[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/state-highway-29-new-zealand\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/state-highway-29-new-zealand\/","headline":"State Highway 29 (New Zealand)","name":"State Highway 29 (New Zealand)","description":"before-content-x4 Road in New Zealand after-content-x4 State Highway 29 (SH\u00a029) is a New Zealand state highway that travels over the","datePublished":"2014-08-26","dateModified":"2014-08-26","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/author\/lordneo\/#Person","name":"lordneo","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/author\/lordneo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/16\/KaimaiPICT6700.jpg\/220px-KaimaiPICT6700.jpg","url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/16\/KaimaiPICT6700.jpg\/220px-KaimaiPICT6700.jpg","height":"114","width":"220"},"url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/state-highway-29-new-zealand\/","wordCount":5272,"articleBody":"     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});before-content-x4Road in New Zealand       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4State Highway 29 (SH\u00a029) is a New Zealand state highway that travels over the Kaimai Ranges linking the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions. For most of its length, SH 29 is a two-lane single carriageway with occasional passing lanes and slow vehicle bays. 5\u00a0km of it near its eastern terminus is part of the Takitimu Drive Toll Road.[1]SH 29 begins at SH 2 at a grade separated intersection at which only westbound SH 2 traffic can enter and eastbound traffic can exit. Immediately after it commences, SH 29 becomes the Takitimu Drive (Pyes Pa \u2013 Mount Maunganui Expressway) Toll Road. Before the eastern terminus was shifted to this route it was better known as ‘Route K’. At the end of this tolled section, SH 29 reaches a roundabout intersecting the former eastern section (now SH 29A) and SH\u00a036. SH 29 turns west through the village of Tauriko. From here SH 29 roughly follows the Wairoa River as it climbs the Kaimai Ranges.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4About a quarter of the way up the Kaimai’s, SH 29 passes the Ruahihi Power Station and crosses the Wairoa River. About halfway up the Kaimais, the highway travels through the small village of Lower Kaimai. Once at the Kaimai Summit, SH 29 descends steeply to the Waikato region. After passing a junction with SH\u00a028, SH 29 reaches a T-Junction with SH\u00a024. Due to the layout of the junction, traffic wishing to stay on SH 29 must turn at this junction. 4\u00a0km after the junction, SH 29 reaches the village of Te Poi. SH 29 crosses SH\u00a027 at a staggered T-Junction before entering the village of Hinuera. SH 29 then runs through the Hinuera Gap, which the Waikato River used to flow through until volcanic debris altered its course 20,000 years ago.[2] SH 29 terminates at a T-Junction with SH\u00a01 near Piarere.  The Kaimai Range, which State Highway 29 traverses.Table of ContentsHistory[edit]Major junctions[edit]SH 29A[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]History[edit]During the 1890s it was decided that a formed road was needed to link Tauranga with the Waikato region. Two potential routes were suggested, both following the course of unformed tracks; these being the Kaimai Track and the Thompson’s Track. At the time, there was much debate about which route should be chosen,[3] but ultimately the Kaimai Route was selected.[4]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4The first journey in a car over the Kaimai Road was made on 6 December 1912; the journey from Tauranga to Cambridge took 3 and a half hours.[5] Throughout the 1920s, the road was metaled, with work starting at each end of the road, and working towards the summit.[6]During 1939, a 3 miles (4.8\u00a0km) deviation was constructed on the eastern side of the summit. It replaced a narrow section of road with dozens of corners.[7] The old alignment is now called Old Kaimai Road.Originally, the Kaimai Road (then called Cambridge Road) connected with Waihi Road in the suburb of Brookfield. Traffic would then travel down Waihi Road to the town centre. Around the 1950s, the existing road from Tauriko to Greerton was upgraded, and a new stretch of road was built from Barkes Corner to Maungatapu. SH 29 now follows this route through Tauranga’s southern suburbs. When this road opened, there was only one roundabout on it; at Barkes Corner. Since then, 5 more roundabouts have been added, bringing the total number to 6.[8]From the time the Maungatapu Bridge opened, until the 1980s, SH 29 (running concurrently with SH 2) ran through the suburb of Maungatapu on Maungatapu Road. Since the 1980s, SH 29 has run through Maungatapu as a limited access road, with a grade separated junction. As part of this work, a roundabout was constructed at Maungatapu, replacing a T-Junction. Around the same time the T-Junction at Te Maunga was replaced with a roundabout.In December 2008, the Maungatapu and Welcome Bay roundabouts were signalised in response to rising levels of congestion. The roundabouts became the first in New Zealand to be permanently signalised,[9] and have been widely considered to be successful at easing congestion.