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.header-NOR{background:#f2a900}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div style="margin:0 0 4px 0"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:State_Highway_3_NZ.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="State Highway 3 shield}}" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/State_Highway_3_NZ.svg/70px-State_Highway_3_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/State_Highway_3_NZ.svg/105px-State_Highway_3_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/State_Highway_3_NZ.svg/140px-State_Highway_3_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></a></span></div> State Highway 3</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NZ-SH3_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/NZ-SH3_map.png/300px-NZ-SH3_map.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="436" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/NZ-SH3_map.png/450px-NZ-SH3_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/NZ-SH3_map.png/600px-NZ-SH3_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1003" data-file-height="1457" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-NZL">Route information</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Maintained by <a href="/wiki/NZ_Transport_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="NZ Transport Agency">NZ Transport Agency</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">500 km (310 mi)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-NZL"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Major junctions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">North end</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/State_Highway_1c_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_1c_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/State_Highway_1c_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_1c_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/State_Highway_1c_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_1c_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_1C_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="State Highway 1C (New Zealand)">SH 1C</a> (Kahikatea Drive/Lorne Street) at Melville, in <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_New_Zealand" title="Hamilton, New Zealand">Hamilton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="display:none;">Major intersections</span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/State_Highway_4_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_4_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/State_Highway_4_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_4_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/State_Highway_4_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_4_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_4_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 4 (New Zealand)">SH 4</a> south at Eight Mile Junction (11 km (6.8 mi) south of <a href="/wiki/Te_K%C5%ABiti" title="Te Kūiti">Te Kūiti</a>)</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/State_Highway_4_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_4_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/State_Highway_4_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_4_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/State_Highway_4_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_4_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_4_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 4 (New Zealand)">SH 4</a> north (Putiki Drive) at <a href="/wiki/Whanganui" title="Whanganui">Whanganui</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/State_Highway_1_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_1_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/State_Highway_1_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_1_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/State_Highway_1_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_1_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_1_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 1 (New Zealand)">SH 1</a> north (High Street) at <a href="/wiki/Bulls,_New_Zealand" title="Bulls, New Zealand">Bulls</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/State_Highway_1_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_1_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/State_Highway_1_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_1_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/State_Highway_1_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_1_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_1_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 1 (New Zealand)">SH 1</a> south (Wellington Road) at <a href="/wiki/Sanson,_New_Zealand" title="Sanson, New Zealand">Sanson</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">South end</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/State_Highway_2_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_2_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/State_Highway_2_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_2_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/State_Highway_2_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_2_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_2_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 2 (New Zealand)">SH 2</a> (Vogel Street/McLean Street) at <a href="/wiki/Woodville,_New_Zealand" title="Woodville, New Zealand">Woodville</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-NZL"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Primary<br />destinations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Te_Awamutu" title="Te Awamutu">Te Awamutu</a>,<a href="/wiki/Kihikihi" title="Kihikihi">Kihikihi</a>,<a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctorohanga" title="Ōtorohanga">Ōtorohanga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Te_K%C5%ABiti" title="Te Kūiti">Te Kūiti</a>,<a href="/wiki/Piopio,_New_Zealand" title="Piopio, New Zealand">Piopio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Awakino" title="Awakino">Awakino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mokau" class="mw-redirect" title="Mokau">Mokau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Messenger" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Messenger">Mount Messenger</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Plymouth" title="New Plymouth">New Plymouth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egmont_Village" title="Egmont Village">Egmont Village</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_New_Zealand" title="Inglewood, New Zealand">Inglewood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Midhurst" title="Midhurst">Midhurst</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stratford,_New_Zealand" title="Stratford, New