State Highway 63 (SH 63) is a

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located in the northern parts of the

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of New Zealand. It is 117 km long and runs between the settlements of Renwick (in Marlborough) and Kawatiri Junction (in the

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region) via Saint Arnaud, providing a bypass of the city of Nelson. Despite being a convenient link between the

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and Marlborough, and being a relatively straight highway along most of its length, it is only classified by the NZTA as a secondary collector highway.

Route

SH 63 begins just to the east of Renwick at SH 6, and parallels the course of the Wairau River for 93 kilometres, initially to the south of the river before crossing to the north side about 20 km from the Marlborough/Tasman border, while passing through the settlements of Wairau Valley, Hillersden and

Tophouse Tophouse, also known as Tophouse Settlement, is a rural locality in the Tasman District of New Zealand's South Island, some 8 km northeast of Saint Arnaud. It is named after a hotel established in the 19th century to service drovers transpo ...

. Just before reaching Tophouse, the Wairau River veers to south while the road arrives in St. Arnaud at the shores of Lake Rotoiti. After St. Arnaud the road swings to the northwest and follows the last 24 km alongside the

Buller River The Buller River ( mi, Kawatiri) is a river in the South Island of New Zealand. One of the country's longest rivers, it flows for from Lake Rotoiti through the Buller Gorge and into the Tasman Sea near the town of Westport. Within the Bulle ...

. At Kawatiri Junction, it terminates at SH 6 between Murchison and the

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References

External links

New Zealand Transport Agency
63 Transport in the Marlborough Region {{NewZealand-road-stub

Route

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