH 20 · SH 21 · SH 22 · SH 23 · SH 24 · SH 25 (incl. SH 25A) · SH 26 · SH 27 · SH 28 · SH 29 · SH 30 (incl. SH 30A) · SH 31 · SH 32 · SH 33 · SH 34 · SH 35 · SH 36 · SH 37 · SH 38 · SH 39 · SH 41 · SH 43 · SH 44 · SH 45 · SH 46 · SH 47 · SH 48 · SH 49 · SH 50 (incl. SH 50A) · SH 53 · SH 54 · SH 56 · SH 57 · SH 58South Island Touring Routes Twin Coast Discovery Highway · Thermal Explorer Highway · Pacific Coast Highway · Classic New Zealand Wine Trail · Alpine Pacific Triangle · Great Alpine Highway · Foothills Scenic Route · Southern Scenic RouteThis New Zealand road or road transport-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.