Zealand">Stratford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eltham" title="Eltham">Eltham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a>,<a href="/wiki/H%C4%81wera" title="Hāwera">Hāwera</a>,<a href="/wiki/P%C4%81tea" class="mw-redirect" title="Pātea">Pātea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waverley,_Taranaki" title="Waverley, Taranaki">Waverly</a> <a href="/wiki/Whanganui" title="Whanganui">Whanganui</a>,<a href="/wiki/Bulls,_New_Zealand" title="Bulls, New Zealand">Bulls</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanson,_New_Zealand" title="Sanson, New Zealand">Sanson</a> <a href="/wiki/Palmerston_North" title="Palmerston North">Palmerston North</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-NZL">Highway system</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_state_highway_network" title="New Zealand state highway network">New Zealand state highways</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_motorways_and_expressways_in_New_Zealand" title="List of motorways and expressways in New Zealand">Motorways and expressways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_Zealand_state_highways" title="List of New Zealand state highways">List</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1241597584">.mw-parser-output .browse-table{width:100%;background:none;border-collapse:collapse;display:table;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .browse-table+.browse-table,.mw-parser-output .browse-table+link+.browse-table,.mw-parser-output .browse-table+style+.browse-table{margin-top:3px}.mw-parser-output .browse-table td{padding:0;border:none;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .browse-table tr:not(:first-child) td{padding-top:3px}</style><table class="browse-table"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:left">← <span style="display:inline-block"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/State_Highway_2_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_2_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/State_Highway_2_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_2_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/State_Highway_2_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_2_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_2_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 2 (New Zealand)">SH 2</a></span></td><td style="padding-right:3px;padding-left:3px;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap"></td><td style="text-align:right;direction:rtl">→ <span style="display:inline-block"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/State_Highway_4_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_4_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/State_Highway_4_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_4_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/State_Highway_4_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_4_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_4_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 4 (New Zealand)">SH 4</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>State Highway 3</b> (<b>SH 3</b>) is one of <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>'s eight <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_state_highway_network" title="New Zealand state highway network">national state highways</a>. It serves the west coast of the country's <a href="/wiki/North_Island" title="North Island">North Island</a> and forms a link between <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_1_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 1 (New Zealand)">State Highway 1</a> and <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_2_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 2 (New Zealand)">State Highway 2</a>. Distances are measured from north to south. </p><p>For most of its length SH 3 is a two-lane single carriageway, with at-grade intersections and property accesses, both in rural and urban areas. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Highway_3_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Mokau" class="mw-redirect" title="Mokau">Mokau</a> – <a href="/wiki/Awakino" title="Awakino">Awakino</a> horse track was widened to a dray track about 1897.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was then possible for a horse and buggy to cover the 110 mi (180 km) – now 162 km – from New Plymouth to Te Kūiti in 17½ hours.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first car to traverse the route from Auckland to New Plymouth seems to have been an 8 hp Cadillac in 1905, though Ōtorohanga to Te Kūiti was by <a href="/wiki/North_Island_Main_Trunk" title="North Island Main Trunk">train</a> and, between Awakino and Mokau, a horse assisted on the beach.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 1910 Te Kūiti meeting called for <a href="/wiki/Gravel_road" title="Gravel road">metalling</a> of the road to Awakino.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mount Messenger Tunnel opened in 1916 and its single lane was enlarged about 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> £3,000 (2016 equivalent $280,000)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was provided in 1919<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for the Awakino Gorge section, including the tunnel (enlarged in 2011),<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it was opened in March 1923 at a total cost of about £60,000<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2016 equivalent $5.8m).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the route was gazetted as a government main highway in 1924,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> some sections were tar-sealed in 1925<sup id="cite_ref-Road_To_Taranaki_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Road_To_Taranaki-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and more work had been done on the road by 1936, leaving only a few mud sections.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1937 the 6 mi (9.7 km) between <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Chaup%C5%8D" title="Ōhaupō">Ōhaupō</a> and Te Awamutu was the only unsealed section north of <a href="/wiki/Tokanui,_Waikato" title="Tokanui, Waikato">Tokanui</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1949 the road was sealed as far south as Te Kūiti and the reinforced concrete bridge over the Waipā at Ōtorohanga had been started.