[10]Prior to 2009, when SH\u00a02 ran via the Maungatapu Bridge instead of the Tauranga Harbour Bridge; SH 29 ran concurrently with SH 2 to Te Maunga, then ran along Maunganui Road and Hewletts Road, before terminating just before the Harbour Bridge. SH 2 now travels via the Harbour Bridge, Hewletts Road, and Maunganui Road to Te Maunga, and SH 29 was truncated to Te Maunga.In August 2015, Route K became part of the New Zealand State Highway Network. Formerly administered by the Tauranga City Council, NZTA took over administration in conjunction with the newly commissioned electronic toll gantry, replacing the existing toll booths. SH 29 now follows this route forming a new link from the south-west to the city and port of Tauranga. The existing route east of the SH 36\/Route K roundabout to Te Maunga became a new designation of SH 29A.[11]State Highway 29ALocationSH 2 at Te Maunga \u2013 SH 29\/SH 36 at The LakesLength13.5\u00a0km\u00a0(8.4\u00a0mi)SH 29A was gazetted in 2015 and covers the former section of SH 29 east of the roundabout with SH 36\/Route K. SH 29A starts at a roundabout interchange with SH\u00a02. The highway crosses the East Coast Main Trunk Railway and passes Baypark Stadium. From here, SH 29A becomes a four lane dual carriageway until just before it crosses the Maungatapu Bridge, past Rangataua Bay. The highway travels in a wide cutting through Maungatapu, and Taipari Street crosses it on a bridge. Then SH 29A arrive at the signalised roundabout at Hairini, so traffic wishing to stay on the highway must turn either left or right depending on their direction of travel. It then travels straight across another signalised roundabout at Welcome Bay, before travelling through four roundabouts within 5\u00a0km, eventually terminating with SH 29.During 2010 and 2011, NZTA investigated the possibility of realigning the section of SH 29 between Soldiers Road and Ngamuwahine Road, in order to improve safety. If constructed, the alignment is estimated to cost around $6 million.Between 2010 and 2012, NZTA investigated the possibility of improving SH 29 between Omanawa Road and the SH 36\/Route K roundabout. Three options were investigated. All of them involve turning that section of road into a limited access highway with grade separated junctions. A number of reasons were given by the NZTA for why improvements were needed. These included the high crash rate, high traffic volumes, and concerns over ground stability.[12]Major junctions[edit]Territorial authorityLocationkmjctDestinationsNotesTauranga CityTauranga SouthSH\u00a02 north (Takitimu Drive) \u2013 City Centre, Mount Maunganui, Whakat\u0101neSH 29 beginsFifteenth Avenue \u2013 Maungatapu, Welcome BayFormer SH 2A. Eastbound exit only, right-hand exitThe LakesToll point14 SH\u00a029A \u2013 Greerton, Mount Maunganui SH\u00a036 \u2013 RotoruaTauriko15Cambridge Road \u2013 Bethlehem, Auckland ()Western Bay of Plenty DistrictLower Kaimai24McLarens Falls RoadMatamata-Piako DistrictTe Omeka42SH\u00a028 \u2013 Rotorua, Put\u0101ruru43SH\u00a024 \u2013 MatamataTurn left to stay on SH 29. Straight ahead for SH 24Te Poi47Te Poi Road (north) \u2013 Matamata Te Poi South Road \u2013 RotoruaHinuera54SH\u00a027 south \u2013 T\u012brau, RotoruaStaggered T-JunctionSH\u00a027 north \u2013 Matamata, Coromandel PeninsulaPiarere67SH\u00a01 south \u2013 Rotorua, Taup\u014d SH\u00a01 north \u2013 Cambridge, HamiltonSH 29 endsSH 29A[edit]Territorial authorityLocationkmjctDestinationsNotesTauranga CityTe Maunga0SH\u00a02 east (Tauranga Eastern Link) \u2013 Rotorua, Whakat\u0101neSH\u00a02 west (Maunganui Road) \u2013 Mount Maunganui, TaurangaSH 29A begins0.2Truman Lane \u2013 Baypark StadiumMaungatapu5Maungatapu Road \u2013 MaungatapuEastbound entrance only6Taipari Street \u2013 MaungatapuWestbound exit only7Turret Road \u2013 City CentreMaungatapu Road \u2013 MaungatapuSignalised RoundaboutFormerly SH 2AHairini8Hairini Street \u2013 City Centre, HairiniWelcome Bay Road \u2013 Welcome Bay, OhauitiSignalised RoundaboutOhauiti10Poike Road (east) \u2013 OhauitiPoike Road (west) \u2013 Polytech, WindermereGreerton11Oropi Road (north) \u2013 Greerton, City CentreOropi Road (south) \u2013 OropiBarkes Corner12Cameron Road \u2013 Greerton, Racecourse, City CentrePyes Pa Road \u2013 Pyes PaMarshall AvenueThe Lakes14 SH\u00a029 north (Takitimu Drive\/ Route K) \u2013 City Centre, Port () SH\u00a029 west \u2013 Hamilton, AucklandSH\u00a036 \u2013 RotoruaSH 29A endsSee also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/state-highway-29-new-zealand\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"State Highway 29 (New Zealand)"}}]}]