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State Highway 46 shield}} State Highway 46
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length19.1 km (11.9 mi)
Major junctions
East end SH 1 at Rangipo
West end SH 47 (Rotoaira Road) near Papakai
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Highway system
SH 45 SH 47

State Highway 46 (SH 46) is a New Zealand state highway in the central North Island.

Route

For its entire length SH 46 shares the name Lake Rotoaira Road. It begins at Rangipo from SH 1 and travels west to meet SH 47 . This route is commonly used by holidaymakers travelling to the Whakapapa skifield and the Tongariro Crossing. It also forms part of a western bypass of the Desert Road when it can close due to snow.

History

SH 46 originally was gazetted SH 47A. It became SH 47 when the highway shifted along this designation (and SH 47A revoked) however after a few years SH 47 shifted back to its original (and current) location. For a short time it lost its state highway status until 1997 when the highway was gazetted again, this time as a new designation of SH 46.

See also

References

  1. "Revoking Sections of State Highways Declaring New Sections of State Highway". New Zealand Gazette. 26 June 1997. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

External links

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