Hawaii Route 30, also known as the Honoapi'ilani Highway, is a road on West

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, Hawaii. It begins in downtown

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, extending south through

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and

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. The Olowalu Tunnel, located at mile 10.4, is long. Following terrain of the island, the highway circumvents the West Maui Forest Reserve connecting

Olowalu Olowalu is a community on the west side of the island of Maui in the state of Hawaii. It is located about south of Lahaina on the Honoapiilani Highway. It is a census-designated place (CDP), with a population at the 2020 census of 100. It sust ...

, Launiupoko, Lahaina, Kahana, through the regions of Kapalua and

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, and ending in Honokohau Bay. At this point the road continues as the Kahekili Highway, a "notoriously narrow and twisty" county-maintained road covering the northern coastline of West Maui and eventually terminating back in

. The eastern part of Kahekili Highway is signed as Hawaii Route 340. The two highways together, plus a short stretch of

Hawaii Route 32 The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) maintains the smallest state-maintained system of state highways in the country. It consists of Interstates, state highways, and secondary state highways, totaling approximately . The state's four In ...

, complete the circular journey around West Maui.

Major intersections

Related route

Hawaii Route 3000, also known as the Lahaina Bypass, is a highway that bypasses the town of Lahaina. The Section 2 of the highway opened on December 17, 2013. Hawaii DOT plans call for a much longer bypass to be constructed in the near future, with the possibility of moving the Route 30 designation to the bypass highway. Phase 1B-2 of Lahaina Bypass, which starts at the southeastern termini of the previous bypass phase (Lahaina Bypass 1B-1) at Hokiokio Road and continues approximately 2.7 miles to the southeast to the proposed southern terminus at the Honoapiilani Highway (State Route 30), opened to the public on April 23rd, 2018.

Gallery

File:Hawaii Route 30 closely follows the Maui coast north of Lahaina.jpg, Hawaii Route 30 closely follows the Maui coast north of Lahaina. File:A tunnel of Koa trees on Hawaii Route 30, Maui.jpg, A tunnel of Koa trees on Hawaii Route 30, Maui. File:The Olowalu Tunnel on Maui is located at mile 10.4 on Hawaii Route 30 is 318 feet (97 m) long.jpg, The Olowalu Tunnel on Maui is located at mile 10.4 on Hawaii Route 30 is 318 feet (97 m) long File: Hawaii Route 30 winds it’s way along the Maui Coast.jpg, Hawaii Route 30 winds its way along the Maui Coast.

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