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mokau_Bridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Mokau_Bridge.jpg/220px-Mokau_Bridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Mokau_Bridge.jpg/330px-Mokau_Bridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Mokau_Bridge.jpg/440px-Mokau_Bridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Mokau Bridge opened 1927</figcaption></figure> <p>The 12 ft (3.7 m) wide, single-lane,<sup id="cite_ref-Road_To_Taranaki_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Road_To_Taranaki-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 11-span, 670 ft (200 m), steel, Mokau Bridge opened in October 1927 (official opening 17 December), replacing a <a href="/wiki/Cable_ferry" title="Cable ferry">punt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cost was £35,000 (2016 equivalent $3.3m).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It had a lifting span allowing passage of vessels up to 50 ft (15 m) wide and with a 60 ft (18 m) clearance at high tide.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001 the 1927 bridge was replaced by the current 9-span, 230 m (250 yd), double lane, <a href="/wiki/Prestressed_concrete" title="Prestressed concrete">pre-stressed concrete</a> bridge for $6.2m<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2016 equivalent $8.5m).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new bridge doesn't allow for shipping, as the first ship to pass under the old lifting span was withdrawn three months after the bridge opened.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An 1871 account of a coach journey from New Plymouth to Wellington described the very poor road round the coast via <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cpunake" title="Ōpunake">Ōpunake</a> to <a href="/wiki/Whanganui" title="Whanganui">Whanganui</a> and the much better and well used road south from there. A government subsidy of £3,000 (2016 equivalent $400,000)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a year was being paid for the coach north of Whanganui.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Route">Route</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Highway_3_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Route"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Awakino_tunnel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Awakino_tunnel.jpg/220px-Awakino_tunnel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Awakino_tunnel.jpg/330px-Awakino_tunnel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Awakino_tunnel.jpg/440px-Awakino_tunnel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Tunnel at the north end of the Awakino Gorge, now bypassed by two bridges built in 2021. There is another short tunnel near the top of Mount Messenger</figcaption></figure> <p>The highway leaves SH 1C at Hamilton, and initially heads south through farmland, passing through <a href="/wiki/Te_Awamutu" title="Te Awamutu">Te Awamutu</a>. Sections of this stretch of the road are four-laned, but not divided carriageway. From Ōtorohanga it follows the valley of the <a href="/wiki/Waip%C4%81_River" title="Waipā River">Waipā River</a> to <a href="/wiki/Te_K%C5%ABiti" title="Te Kūiti">Te Kūiti</a>. The road then turns southwest through sparsely settled farmland, crossing several ridges before following the Awakino gorge to reach the coast, which it follows around the North Taranaki Bight. At the <a href="/wiki/Tongaporutu_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Tongaporutu River">Tongaporutu River</a> the highway turns inland to avoid coastal cliffs and climbs over Mount Messenger before descending via the <a href="/wiki/Mimi_River_(New_Zealand)" title="Mimi River (New Zealand)">Mimi River</a> valley to return to the coast near <a href="/wiki/Urenui" title="Urenui">Urenui</a>. Bypassing <a href="/wiki/Waitara,_New_Zealand" title="Waitara, New Zealand">Waitara</a>, it reaches <a href="/wiki/New_Plymouth" title="New Plymouth">New Plymouth</a> then turns inland, passing to the east of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Taranaki" title="Mount Taranaki">Mount Taranaki</a> via <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_New_Zealand" title="Inglewood, New Zealand">Inglewood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stratford,_New_Zealand" title="Stratford, New Zealand">Stratford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eltham,_New_Zealand" title="Eltham, New Zealand">Eltham</a> to <a href="/wiki/H%C4%81wera" title="Hāwera">Hāwera</a>. </p><p>From Hāwera the highway follows the coast of the South Taranaki Bight south-eastwards to <a href="/wiki/Patea" title="Patea">Patea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Whanganui" title="Whanganui">Whanganui</a> before leaving the coast and heading to <a href="/wiki/Bulls,_New_Zealand" title="Bulls, New Zealand">Bulls</a>. Here, <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_1_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 1 (New Zealand)">SH 1</a> from the north intersects with SH 3, and the two highways are concurrent for the next 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to <a href="/wiki/Sanson,_New_Zealand" title="Sanson, New Zealand">Sanson</a> where SH 1 diverges to the south. SH 3 continues its south-eastern route to <a href="/wiki/Palmerston_North" title="Palmerston North">Palmerston North</a>, where it runs through the city streets and changes to a north-eastern direction near the city centre. It maintains this direction as far as <a href="/wiki/Ashhurst,_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashhurst, New Zealand">Ashhurst</a>, where it crosses the <a href="/wiki/Manawat%C5%AB_River" title="Manawatū River">Manawatū River</a> and intersects with <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_57_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 57 (New Zealand)">SH 57</a>. There is a gap in the SH 3 designation here due to the closure of the <a href="/wiki/Manawat%C5%AB_Gorge" title="Manawatū Gorge">Manawatū Gorge</a> route in 2017, and traffic between <a href="/wiki/Ashhurst,_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashhurst, New Zealand">Ashhurst</a> and <a href="/wiki/Woodville,_New_Zealand" title="Woodville, New Zealand">Woodville</a> is required to detour via nearby Saddle Road while a replacement highway on a new alignment is under construction.<sup id="cite_ref-Manawatu_Gorge_Replacement_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Manawatu_Gorge_Replacement-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> SH 3 resumes where the Saddle Road detour meets the former Manawatū Gorge route, but almost immediately thereafter enters Woodville and terminates at a junction with <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_2_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 2 (New Zealand)">SH 2</a>. </p><p>Both the Awakino and Manawatū gorges are prone to closure by slips and rockslides in heavy rain. