State Highway 4 (New Zealand)
State Highway 4 is the shortest of New Zealand's eight New Zealand state highway network, national highways. It runs north-south across rugged hill country, forming a short cut between two points on New Zealand State Highway 3, State Highway 3 thereby avoiding Taranaki and the coasts of the North Taranaki Bight, North and South Taranaki Bights. Distances are measured from north to south. For most of its length SH4 is a two-lane single carriageway, with at-grade intersections and property accesses, both in rural and urban areas. The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) classifies SH 4 as a primary collector road, except between National Park (SH 47) and Tohunga Junction (SH 49) where it is classified an arterial road. Route The highway commences from a junction on New Zealand State Highway 3, SH 3 11 km south of Te Kuiti. It heads south-southeast, climbing initially, then descending along the winding valleys of the Ōhura River, Ōhura and Ongarue Rivers, two tributar ...
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