New Zealand State Highway 77

New Zealand State Highway 77

State Highway 77 NZ.svg

State Highway 77
Inland Scenic Route
Route information
Maintained by New Zealand Transport Agency
Length: 93.9 km (58.3 mi)
Major junctions
Northwest end: South Terrace/West Coast Road State Highway 73 NZ.svg at Darfield
Southeast end: West Street State Highway 1 NZ.svg at Ashburton
Location
Primary
destinations:
Coalgate, Glentunnel, Rakaia Gorge, Methven
Highway system

New Zealand State Highways
Motorways and Expressways • List • Unused

State Highway 77 is a State Highway in New Zealand going through the inland parts of Central and Mid Canterbury between the towns of Ashburton and Darfield via the Rakaia Gorge. It is wholly single carriageway with two one-lane bridges at the Rakaia and Selwyn Rivers. One set of traffic lights is found in Ashburton marking the southern terminus of the highway.

About 43 km of the highway lie on the Inland Scenic Route (formerly State Highway 72).

Route

State Highway 77 passing over the Rakaia Gorge Bridge, which was built in 1882
Much of State Highway 77 is dominated by the skyline of the Southern Alps and Canterbury foothills. Mount Hutt is especially noticeable from SH 77

This is the current route of SH 77 as of June 2010.

The highway begins as Bangor Road just west of Darfield town centre, and proceeds in a westerly directions towards the mountains through flat pastoral farmland. Just before reaching the foothills, the road intersects with the Inland Scenic Route (Deans Road) coming from Waddington and begins its concurrency at Homebush. After a name change to Homebush Road, the road skirts to the north of Coalgate and then to the south of Glentunnel before veering left and narrowing to one lane to cross the Selwyn River.

Now known as Wairiri Road, the road widens back to two lanes and passes through undulating to hilly farmland. At Glenroy the road changes name to Windwhistle Road and climbs towards the settlement of Windwhistle.

Beyond Windwhistle, the name changes to Rakaia Gorge Road and begins a spectacular descent into the Rakaia Gorge. For most of its length the Rakaia River runs on shingle river beds as a braided river but here the river is mostly a single channel. The river here has carved out the surrounding land to form two level terraces. The road passes over both these terraces before narrowing to one lane again to cross the river.

After widening again, the road changes name to Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road and rises towards the plains again. The road emerges onto the plains but passes right underneath the towering Mount Hutt. The road is frequently covered by snow and ices over in sheltered areas during the calmer periods of the winter months in higher parts of the road.

The road turns left onto Waimarama Road 10 km north of Alford Forest and proceeds through arable farmland, changes name again to Mount Hutt Station Road and arrives in Methven, where it changes name again to Main Street.

After Methven, the road changes name to Methven Highway and proceeds in a south to southeasterly direction through more pastoral farmland. Before Ashburton, the road hugs the Ashburton River, the name of the road changes to Alford Forest Road for about 2 km, then to River Terrace for 600 m and lastly to Moore Street for the last 300 m of the route before terminating at SH 1 in the town centre.