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Route_changes">Route changes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Highway_3_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Route changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Construction of a bypass of <a href="/wiki/Bell_Block,_Taranaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell Block, Taranaki">Bell Block</a>, a satellite town of New Plymouth, was completed in 2010. The bypass is a four-lane, divided expressway with an interchange at Henwood Road providing access to Bell Block.<sup id="cite_ref-Stuff.co.nz_3438349_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stuff.co.nz_3438349-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, a section of SH 3 in Taranaki was realigned replacing the "deadly" <a href="/wiki/Normanby,_Taranaki" title="Normanby, Taranaki">Normanby</a> overbridge.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future_improvements">Future improvements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Highway_3_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Future improvements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>State Highway 3 will form part of the future/proposed Southern Links motorway project in the South/West of Hamilton and Tamahere.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2016, funding was announced for road bypasses of the two tunnels north of <a href="/wiki/New_Plymouth" title="New Plymouth">New Plymouth</a>. Construction of the Mount Messenger and Awakino Gorge tunnel bypasses was expected to begin within two years.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 August 2020 Te Korowai Tiahi o Te Hauauru, whose <a href="/wiki/Rohe" title="Rohe">rohe</a> the road crosses, withdrew support from the bypass roading project while in <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_New_Zealand" title="High Court of New Zealand">High Court</a>. The Poutama Charitable Trust and <a href="/wiki/New_Plymouth" title="New Plymouth">New Plymouth</a> locals protested against the project while court was in session, with the argument that this new route would destroy the valley's ecosystem. However, the <a href="/wiki/NZ_Transport_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="NZ Transport Agency">Transport Agency</a> responded by saying that the bypass is the least ecologically destructive and will deliver road safety.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The highway through the <a href="/wiki/Manawat%C5%AB_Gorge" title="Manawatū Gorge">Manawatū Gorge</a> between <a href="/wiki/Ashhurst" title="Ashhurst">Ashhurst</a> and <a href="/wiki/Woodville,_New_Zealand" title="Woodville, New Zealand">Woodville</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Manawat%C5%AB-Whanganui" title="Manawatū-Whanganui">Manawatū-Whanganui</a> region was closed in April 2017 due to a large slip, with SH 3 traffic diverted via Saddle Road. Contractors were pulled out of clearing the slip in July 2017 due to ongoing geological movement in the hill, closing the road indefinitely.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NZTA began fast-tracking a long-term solution to bypass and replace the gorge. In March 2018, the NZTA announced a bypass would be built to the north of the gorge, but south of the Saddle Road.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Known as <a href="/wiki/Te_Ahu_a_Turanga_%E2%80%93_Manawat%C5%AB_Tararua_Highway" title="Te Ahu a Turanga – Manawatū Tararua Highway">Te Ahu a Turanga – Manawatū Tararua Highway</a>, construction of the $620 million road<sup id="cite_ref-Manawatu_Gorge_Replacement_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Manawatu_Gorge_Replacement-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> began in January 2021 and is expected be completed in mid 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spur_sections">Spur sections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Highway_3_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Spur sections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239840523"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"></div><div style="margin:0 0 0.1em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="State Highway 3A marker" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg/40px-State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg/60px-State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg/80px-State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></a></span></div><div style="margin:0.1em;">State Highway 3A</div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="header-NZL" style="margin:0; height:.5em;"></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data">SH 3 west of Waitara – SH 3 at Inglewood</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">15.6 km (9.7 mi)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>SH 3 has one spur, designated State Highway 3A. This 15.6 km stretch links State Highway 3 just west of Waitara to Inglewood, providing a shortcut and bypass of New Plymouth. The entire length of highway carries the name Mountain Road with the sole exception being a very short link of Rimu Street in Inglewood to rejoin SH 3. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_junctions">Major junctions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Highway_3_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Major junctions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="plainrowheaders wikitable"> <tbody><tr><th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Territorial_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial authority">Territorial authority</a></th><th scope="col">Location</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Kilometers">km</abbr></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Miles">mi</abbr></th><th scope="col">Destinations</th><th scope="col">Notes</th></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_New_Zealand" title="Hamilton, New Zealand">Hamilton City</a></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Melville,_New_Zealand" title="Melville, New Zealand">Melville</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">0</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">0.0</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/State_Highway_1c_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_1c_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/State_Highway_1c_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_1c_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/State_Highway_1c_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_1c_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_1C_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="State Highway 1C (New Zealand)">SH 1C</a> north (Kahikatea Drive) – <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a><br /><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/State_Highway_1c_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_1c_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/State_Highway_1c_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_1c_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/State_Highway_1c_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_1c_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_1C_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="State Highway 1C (New Zealand)">SH 1C</a> south (Lorne Street) – <a href="/wiki/Rotorua" title="Rotorua">Rotorua</a></td><td rowspan="1"><i>SH 3 begins</i></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">1</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">0.62</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">(Normandy Ave) – <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_New_Zealand" title="Hamilton, New Zealand">City Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rotorua" title="Rotorua">Rotorua</a></td><td rowspan="1">to <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/State_Highway_1_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_1_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/State_Highway_1_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_1_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/State_Highway_1_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_1_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_1_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 1 (New Zealand)">SH 1</a>/<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thermal_Explorer_Highway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thermal Explorer Highway (page does not exist)">Thermal Explorer Highway</a> south</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Waipa_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Waipa District">Waipa District</a></td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Airport_(New_Zealand)" title="Hamilton Airport (New Zealand)">Hamilton Airport</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">10</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">6.2</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/State_Highway_21_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_21_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/State_Highway_21_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_21_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/State_Highway_21_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_21_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Airport_Sign.svg/24px-Airport_Sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Airport_Sign.svg/36px-Airport_Sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Airport_Sign.svg/48px-Airport_Sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="608" data-file-height="613" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_21_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 21 (New Zealand)">SH 21</a> (Airport Road) – <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Airport_(New_Zealand)" title="Hamilton Airport (New Zealand)">Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mystery_Creek_Events_Centre" title="Mystery Creek Events Centre">Mystery Creek</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctorohanga_District" title="Ōtorohanga District">Ōtorohanga District</a></td><td rowspan="1">Ōtorohanga</td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">55</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">34</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/State_Highway_31_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_31_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/State_Highway_31_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_31_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/State_Highway_31_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_31_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/State_Highway_39_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_39_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/State_Highway_39_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_39_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/State_Highway_39_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_39_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_31_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 31 (New Zealand)">SH 31</a> / <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_39_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 39 (New Zealand)">SH 39</a> (Te Kanawa Street) – <a href="/wiki/Kawhia" class="mw-redirect" title="Kawhia">Kawhia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ng%C4%81ruaw%C4%81hia" title="Ngāruawāhia">Ngāruawāhia</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Waitomo_District" title="Waitomo District">Waitomo District</a></td><td rowspan="1">Hangatiki</td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">65</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">40</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/State_Highway_37_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_37_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/State_Highway_37_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_37_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/State_Highway_37_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_37_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_37_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 37 (New Zealand)">SH 37</a> (Waitomo Caves Road) – <a href="/wiki/Waitomo_Caves" class="mw-redirect" title="Waitomo Caves">Waitomo Caves</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Te_K%C5%ABiti" title="Te Kūiti">Te Kūiti</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">76</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">47</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/State_Highway_30_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_30_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/State_Highway_30_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_30_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/State_Highway_30_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_30_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_30_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 30 (New Zealand)">SH 30</a> (Awakino Road) – <a href="/wiki/Rotorua" title="Rotorua">Rotorua</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="1">Eight Mile Junction</td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">88</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">55</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/State_Highway_4_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_4_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/State_Highway_4_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_4_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/State_Highway_4_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_4_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_4_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 