Road To Hana Waterfall - Waimea Valley Maui Hawaii
by Brian Harig
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Road To Hana Waterfall - Waimea Valley Maui Hawaii
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Brian Harig
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Photograph - Photograph
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The Hana Highway is a 68-mile (109 km) long stretch of Hawaii State Routes 36 and 360 which connects Kahului with the town of Hana in east Maui. On the east after Kalepa bridge, Hana Highway continues to Kipahulu as Route 31 (Piilani Highway), the first section of which is unofficially considered to be part of Hana Highway. Although Hana is only about 52 miles (84 km) from Kahului, it takes about 2.5 hours to drive when no stops are made as the highway is very winding and narrow and passes over 59 bridges, 46 of which are only one lane wide. There are approximately 620 curves along Route 360 from just east of Kahului to Hana, virtually 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 That one bridge, badly damaged by erosion, has been replaced by a parallel structure by a portable steel ACROW bridge erected by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
In August 2000 it was designated as the "Hana Millennium Legacy Trail" by President Bill Clinton, with the trail start designated in Paia. The Hana Highway is listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 15, 2001.
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December 30th, 2010
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