Hawaii Route 200

The Hawaii State Route 200 called, locally Saddle route is the shortest connection between the two main parts of the island of Hawaii - dar. in the state of the same name - Hilo and Kailua -Kona

Course

Today in places still narrow and winding route takes at the confluence of Waianuenue Avenue in the Kamehameha Avenue and the Bayfront Highway ( State Route 19) in downtown Hilo their output; Park takes place in the Puu Hono district, near the Carvalho a first change of name in Kaumana Drive. The name of Saddle Road, to pay the road for the remainder of up to its junction with State Route 190 near Waimea, the road gets from the confluence of the Ua Nahele Street in the hamlet belonging to Hilo Kaumana. Shortly after leaving this village opens from the west State Route 2000, here named Puainako a Street Extension, which connects to State Route 11, bypassing the downtown Hilo. The wavy line climbs on lava fields of the 1855 or 1881 made ​​eruptions of Mauna Loa, crossing and views on these and the north of the street Mauna Kea bidding, evenly. Near the Puu Huluhulu ( 2,060 meters) is initially in a northerly direction later from the John A. Burns Way in a southerly direction, the Mauna Loa Observatory Road, a few meters. Another two miles later, the lava flow of the eruption of Mauna Loa in 1843, the highest point of the course - the Humuula Saddle ( 6,670 feet / 2,033 meters) is on the edge - and thus the border to Pohakuloa Military Training Area reached. Numerous military use roads cross the route over the next approximately 20 km; near the Mauna Kea State Recreation Area is located just north of the road, the Bradshaw Army Airfield. The here particularly narrow and poorly developed route goes through the village Waikii and flows 6 miles south of Waimea in the State Route 190