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Max Rockatansky:
Today we did a run on Hana Highway and back. Specifically my wife wanted to see Waiʻānapanapa State Park which we had reservations for during the 12:30-3 PM window.
The HI 360 portion of Hana Highway is rugged to be sure, but it definitely wasn’t quite as harrowing as many made it out to be. Comparing HI 360 Hana Highway to the one lane backroads I normally drive on the west coast it didn’t come off as too daunting. Going out wasn’t too bad given most of the tourists had already left for the day I assume earlier in the morning. There was a couple drivers heading eastbound who very obviously bit off more than they could chew and turned around between MM 8-16. I did note a “end of state maintenance” sign for HI 360 in Hana at Keawa Place.
Heading back west had me in the middle of a bunch of local vehicles. They moved generally double the speed limit but some of them tended to get pushy when they caught slower drivers. Suffice to say it was quite the contrast of seeing both variations at yield points and one-lane bridges. The most difficult segment of HI 360 seemed to be MM 18-22 heading east and west.
Anyways, got a crap ton of pictures today which mostly turned out in some sort of acceptable manner:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/151828809@N08/0K79tf4JZ4
74/171FAN:
Well HI 360 looks safer than WV 72 south of Parsons. Anyway I am surprised that HI 360 does not get a general 10 ton weight limit like many roads in northern PA if all of the bridges have a maximum 10 ton weight limit already.
Max Rockatansky:
--- Quote from: 74/171FAN on September 23, 2022, 06:24:37 AM ---Well HI 360 looks safer than WV 72 south of Parsons. Anyway I am surprised that HI 360 does not get a general 10 ton weight limit like many roads in northern PA if all of the bridges have a maximum 10 ton weight limit already.
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I didn’t capture them but the weight limit signage on the westbound trip was better. There was even one bridge with an 8 ton limit:
https://flic.kr/p/2nNnZH2
oscar:
--- Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 23, 2022, 03:19:16 AM ---I did note a “end of state maintenance” sign for HI 360 in Hana at Keawa Place.
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That's the end of state maintenance for the Hana Hwy. HI 360, last I checked, takes an unsigned turn before the end of maintenance sign, down Keawa Place to the (now closed) Hana Bay wharf.
Max Rockatansky:
--- Quote from: oscar on September 23, 2022, 12:37:46 PM ---
--- Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 23, 2022, 03:19:16 AM ---I did note a “end of state maintenance” sign for HI 360 in Hana at Keawa Place.
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That's the end of state maintenance for the Hana Hwy. HI 360, last I checked, takes an unsigned turn before the end of maintenance sign, down Keawa Place to the (now closed) Hana Bay wharf.
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Quite possible, I did observe Keawa Place to have a similar surfacing to HI 360. Most older USGS maps display HI 36 and later 360 entering Hana via Uakea Road and making a right Keawa Drive.
Also, HI 3800 is now open between HI 380 and Kahului Airport as Mayor Elmer F. Cravalho Way. HI 380 on Dairy Road is actually signed as a Business Route (I need to retake my photo today) now.
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