State Highway 23 is a New Zealand state highway that connects the towns of Raglan and Hamilton.
SH23 summit, logging truck, Waitetuna valley and Mt Karioi from Karamu Walkway
Hamilton-Raglan bus descending from 194 m (636 ft) summit. The road descends to 100 m (330 ft) in just over 1 km (0.62 mi).
SH23 AADT 1975 2018
Waipā River
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The Waipā River is in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. The headwaters are in the Rangitoto Range east of Te Kūiti. It flows north for 115 kilometres, passing through Ōtorohanga a
State Highway 23 (New Zealand)
…suburb of Dinsdale. After exiting Hamilton, and reaching the town of Whatawhata it shares a brief concurrency of the north–south SH 39 and crosses the Waipā River. It then continues west over the summit to the Waitetuna valley, through Te Uku and over tributaries of the Whaingaroa Harbour until reaching Raglan…
From Waingaro Rd bridge looking north down Waipā River to Ngāruawāhia Point bandstand, the Waikato (coming from right) and the Hakarimata Range in the background (19 September 2012)
1974 Waipā bridge at Ngāruawāhia under construction in 1972
1924 Whatawhata rebuilding
Whatawhata bridges in April 1971