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Trivia item: Neither Lanai, the "Secluded Island," nor Molokai, the "Friendly Island," has any stoplights.


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.State route 440 State route; County route 490 County route; Former state route 15Former county route 430 Former route; No route number Other unnumbered route
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Former route (no longer in numbered state or county system)


Routes are listed in numerical order. For lists ordered differently (by name in alphabetical order, or by former route number):

Name cross-index · Former route cross-index




Lanai
Route Name Termini/misc road info Mileage
Former
Former state route 44
(part)
Kaumalapau
Highway
(part)
JN State route 442 Kaumalapau Highway just west of No route number Fraser Avenue in Lanai City, east to JN Former state route 44 Lanai Avenue; as of October 1999 and November 2001, no route markers or milemarkers 0.2
miles
Former
Former state route 44
(part)
Lanai
Avenue
JN Former state route 44 Kaumalapau Highway, north through Lanai City to JN Former state route 44Former county route 430 Keomuku Road near the Lodge at Koele; former part of Kaumalapau Highway; was part of numbered Federal-aid numbered highway system under county jurisdiction in 1962, but unclear when it was deleted from system, or became an unnumbered road (probably around 1967); as of October 1999 and November 2001, no route markers or milemarkers 1.2
miles
Former
Former state route 44
(part)

Former
County
Former county route 430

Keomuku
Road
(part)
JN Former state route 44 Lanai Avenue, in Lanai City near The Lodge at Koele, northeast to end of pavement at mile 7.2 near coast at Kahokunui, then south along coast on narrow unpaved road past old Keomuku village and Kahea Gulch to near Halepalaoa Landing; former part of Kaumalapau Highway; rough dirt road continues about 3 miles along coast south of Halepalaoa Landing; was part of numbered Federal-aid numbered highway system under county jurisdiction in 1962, but unclear when it was deleted from systems, or became an unnumbered road (probably around 1967); by 1981, at least the first 2.2 miles (west of Mahana Trail) become Maui County route 430; as of October 1999 and November 2001, no route markers or mile markers ~15
miles

(last
~8
miles
unpaved)

4x4 needed for unpaved portions, especially when road is wet.
State route 440
(part)
Kaumalapau
Highway
(part)
Kaumalapau Harbor, east to JN State route 442 Kaumalapau Higbway State route 440 Manele Road in Lanai City; completed in 1961; part of former route 44 6.0
miles
Photos
State route 440
(part)
Manele
Road
JN State route 440State route 442 Kaumalapau Highway at Lanai City, south to entrance of Hulopoe Beach Park near Manele Bay; former county route 441 8.2
miles
State route 441 Lanai
Airport
Road
JN State route 440 Kaumalapau Highway between Kaumalapau Harbor and Lanai City, south to Lanai Airport; former county route 443; may be unsigned 0.5
miles
State route 442 Kaumalapau
Highway
(part)
JN State route 440 Kaumalapau Highway and Manele Road in Lanai City, east to Former state route 44 Kaumalapau Highway just west of intersection with No route number Fraser Avenue; part of former route 44; may be unsigned < 0.1
miles
 
Molokai
Route Name Termini/misc road info Mileage
Former
Former state route 48
?
See listing after State route 480Former county route 480 listings below
State route 450 Kamehameha
V Highway
JN State route 460 Maunaloa Highway and Kaunakakai Place in Kaunakakai, east to end of pavement at Halawa Valley; named for the last king of the Kamehameha dynasty, who liked to vacation on Molokai 27.5
miles
Photos Highway east of mile 20 is narrow and winding.
State route 460
(part)
Kaunakakai
Place
Kaunakakai Harbor wharf, north to JN State route 460 Maunaloa Highway State route 450 Kamehameha V Highway in Kaunakakai; part of former route 46 0.3
miles
State route 460
(part)
Maunaloa
Highway
JN State route 460 Kaunakakai Place State route 450 Kamehameha V Highway in Kaunakakai, west to "End State Highway" sign at Maunaloa village entrance; former route 46, at least west to No route number Mokulele Avenue 16.3
miles
State route 465 Airport Loop
Road
 
