State Highway 39 (New Zealand)

State Highway 39
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length	65.5 km (40.7 mi)
Major junctions
North end	SH 1C (Mangaharakeke Drive) at Te Rapa
Major intersections	SH 23 (Whatawhata Road) at Whatawhata SH 31 west (Kawhia Road) at Tihiroa
South end	SH 3 (Maniapoto Street) at Ōtorohanga
Location
Country	New Zealand
Primary destinations	Te Kowhai, Whatawhata, Pirongia
Highway system
New Zealand state highways Motorways and expressways List
← SH 38 → SH 40

State Highway 39 (SH 39) is a New Zealand state highway that forms a western bypass of the city of Hamilton. Gazetted in 1999,^[1] it is a generally quicker route to get between Auckland and New Plymouth as well as connecting to the Waitomo Caves, just south of the SH 39 southern terminus. The southernmost 14 km section has a concurrency with SH 31, as this highway has existed for much longer (SH 31 continues west to Kawhia).