New Zealand state highway network
The New Zealand state highway network is the major national highway network in New Zealand. Nearly 100 roads in the North and South Islands are state highways. All state highways are administered by the NZ Transport Agency.
A typical New Zealand state highway junction sign: State Highways 1 and 85 meet in Palmerston, Otago.
State Highway 1 crosses the Waikouaiti River in Otago, 667.0 kilometres from Picton.
Roads of National Significance
Roads of National Significance (RoNS) was a name given by the Fifth National Government, to a programme to speed up road construction in New Zealand between 2009 and 2017.
Te Rehu O Waikato Bridge being completed in 2014 on the Waikato Expressway