Hana Highway
The Hana Highway (colloquially referred to as The Road to Hana) is a 64.4-mile-long (103.6 km) stretch of Hawaii Routes 36 and 360 which connects Kahului to the town of Hana in east Maui. To the east of Kalepa Bridge, the highway continues to Kipahulu as Hawaii Route 31 (the Piilani Highway). Although Hana is only about 52 miles (84 km) from Kahului, an uninterrupted car-trip takes about 2.5 hours to drive, since the highway is very winding, narrow, and passes over 59 bridges, of which 46 are only one lane wide. There are approximately 620 curves along Route 360 from just east of Kahului to Hana, almost all of it through lush, tropical rainforest. Many of the concrete and steel bridges date back to 1910 and all but one are still in use. That one bridge, badly damaged by erosion, has been replaced by a portable steel ACROW or Bailey bridge erected by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Hana Highway | ||||
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| Hana Millennium Legacy Trail | ||||
Hana Highway highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by HDOT | ||||
| Length | 64.4 mi (103.6 km) | |||
| Component highways | Route 36 from Kahului to Haiku-Pauwela Route 360 from Haiku-Pauwela to Kalepa Gulch | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Route 32 in Kahului | |||
| East end | Route 31 in Haleakalā Nat'l Park | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Hawaii | |||
| Counties | Maui | |||
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Hana Belt Road | ||||
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | ||||
The Hana Highway Millennium Trail Monument and the Zero Mile Marker (under the Adopt-a-Highway sign) at the Junction of Route 36/360/365. | ||||
| Nearest city | Makawao, Hawaii | |||
| Coordinates | 20°53′52″N 156°13′20″W | |||
| Area | 153 acres (62 ha) | |||
| Built | 1900 | |||
| Architectural style | Basalt arch, et al. | |||
| NRHP reference No. | 01000615 | |||
| HRHP No. | 50-50-va-01638 | |||
| Significant dates | ||||
| Added to NRHP | June 15, 2001 | |||
| Designated HRHP | April 20, 2001 | |||
In August 2000, the highway was designated as the Hana Millennium Legacy Trail by President Bill Clinton, with the trail start designated in Pāʻia. The Hana Highway was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 15, 2001.