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The highway runs inland on the Inland Kaikōura Road from SH 1 just south of Kaikōura. It then turns south west running almost parallel to SH 1 in an adjacent valley. Passing over the Conway River the road becomes the Inland Road. It continues south, eventually passing the intersection with Mt Lyford
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1594:Roads in New Zealand
1553:Great Alpine Highway
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221:Inland Kaikōura Road
1563:Inland Scenic Route
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309:Major intersections
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16:Road in New Zealand
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134:Mt Lyford,
123:New Zealand
1588:Categories
828:4 February
792:References
767:Lewis Pass
763:West Coast
706:Lewis Pass
702:West Coast
456:Green Burn
207:SH 71
192:SH 69
879:The Press
850:The Press
755:SH 7
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722:Culverden
380:SH 1
363:SH 1
321:Location
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140:Rotherham
104:Culverden
102:north of
100:SH 7
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81:SH 1
954:National
780:See also
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647:Kaikōura
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303:Red Post
233:Kaikōura
114:Location
85:Kaikōura
726:0 (97)
643:Cheviot
514:Lyford
384:Cheviot
263:History
129:Primary
119:Country
57:Tourist
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1477:SH 57A
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371:Picton
332:Notes
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1053:SH 18
1048:SH 16
1043:SH 15
1038:SH 14
1033:SH 12
1028:SH 11
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136:Waiau
981:SH 5
976:SH 4
966:SH 2
888:2016
859:2016
830:2016
765:via
704:via
249:SH 1
243:and
239:via
219:The
172:List
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517:55
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445:24
422:19
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324:km
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