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State Highway 94

Statistics:

• Length: 253 km
• Northern Terminus: Freshwater Basin car park, Milford Sound
• Southern Terminus: SH1 (Waipahi Hwy) at Gore
• Miscellaneous: Roads that form the route: Hokonui Drive, Waimea Highway, Newcastle Street, Lumsden-Riversdale Highway, Flora Road, Five Rivers-Lumsden Highway, Mossburn-Lumsden Highway, Devon Street, Te Anau-Mossburn Highway, Luxmore Drive, Milford Road and Te Anau-Milford Highway
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route: Gore, Lumsden, Mossburn, The Key, Te Anau and Milford Sound

Route Numbering:

• Current:
• Multiplexes:

General Information:

SH94 connects Gore in the Southland region of NZ's South Island with the popular tourist area of Milford Sound.

The route features the Homer Tunnel, which is 1270 metres long and is the second-longest road tunnel in New Zealand (after the Lyttelton road tunnel). SH94 also crosses the Main Divide of the Southern Alps.

Multiplexes along the route include:

• SH6, for 3 km, at Lumsden
• Southern Scenic Route, for 58 km, between Mossburn and Te Anau

History:

• 1890: The road alignment was first surveyed engineer Robert Holmes, who later became the Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department. 1
• 1926: Work on the Milford Road section began when a local station owner started making his own road from Te Anau Downs Harbour south to the Te Anau Hotel.
• 1935: A rough road completed to the entrance of what would become Homer Tunnel. 1
• 1953: The Homer Tunnel was finished, after almost 20 years of intermittent work.
• 1980s: Sealing of Milford Road.

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	Intersection Direction Sign: ID sign at Mossburn on the corner of Devon St (SH94) and Mossburn-Five Rivers Rd (SH97), September 2016. Image © Dean Sherry			Advance Direction Sign: AD sign at Mossburn approaching Mossburn-Five Rivers Rd (Essex St) (SH97), September 2016. Image © Dean Sherry
	Advance Direction Sign: AD sign at Te Anau approaching Manpouri-Te Anau Hwy (SH95), September 2016. Image © Dean Sherry
	Intersection Direction Sign: ID sign at Te Anau facing Manpouri-Te Anau Hwy (SH95), September 2016. Image © Dean Sherry

1 Making the way to Milford. Engineering Insight Volume 12, No 1, Pages 37–38, January-February 2011.

Last updated: 29-Jul-2020 0:57

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