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It connects with Hawaii Route 51 to Lihue Airport. Following the intersection the road briefly passes through some rural patches with the occasional resort before crossing the Wailua River. At the Wailua River, there is a two-lane southbound bridge and a two-lane northbound bridge. A bridge expansion was completed in 2011.
Lihue Airport (IATA: LIH, ICAO: PHLI, FAA LID: LIH) is a state-owned public-use airport located in the Līhuʻe CDP on the southeast coast of the island of Kauaʻi in Kauai County, Hawaiʻi, United States, two nautical miles east of the center of the CDP. [1] [3] The airport does not serve as a hub for any airline carrier.
Lumahaʻi is a picturesque beach along Kauai's northern shore, and is formed at the mouth of the Lumahaʻi River, where it joins the Pacific Ocean. It is accessed from Hawaii Route 56, some 1.4 miles (2.3 km) from Hanalei. [6] [1] [7] Many trails emerge from the highway, which provide access to Kahalahala, the eastern end of the beach.
Route 570 is a one-mile (1.6 km) road that stretches from Route 56 in Lihue to Lihue Airport on the island of Kauai.Before the construction of Route 51 in the 1980s, the road provided primary access to Lihue Airport with the north and eastern shores of the Kauai.
The Lumaha'i River rises in the central mountains of Kauai [5] at an elevation of 430 metres (1,410 ft). [6] It drains a catchment area of 23 square miles (60 km 2 ). [ 3 ] After flowing through a narrow valley with cliff banks, it opens out midway along its course into a wide valley, where the banks of the river are steep.
Route 51 then splits off with Rice Street and becomes Kapule Highway where the final segment north of the airport was completed in 1988. The road intersects with Route 570 near the Lihue Airport . Heading north towards the eastern and northern towns of Kauai, Route 51 ends at the intersection with Route 56.
Wainiha is on the northern coast of Kauai and includes a bay and canal. The terrain is varied and also includes a cliff (pali), river, and valley. [1] Wainiha is 25.49 square miles. The Lumaha'i River enters the sea just to the east at Lumahai Beach.
Barking Sands Pacific Missile Range Facility Airport: Western terminus of Route 50: Kekaha: 6.7: 10.8: Route 552 north (Alae Road) – Waimea Canyon, Kokee: Southern terminus of Route 552: Waimea, Kauai County: 9.8: 15.8: Route 550 north (Waimea Canyon Road) Southern terminus of Route 550: Eleele: 17.2: 27.7: Route 540 east (Halewili Road ...