Interstate H-1
H-1 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained byHDOT
Length	27.16 mi[1] (43.71 km)
Existed	1960–present
History	Completed in 1986
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
West end	Route 93 inKapolei
Major intersections	H-2 inWaipahu H-3 /H-201 inAiea
East end	Route 72 inHonolulu
Location
Country	United States
State	Hawaii
Counties	Honolulu
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future Routes in Hawaii
←Route 8930 →H-2

Interstate H-1 (H-1) is the longest (27.16 miles = 43.71 km) and busiestInterstate Highway in the US state ofHawaii. The highway is located on the island ofOʻahu. Despite the number, this is an east–west highway; the 'H'-series (for Hawaii) numbering reflects the order in which routes were funded and built. H-1 goes fromRoute 93 (Farrington Highway) inKapolei toRoute 72 (Kalanianaole Highway) inKāhala. East of Middle Street inHonolulu (exit 19A), H-1 is also known as the Lunalilo Freeway, afterthe former Hawaiian king, and is sometimes signed as such at older signs in central Honolulu. West of Middle Street, H-1 is also known as the Queen Liliʻuokalani Freeway, afterthe former Hawaiian queen; this name is shown on some roadmaps. It is both the southernmost and westernmost signed Interstate Highway located in the US.

H-1 begins near the Campbell Industrial Park in the town ofKapolei. West of this point, Route 93 (Farrington Highway) continues towardWaianae. The freeway continues east, passing the community ofMakakilo until reaching the junction withRoute 750 (north toKunia Camp) andRoute 76 (south toʻEwa Beach).^[2]

H-1 then continues along the northern edge ofWaipahu approximately three miles (4.8 km) until its junction withH-2. It then continues east through the towns ofPearl City andAiea for approximately five miles (8.0 km) to the complex Halawa Interchange, where it meetsH-3 andH-201. The highway then turns south for two miles (3.2 km), then east soon after the exits forHickam Air Force Base andPearl Harbor. At this point, the highway runs along a viaduct aboveRoute 92 (Nimitz Highway), passing to the north ofDaniel K. Inouye International Airport.^[2]

Two miles (3.2 km) past the airport exit, three lanes exit the freeway at exit 18A to join Nimitz Highway towardWaikiki, while, half a mile (0.80 km) later, the remaining two lanes make a sharp turn south as H-1 reaches another major interchange with the east end of H-201. Access is provided by a left exit from H-1 east only. H-1 west does not have access to H-201 at this point.

From here, H-1 runs through the city of Honolulu along a series of underpasses and viaducts. A flyover interchange leading toDowntown Honolulu has a westbound exit and an eastbound entrance. H-1 ends in the Kāhala district of Honolulu nearKahala Mall, where Route 72 (Kalanianaole Highway) ends.

During morning commute hours on weekdays, an eastboundcontraflow express lane is deployed from just east of exit 5 to exit 18A, where it connects to the beginning of the Nimitz Highway contraflow lane. The H-1 contraflow lane is often referred to as a "zipper lane" due to the use of a movable concrete barrier and azipper machine. The H-1 and Nimitz Highway contraflow lanes are restricted to buses, motorcycles, andhigh-occupancy vehicles with two or more occupants while in operation.

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A set of Interstate Highways serving Oʻahu were authorized by the federal government in 1960, a year after Hawaii was admitted as a state. One of the corridors, connecting Barbers Point to Diamond Head, was designated as H-1 by theBureau of Public Roads (now theFederal Highway Administration) on August 29, 1960.^[4][5] The portion of H-1 that runs through Downtown Honolulu had opened in 1953 as the Mauka Arterial and was incorporated into the new freeway. This section has been largely unchanged since its inception and its design suffers from having too many on/offramps, short distanced onramps, and onramps that enter the freeway almost immediately before an offramp (opposite of current design standards). The 'new' section of H-1 was, however, built to contemporary freeway standards.^{[citation needed]}

Construction on the first new section of H-1 began in 1963, shortly after alignments were approved for most of the freeway.^[6] The Lunalilo Freeway, already planned by the state government and funded with a 50-percent match from the federal government, was incorporated into plans for H-1 in 1965 following the rejection of five other proposed routings.^[7][8] The westernmost section of H-1 in Makakilo opened on September 29, 1966.^[9] The Kapiolani Interchange, opened in October 1967, filled a gap between two sections of the Lunalilo Freeway spanning three miles (4.8 km) in Honolulu.^[10][11] Another gap in H-1 was filled in March 1969 with the opening of three miles (4.8 km) between Kunia Road (Route 76) and the Waiawa Interchange with H-2.^[12]

The Hawaiian Interstate shields have gone through several changes. Early shields contained the hyphen as per the official designation (e.g., H-1); however, these shields have been updated with the hyphen removed (e.g., H1). As in other states across the contiguous US, early Interstate shields also included the writing of 'Hawaii' above the Interstate route number and below the 'Interstate' writing.^[13] While the "Queen Liliʻuokalani" section of H-1 has signs designating it as such (one eastbound at exit 1, the other westbound after exit 19), there are no similar name signs for the Lunalilo Freeway portion (the remainder of the freeway).^[14]

Interstate 4
Location	Volcano
Length	79.88 mi (128.55 km)

In the 1960s, a fourth freeway that would have beenInterstate H-4 (H-4) was proposed for the city ofHonolulu. The intent of H-4 was to provide relief to the congested H-1 throughDowntown Honolulu. Had it been built, the 6.5-mile-long (10.5 km) route of H-4 would have started at exit 18 (H-1/Nimitz Highway interchange) and followed the Honolulu waterfront to the Kapiolani interchange (exit 25B).^[15] The idea, however, was unpopular and the freeway was never built.^[14]

The entire route is inHonolulu County.

