New Zealand State Highway 77
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| Maintained by NZ Transport Agency | ||||
| Length: | 93.9 km (58.3 mi) | |||
| Tourist routes: |
Inland Scenic Route between Homebush and Mount Hutt | |||
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| Northwest end: |
South Terrace/West Coast Road  at Darfield
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| Southeast end: |
West Street  at Ashburton
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| Primary destinations: |
Coalgate, Glentunnel, Rakaia Gorge, Methven | |||
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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).
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.
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