Hana Highway

Hana Highway
Hana Millennium Legacy Trail
Hana Highway highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by HDOT
Length64.4 mi (103.6 km)
Component
highways
Route 36 from Kahului to Haiku-Pauwela
Route 360 from Haiku-Pauwela to Hana
Route 31 from Hana to Kalepa Gulch
Major junctions
West end Route 32 in Kahului
East end Route 31 in Haleakalā Nat'l Park
Location
CountryUnited States
StateHawaii
CountiesMaui
Highway system
Route 32B Route 36A
Route 340 Route 361
Hana Belt Road
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 cityMakawao, Hawaii
Coordinates20°53′52″N 156°13′20″W / 20.89778°N 156.22222°W / 20.89778; -156.22222
Area153 acres (62 ha)
Built1900
Architectural styleBasalt arch, et al.
NRHP reference No.01000615
HRHP No.50-50-va-01638
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 15, 2001
Designated HRHPApril 20, 2001

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, was temporarily replaced by a portable steel ACROW or Bailey bridge erected by the United States Army Corps of Engineers until a permanent replacement was built in 2009.

In August 2000, the highway was designated as the Hana Millennium Legacy Trail by President Bill Clinton, with the trail start designated in ʻia. The Hana Highway was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 15, 2001.