4 (New Zealand)">SH 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Taumarunui" title="Taumarunui">Taumarunui</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/New_Plymouth" title="New Plymouth">New Plymouth District</a></td><td rowspan="1">Brixton</td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">229</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">142</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> SH 3A (Mountain Road) – <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_New_Zealand" title="Inglewood, New Zealand">Inglewood</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/New_Plymouth_Central" title="New Plymouth Central">New Plymouth Central</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">240</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">150</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/State_Highway_44_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_44_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/State_Highway_44_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_44_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/State_Highway_44_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_44_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_44_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 44 (New Zealand)">SH 44</a> (Eliot Street) – <a href="/wiki/Port_Taranaki" title="Port Taranaki">Port Taranaki</a><br /><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/State_Highway_45_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_45_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/State_Highway_45_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_45_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/State_Highway_45_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_45_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_45_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 45 (New Zealand)">SH 45</a> (Leach Street) – City Centre, <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cpunake" title="Ōpunake">Ōpunake</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_New_Zealand" title="Inglewood, New Zealand">Inglewood</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">258</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">160</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_3a_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> SH 3A (Rata Street) – <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_New_Zealand" title="Hamilton, New Zealand">Hamilton</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Stratford,_New_Zealand" title="Stratford, New Zealand">Stratford District</a></td><td rowspan="1">Stratford</td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">279</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">173</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/State_Highway_43_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_43_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/State_Highway_43_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_43_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/State_Highway_43_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_43_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_43_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 43 (New Zealand)">SH 43</a> (Regan Street) – <a href="/wiki/Taumarunui" title="Taumarunui">Taumarunui</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/South_Taranaki_District" title="South Taranaki District">South Taranaki District</a></td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/H%C4%81wera" title="Hāwera">Hāwera</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">310</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">190</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/State_Highway_45_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_45_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/State_Highway_45_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_45_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/State_Highway_45_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_45_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_45_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 45 (New Zealand)">SH 45</a> (South Road) – <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cpunake" title="Ōpunake">Ōpunake</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Whanganui_District" title="Whanganui District">Whanganui District</a></td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Putiki" title="Putiki">Putiki</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">402</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">250</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/State_Highway_4_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_4_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/State_Highway_4_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_4_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/State_Highway_4_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_4_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_4_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 4 (New Zealand)">SH 4</a> (Putiki Drive) – City Centre, <a href="/wiki/National_Park,_New_Zealand" title="National Park, New Zealand">National Park</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Rangitikei_District" title="Rangitikei District">Rangitikei District</a></td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Bulls,_New_Zealand" title="Bulls, New Zealand">Bulls</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">445</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">277</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Concurrency terminus" style="background-color:#ddffdd"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/State_Highway_1_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_1_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/State_Highway_1_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_1_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/State_Highway_1_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_1_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_1_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 1 (New Zealand)">SH 1</a> north (High Street) – <a href="/wiki/Taup%C5%8D" title="Taupō">Taupō</a></td><td rowspan="1" title="Concurrency terminus" style="background-color:#ddffdd">SH 1/SH 3 concurrency begins</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Manawat%C5%AB_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Manawatū District">Manawatū District</a></td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Sanson,_New_Zealand" title="Sanson, New