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Hawaii County Route 182

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Hawaii County Route 182 is a 3.6-mile highway located on the Big Island.  The corridor begins at Hawaii County Route 180 (Mamalahoa Highway) at Holualoa and follows Hualalai Road west to Alii Drive (Hawaii County Route 187) in Kailua-Kona.  Hawaii County Route 182 includes a brief multiplex of Hawaii Route 11 and was likely added to the Federal Aid-System on the Big Island during the late 1970s.  


This page is part of the Gribblenation Hawaii Roads series.  A compellation of all Hawaii-related media from both Gribblenation and RoadwayWiz can be found by clicking here. 




Part 1; the history of Hawaii County Route 182

Hualalai Road has been present serving Kailua-Kona and Holualoa for decades prior to the expansion of the state highway system to the Big Island in 1955.  The corridor is shown to be a major local roadway on the 1959 Gousha Highway map of Hawaii.  


According to Oscar Voss's hawaiihighways.com Hualalai Road wasn't added to the Federal Aid-System on the Big Island during 1960s but rather at a later time.  The corridor was likely added during 1976 or sometime after.  This is likely due to the Hawaii Route 11 being shifted onto an extension of Queen Kaahumanu Highway south of Kailua-Kona.  The extension of Queen Kaahumanu Highway partially bisected Hualalai Road.  

Modern Hualalai Road appears on the 1998 United States Geological Survey map as a major highway (courtesy historicaerials.com).  The original definition of Hawaii County Route 182 included the entire 3.6 miles of Hualalai Road in addition to 0.3 miles of Alii Drive in Kailua-Kona.  Alii Drive was later reassigned during the early 2000s as part of the then newly designated Hawaii County Routes 187.  






Part 2; a drive on Hawaii County Route 182

Westbound Hawaii County Route 182 beings at Hawaii County Route 180 (Mamalahoa Highway) in Holualoa.  Hawaii County Route 182 is not signed with reassurance shields but rather Mile Markers which denote the route number.  


Hawaii County Route 182/Hualalai Road drops from the mountains near Holualoa and intersects Hawaii Route 11/Queen Kaahumanu Highway.  


Hawaii County Route 182 briefly multiplexes Hawaii Route 11 to the bisected western segment of Hualalai Road.  Hawaii County Route 182 is mistakenly signed as Hawaii County Route 180 on-route along Hawaii Route 11. 




Hawaii County Route 182 quickly descends into Kailua-Kona and intersects the original alignment of Hawaii Route 11 at Kuakini Highway.  












Hawaii County Route 182 terminates at Hawaii County Route 187/Alii Drive in Kailua-Kona. 



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