Route 50 is a road that stretches from Route 56 at the junction of Rice Street in

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to a point approximately 1/5 mile north of the northernmost entrance of the

Pacific Missile Range Facility The Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands is a U.S. naval facility and airport located five nautical miles (9 km) northwest of the central business district of Kekaha, in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. PMRF is the world's larg ...

on the western shore of Kauai. It is the longest numbered road on the island of Kauai and is named Kaumualii Highway.

Route description

Hawaii Route 50 begins in Lihue and heads west. The road passes through the only major shopping center on the island at the intersection with

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. From there, the road passes through the countryside and several small communities. There are numerous agricultural farms and plantations set up along the route. The

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known as

Russian Fort Elizabeth Pā'ula'ula State Historical Park (Russian Fort Elizabeth) is a National Historic Landmark and is administered as the Pā'ula'ula State Historical Park just southeast of present-day Waimea on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. It is located at the si ...

is located where the highway crosses the Waimea River. The last major

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on Kauai is along the route west of Waimea. West of Waimea, Route 50 serves only as an access road to 4 major sites:

Polihale Polihale State Park is a remote wild beach on the western side of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. It is the most western publicly accessible area in Hawaii, although the privately owned island of Niihau is further west. The park is miles away fro ...

Beach,

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Town, and

Waimea Canyon Waimea Canyon, also known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific, is a large canyon, approximately ten miles (16 km) long and up to 3,000 feet (900 m) deep, located on the western side of Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands of the United States. ...

via Route 550. The only public services available west of Waimea are a collection of tourist shops and a convenience store at the base of Route 550. Route 50 is named after Kaumualii, the last king of the island of Kauai.

Major intersections

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Transportation in Kauai County, Hawaii 0050 {{Hawaii-road-stub