Zealand">Sanson</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">450</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">280</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Concurrency terminus" style="background-color:#ddffdd"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/State_Highway_1_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_1_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/State_Highway_1_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_1_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/State_Highway_1_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_1_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_1_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 1 (New Zealand)">SH 1</a> south (Wellington Road) – <a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a></td><td rowspan="1" title="Concurrency terminus" style="background-color:#ddffdd">SH 1/SH 3 concurrency ends</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Manawat%C5%AB_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Manawatū District">Manawatū District</a> / <br /><a href="/wiki/Palmerston_North" title="Palmerston North">Palmerston North City</a> boundary</td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Newbury,_New_Zealand" title="Newbury, New Zealand">Newbury</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">468</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">291</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/State_Highway_54_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_54_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/State_Highway_54_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_54_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/State_Highway_54_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_54_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_54_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 54 (New Zealand)">SH 54</a> (Kairanga Bunnythorpe Road) – <a href="/wiki/Feilding" title="Feilding">Feilding</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Palmerston_North" title="Palmerston North">Palmerston North City</a></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ashhurst" title="Ashhurst">Ashhurst</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">487</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">303</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">(Cambridge Avenue) – Town Centre, <a href="/wiki/Feilding" title="Feilding">Feilding</a>, <a href="/wiki/Woodville,_New_Zealand" title="Woodville, New Zealand">Woodville</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">488</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">303</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/State_Highway_57_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_57_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/State_Highway_57_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_57_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/State_Highway_57_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_57_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_57_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 57 (New Zealand)">SH 57</a> (Fitzherbert East Road) – <a href="/wiki/Levin,_New_Zealand" title="Levin, New Zealand">Levin</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#d3d3d3" title="Closed or former">Gap in highway due to Manawatū Gorge blockage; connection made via Saddle Road.</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tararua_District" title="Tararua District">Tararua District</a></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Woodville,_New_Zealand" title="Woodville, New Zealand">Woodville</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">498</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">309</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">(Woodlands Road / Saddle Road) – <a href="/wiki/Ashhurst" title="Ashhurst">Ashhurst</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">500</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">310</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/State_Highway_2_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_2_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/State_Highway_2_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_2_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/State_Highway_2_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_2_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_2_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 2 (New Zealand)">SH 2</a> north (Vogel Street) – <a href="/wiki/Napier,_New_Zealand" title="Napier, New Zealand">Napier</a> <br /> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/State_Highway_2_NZ.svg/24px-State_Highway_2_NZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/State_Highway_2_NZ.svg/36px-State_Highway_2_NZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/State_Highway_2_NZ.svg/48px-State_Highway_2_NZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="587" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_2_(New_Zealand)" title="State Highway 2 (New Zealand)">SH 2</a> south (McLean Street) – <a href="/wiki/Masterton" title="Masterton">Masterton</a></td><td rowspan="1"><i>SH 3 ends</i></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="6" class="jct-bottom notheme"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129796324">.mw-parser-output .jct-bottom{text-align:center;background-color:#eaecf0}.mw-parser-output .jct-bottom-legend{margin-left:1.6em;font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .jct-bottom-legend ul{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .jct-bottom-legend-color{border:1px solid #000}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist jct-bottom-legend"><ul><li><span class="jct-bottom-legend-color" style="background-color: #d3d3d3">    </span>  <span class="nowrap">Closed/former</span></li><li><span class="jct-bottom-legend-color" style="background-color: #ddffdd">    </span>  <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Concurrency_(road)" title="Concurrency (road)">Concurrency</a> terminus</span></li></ul></div></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Highway_3_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_Zealand_state_highways" title="List of New Zealand state highways">List of New Zealand state highways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_roads_and_highways" title="List of roads and highways">List of roads and highways</a>, for notable or famous roads worldwide</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_transport_in_Hamilton_and_Waikato#SH3_routes_to_Te_Awamutu_and_south_west_-_current_route_24" class="mw-redirect" title="Public transport in Hamilton and Waikato">Public transport in Hamilton and Waikato</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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