Major Intersections

State Highway 77 State Highway 77 NZ.svg
Northbound exits Distance to
Darfield
(km)
Distance to
Ashburton
(km)
Southbound exits
Darfield
End State Highway 77 NZ.svg
as Bangor Road
0 93.9 Darfield
Start State Highway 77 NZ.svg
as Bangor Road
Greymouth, Waddington, Kirwee, Christchurch
West Coast Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
South Terrace State Highway 73 NZ.svg
Christchurch, Kirwee, Waddington, Greymouth
South Terrace Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
West Coast Road State Highway 73 NZ.svg
Waddington, Oxford
Deans Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
(Inland Scenic Route)
7.8 86.1 Waddington, Oxford
Deans Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
(Inland Scenic Route)
End concurrency with Inland Scenic Route
Name change to Bangor Road
Start concurrency with Inland Scenic Route
Name change to Homebush Road
Coalgate, Hororata
Bridge Street Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
11.1 82.8 Coalgate, Hororata
Bridge Street Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
Coalgate 11.8 82.1 Coalgate
Glentunnel 14.2 79.7 Glentunnel
Whitecliffs
Whitecliffs Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
14.7 79.2 Whitecliffs
Whitecliffs Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
Name change to Homebush Road Name change to Wairiri Road
SELWYN RIVER 14.8 79.1 SELWYN RIVER
Hororata
Downs Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
23.9 70.0 Hororata
Downs Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
Name change to Wairiri Road Name change to Windwhistle Road
Windwhistle
Name change to Windwhistle Road
34.0 59.9 Windwhistle
Name change to Rakaia Gorge Road
Lake Coleridge, Te Pirita, Hororata
Coleridge Road
Leaches Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
34.6 59.3 Hororata, Te Pirita, Lake Coleridge
Leaches Road
Coleridge Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
Rakaia Gorge
RAKAIA RIVER
Enter Selwyn District
Name change to Rakaia Gorge Road
40.5 53.4 Rakaia Gorge
RAKAIA RIVER
Enter Ashburton District
Name change to Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road
Methven
Mount Hutt Station Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg (shortcut)
44.9 49.0 Methven
Mount Hutt Station Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg (shortcut)
Timaru, Mayfield[disambiguation needed ], Mount Hutt
Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road
(Inland Scenic Route)
McLennans Bush Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
50.4 43.5 Mount Hutt, Mayfield[disambiguation needed ], Timaru
McLennans Bush Road
Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
(Inland Scenic Route)
Name change to Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road
Start concurrency with Inland Scenic Route
Name change to Waimarama Road
End concurrency with Inland Scenic Route
Rakaia Gorge
Mount Hutt Station Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg (shortcut)
57.3 36.6 Rakaia Gorge
Mount Hutt Station Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg (shortcut)
Name change to Waimarama Road Name change to Mount Hutt Station Road
Name change to Mount Hutt Station Road 59.3 34.6 Name change to Main Street
Highbank, Barrhill
Hall Street Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
59.9 34.0 Highbank, Barrhill
Hall Street Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
Methven 60.0 33.9 Methven
Alford Forest, Lyndhurst, Lauriston
Forest Drive
Methven Chertsey Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
Lyndhurst, Lauriston, Alford Forest
Methven Chertsey Road
Forest Drive Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
Name change to Main Street 60.8 33.1 Name change to Methven Highway
Mount Somers, Rakaia
Thompsons Track Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
71.6 22.3 Rakaia, Mount Somers
Thompsons Track Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
Westerfield, Lauriston
Ollivers Road
Winchmore Lauriston Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
81.8 12.1 Lauriston, Westerfield
Winchmore Lauriston Road
Ollivers Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
State Highway 1 NZ.svg
Racecourse RoadJapanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
88.1 5.8 State Highway 1 NZ.svg
Racecourse Road Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
Allenton, Netherby
Harrison StreetJapanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
90.9 3.0 Allenton, Netherby
Harrison Street Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
Name change to Methven Highway 91.1 2.8 Name change to Alford Forest Road
Allenton, Ashburton
Oak Grove
Havelock Street Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
92.8 1.1 Allenton, Ashburton
Havelock Street
Oak Grove Japanese Road sign (Crossroads).svg
Name change to Alford Forest Road Name change to River Terrace
Name change to River Terrace 93.5 0.4 Name change to Moore Street
Timaru, Tinwald, Chertsey, Christchurch
West Street State Highway 1 NZ.svg Australian traffic lights ahead sign.png
93.9 0.0 Christchurch, Chertsey, Tinwald, Timaru
West Street State Highway 1 NZ.svg Australian traffic lights ahead sign.png
Ashburton
End State Highway 77 NZ.svg continues as Moore Street to Hampstead, Wakanui

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