Major Junctions
| Territorial authority | Location | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Hamilton City | Melville | 0 | SH 1/Thermal Explorer Highway north (Kahikatea Drive) Auckland |
SH 3 begins |
| (Ohaupo Road) Hospital |
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| 1 | SH 3 (Normandy Ave) City Centre, Rotorua |
to SH 1/Thermal Explorer Highway south | ||
| Waipa District | Hamilton Airport | 10 | SH 21 (Airport Road) Airport, Mystery Creek |
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| Otorohanga District | Otorohanga | SH 31/SH 39 (Te Kanawa Street) Kawhia, Ngaruawahia |
Alternative route to Auckland, bypassing Hamilton | |
| Waitomo District | Hangatiki | 65 | SH 37 (Waitomo Caves Road) Waitomo Caves |
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| Te Kuiti | 76 | SH 30 (Awakino Road) Rotorua, Taupo |
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| Eight Mile Junction | 88 | SH 4 Taumarunui, National Park |
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| New Plymouth District | Brixton | 229 | SH 3A (Mountain Road) Inglewood, Wanganui |
Alternative route to Southern Taranaki, bypassing New Plymouth |
| New Plymouth | 240 | SH 44 (Eliot Street) Port |
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| SH 45 (Leach Street/Courtenay Street) City Centre, Opunake |
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| Inglewood | 258 | SH 3A (Rata Street) Hamilton |
Alternative route to Hamilton, bypassing New Plymouth | |
| Stratford District | Stratford | 279 | SH 43 (Regan Street) Taumarunui |
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| South Taranaki District | Hawera | 310 | SH 45 (Surf Highway) Opunake |
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| Wanganui District | Wanganui | 402 | Whanganui River | |
| Putiki | SH 4 (Putiki Drive) City Centre, National Park |
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| Rangitikei District | Bulls | 445 | SH 1 (High Street) Taupo |
SH 1/SH 3 concurrency begins |
| 447 | Rangitikei River | |||
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| Sanson | 450 | SH 1 (Wellington Road) Wellington |
SH 1/SH 3 concurrency ends | |
| Newbury | 468 | SH 54 (Kairanga Bunnythorpe Road) Feilding |
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| Palmerston North City | Ashhurst | 488 | Manawatu River | |
| SH 57 (Fitzherbert East Road) Levin |
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| Tararua District | 495 | Manawatu River | ||
| Woodville | 500 | SH 2/Classic NZ Wine Trail north (Vogel Street) Napier |
SH 3 ends | |
| SH 2/Classic NZ Wine Trail south (McLean Street) Masterton, Wellington |
Read more about this topic: New Zealand State Highway 3
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