(west end
also Launui
Street)
JN State route 460 Maunaloa Highway east of Hoolehua Airport, past airport entrance, to JN State route 460 west of airport; no route shields or milemarkers; street sign at east end calls road Airport Loop, but parallel sign at other end calls it Launui Street (Hawaii DOT route log calls entire road Airport Loop Road) 2.1
miles
State route 470 Kalae
Highway
JN State route 460 Maunaloa Highway north to entrance to parking lot for Kalaupapa Lookout in Palaau State Park; northernmost 1.7 miles transferred from county to state jurisdiction sometime in 1960s, and upgraded to paved road in May 1972 (before then, road was sometimes impassible to non-4x4s); former route 47 (south of Farrington Avenue), and 47 or 47B (north of Farrington Avenue) 5.8
miles
State route 480
(part)
Farrington
Avenue
(part)
JN State route 470 Kalae Highway to JN State route 480County route 481 Puupeelua Avenue Former county route 480 Farrington Avenue; originally part of route 48 2.4
miles
State route 480
(part)
Puupeelua
Avenue
(part)
JN County route 481 Puupeelua Avenue State route 480Former county route 480 Farrington Avenue, south to JN State route 460 Maunaloa Highway; originally part of route 481 1.2
miles
Former
County

Former county route 480
Farrington
Avenue
(part)
JN State route 480 Farrington Avenue and Puupeelua Avenue County route 481 Puupeelua Avenue, west to Former state route 48 Farrington Avenue about 0.2 miles east of No route number Anahaki Road; apparently transferred from state to county jurisdiction in 1968, but not included in 1981 county route log, nor were there any route markers or milemarkers west of Puupeelua Avenue; used to be part of route 48 and/or 480 3.1
miles
Former
Former state route 48
?
Farrington
Avenue
(part)/
Moomomi
Road
JN Former county route 480 Farrington Avenue about 0.2 miles east of No route number Anahaki Road, changing name after about 0.5 miles to Moomomi Road, then continuing west to end of road at Kawaaloa Bay; unpaved road, reportedly rough but passable; only documentation I have seen that this ever was a numbered road is a 1977 Hawaii Visitors Bureau map ~ 2.5
miles
County
County route 481
Puupeelua
Avenue
(part)
JN State route 480 Puupeelua Avenue and Farrington Avenue Former county route 480 Farrington Avenue, north to JN County route 490 Puu Kapele Avenue; no route signage, except junction markers at south end on intersecting State route 480 Farrington Avenue 0.6
miles
County
County route 490
(part)
Lihi Pali
Avenue (part)
JN State route 480 Farrington Avenue, west to JN County route 490 Puu Kapele Avenue at turnoff for two cemeteries; part of former route 482; no route signage 1.0
miles
County
County route 490
(part)
Puu Kapele
Avenue (part)
JN County route 490 Lihi Pali Avenue, west to No route number Nenehanaupo Avenue; route originally planned to continue 1.4 miles to No route number Hauakea Avenue, but road continuing straight from west end of Puu Kapele Avenue pavement is only short unpaved driveway curving southwest to private residence, and Hauakea Avenue also was never completed north to where it would have met Puu Kapele Avenue; however, apparently unbuilt segment of Puu Kapele Avenue is paralleled by ~1.5 mile one-lane paved driveway jogging north off Puu Kapele/Nenehanaupo intersection, then west to small Air Force space communications facility (some maps show this driveway as part of Puu Kapele Avenue, but that is not indicated by street signage at Puu Kapele/Nenehanaupo intersection); only route signage is milemarker 2 indicating route number; part of former route 482 1.6
miles

(+ 1.4
miles
unbuilt?)


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