State Highway 47 (New Zealand)

State Highway 47 (SH 47) is a New Zealand state highway in the central North Island. It provides a link from SH 4 at National Park to SH 41 at Tokaanu just west of Turangi.

State Highway 47
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length48.7 km (30.3 mi)
Major junctions
Southwest end SH 4 at National Park
  SH 48 to Whakapapa Village
SH 46 to Rangipo
Northeast end SH 41 at Tokaanu
Highway system
← SH 46→ SH 48

For its entire length, SH 47 is a single carriageway road with one lane in each direction and at-grade intersections and property accesses. There are no significant towns on the route. The New Zealand Transport Agency classifies the section of SH 47 as an arterial route south of the SH 46 intersection and a primary collector route north of the SH 46 intersection.[1]

Route

SH 47 travels in a general northeast direction from National Park across the Tongariro volcanic plateau. 9 km from its starting point it reaches the junction of SH 48 which connects to Whakapapa Village and the ski area on the northern slopes of Mount Ruapehu. A further 14 km north-west is the junction with Lake Rotoaira Road (SH 46), an alternative route to SH 1 and the Desert Road. SH 47 continues for a further 25 km over the Te Ponanga Saddle until it reaches its terminus with SH 41. From here eastbound is a short distance to Turangi.

Route Changes and Former Spurs

SH 47 used to have a spur road, SH 47A, which ran from Lake Rotoaira Road to SH 1 at Rangipo. In the 1980s this highway became part of SH 47 and the spur road revoked. A few years later SH 47 was rerouted back to its original route.

In 1997 the formerly designated section of SH 47A regained state highway status as a new designation of SH 46.

See also

References
  1. "One Network Road Classification: North Island State Highways" (PDF). New Zealand Transport Agency. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
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