State Highway 86 (SH 86) is a New Zealand
state highway connecting the city of
Dunedin
Dunedin ( ; mi, Ĺtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...
's
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...
to and the city itself. It was gazetted in 2003.
It is a two-lane single carriageway.
Route
The road begins at an intersection with SH 1 in the satellite town of
Allanton and proceeds in a north-northwesterly direction over the
Taieri Plains
The Taieri Plain (also referred to in the plural as the Taieri Plains) is an area of fertile agricultural land to the southwest of Dunedin, in Otago, New Zealand. The plain covers an area of some 300 square kilometres, with a maximum extent of ...
. After about 1.5 km the road curves to the west-southwest and proceeds for about 3.5 km before veering to the NNW and then to the SSW again at Momona before terminating at Dunedin airport.
See also
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List of New Zealand state highways
This is a list of highways of the New Zealand state highway network and some touring routes. State highways are administered by the NZ Transport Agency, while all other roads are the responsibility of territorial authorities.
Current
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References
External links
New Zealand Transport Agency
86
Transport in Dunedin
Transport in Otago
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