Route 130 is a state highway in

Hawaii County Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ...

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, United States. It runs from Route 11 at Ke'aau through the Puna District to Kaimū. __TOC__ Hawaii Route 130 - end of road

Route description

Route 130 starts from the intersection of Keaau on Route 11, in the south of Hilo. After a junction with It heads south on the east side of

Kīlauea Kīlauea ( , ) is an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. Located along the southeastern shore of the Big Island of Hawaii, the volcano is between 210,000 and 280,000 years old and emerged above sea level about 100,000 years ago. His ...

Pahoa Pāhoa ( haw, Pāhoa) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the District of Puna in Hawai‘i County, Hawai‘i, United States. The population was 924 at the 2020 census. The population dropped by 1.8% from 945 in the 2010 census. Geograph ...

, where Route 132 branches out via Kapoho to

Cape Kumukahi Cape Kumukahi is the easternmost point of the Big Island of Hawaii. It constitutes the eastern end of the East Rift Zone of Kīlauea which is prolonged under the sea beyond the course via the edge of Puna. Cape Kumukahi Light The Cape Kumukahi ...

with further connection to Route 137, and curves toward the west, ending near Kaimū following a junction with Route 137 itself.

History

Route 130 used to travel further to the west along the Chain of Craters Road in

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ...

. However, it was truncated to its current terminus due to the lava flows from

Puʻu ʻŌʻō Puu Ōō (also spelled Pu‘u‘ō‘ō, and often written Puu Oo, , ) is a volcanic cone on the eastern rift zone of Kīlauea volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. The eruption that created Puu Ōō began on January 3, 1983, and continued nearly c ...

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