Hawaii Route 63

State highway in Honolulu County, Hawaii, US

Route 63 is a state highway on the island of Oʻahu in Honolulu County, Hawaiʻi, United States, that is one of three main highways passing through the Koʻolau mountain.

Route description

The highway passes through the Wilson Tunnel, and takes commuters from the towns of Kāneʻohe and Kailua on the windward (northeast) side of the island, through Kalihi Valley into Honolulu on the leeward (south) side of the island. The other trans-Koʻolau highways are Pali Highway and Interstate H-3. There is a runaway truck ramp on the highway.^[1]

Likelike Highway (pronounced LEE-kay-LEE-kay) is named after Hawaiian Princess Miriam Likelike, sister of King David Kalākaua.

Names of Route 63

• Likelike Highway from Kāneʻohe to Interstate H-1
• Kalihi Street south of Interstate H-1

Major intersections

The entire route is in Honolulu County.

Gallery

• 
  Likelike Highway, August 2009
• 
  Runaway truck ramp on Hawaii Route 63

See also

• Hawaii portal
• U.S. Roads portal

• List of state highways in Hawaii
• List of highways numbered 63

References

1. "Critical crash on Likelike Highway being investigated". KHON2. 2019-06-14. Retrieved 2021-03-06.

External links

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