Location	mi[16]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Kapolei	0.00	0.00		Farrington Highway (Route 93 west) / Laaloa Street	Continuation beyond western terminus
			1A	Kalaeloa Boulevard –Kalaeloa Airport, Barbers Point Harbor (Route 95), Campbell Industrial Park	Signed as exit 1 westbound
	1.12	1.80	1B	Wakea Street –Makakilo,Kapolei,Kalaeloa	No westbound entrance; signed as exit 1D westbound
			1E	Farrington Highway (Route 93 west) –Wet'n'Wild Hawaii	Westbound exit only
	2.21	3.56	2	Makakilo Drive –Kalaeloa Airport	No eastbound exit
			3	Kualakai Parkway (Route 8930 south) –Kapolei,Ewa,University of Hawaiʻi at West Oʻahu	Formerly North–South Road[17]
Waipahu	6.49	10.44	5	Route 750 north /Route 76 south –Kunia,Waipahu,Ewa	Southern terminus of Route 750; northern terminus of Route 76; signed as exits 5A (south) and 5B (north) westbound
	8.20	13.20	7	Waikele,Waipahu
	9.40	15.13	8A	Farrington Highway (Route 7101 west) –Waipahu	No westbound entrance; eastern terminus of Route 7101
				Kamehameha Highway (Route 99 east) –Pearl City	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	9.74	15.68	8B	H-2 north –Mililani,Wahiawa,North Shore	Eastbound signage; southern terminus of H-2; signed as exit 8A westbound
				Farrington Highway (Route 7101 west) /Kamehameha Highway (Route 99 north) –Waipahu,Waipio	Westbound signage
			8C	Kamehameha Highway (Route 99 north) –Waipio	No westbound entrance
Waimalu	11.62	18.70	10	Waimalu,Pearlridge,Pearl City
Aiea	14.20	22.85	13A	H-201 west –Aiea, Pearl Harbor Historic Sites,Pearlridge	No westbound entrance; western terminus of H-201
				H-3 east toH-201 east –Kaneohe,Moanalua	Western terminus of H-3; signed as exit 13B westbound
Halawa	14.61	23.51	13B	Halawa Heights,Stadium (H-201)	No westbound exit
Honolulu	16.06	25.85	15	Nimitz Highway (Route 92 east) – Pearl Harbor Historic Sites	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	16.65	26.80	15A	Kamehameha Highway (Route 99 west) –Stadium, Pearl Harbor Historic Sites	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastern terminus of Route 99
	16.85	27.12	15B	Nimitz Highway (Route 92 west) –Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam	Military access only; signed as exit 15 eastbound
	17.77	28.60	16	Airport
	19.12– 19.60	30.77– 31.54	18A	Nimitz Highway (Route 92) –Waikiki	Signed as exit 18 westbound
	19.34	31.12	18B	Middle Street (Route 7415), Dillingham Boulevard	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	20.36	32.77	19A	Middle Street (Route 7415)	Westbound exit only
			19B	H-201 west –Fort Shafter,Aiea	Westbound left exit and eastbound left entrance; eastern terminus of H-201
	20.56	33.09	20A	Likelike Highway (Route 63 north) –Bishop Museum	Southern terminus of Route 63
			20B	Houghtailing Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	20.80	33.47		Vineyard Boulevard (Route 98 east) –Chinatown	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; western terminus of Route 98
	21.35	34.36	20C	Palama Street	Westbound exit only
	22.31	35.90	21A	School Street –Chinatown	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				Pali Highway (Route 61)	Signed as exit 21B westbound
	22.77	36.64	21B	Punchbowl Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
			22	Vineyard Boulevard (Route 98 west)	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastern terminus of Route 98
	23.10	37.18		Kinau Street –Waikiki	Eastbound exit and entrance
			23	Lunalilo Street	No eastbound exit
	24.06	38.72		Punahou Street –Manoa,Waikiki	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	25.07	40.35	24A	Bingham Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				Wilder Avenue	Westbound exit only
	25.30	40.72	24B	University Avenue –University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
	25.62	41.23	25A	King Street –Waikiki,Honolulu Zoo
			25B	Kapiolani Boulevard –Waikiki	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	26.10	42.00		6th Avenue –Kaimuki	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	26.83	43.18	26A	Koko Head Avenue –Kaimuki	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	27.53	44.31	26B	Waialae Avenue –Waialae,Kahala,Kaimuki	Signed as exit 26 westbound
	28.16	45.32	27	Kilauea Avenue –Waialae,Kahala	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				Kalanianaole Highway (Route 72 east) / Waikui Street / Ainakoa Avenue	At-grade intersection; highway continues east as Route 72
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

• A portion of the Moanalua Freeway is designated asH-201. Until mid-2004, it was signed asRoute 78.

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