State Highway 94

The most spectacular Highway in New Zealand, summer like winter.

The New Zealand State Highway connecting the large Southland town of Gore with one of New Zealand’s most popular destinations Milford Sound. It also passes the significant townships  Te Anau is going through the Homer Tunnel.  The road also goes through Fiordland and crosses the Main Divide of the Southern alps. The whole road is 119 km long.

It is regarded as one of the most scenic roads in New Zealand, and with a peak elevation of 940m, also one of the country’s highest. However, the “Milford Road” part is also one of the more dangerous public roads in New Zealand, with injury crash rates around 65% higher than the rest of New Zealand’s network, and a fatality crash rate of almost twice average (per vehicle kilometre travelled), making it the third most dangerous section of New Zealand’s State Highway network

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