Hawaii Route 220 is a 3.7-mile State Highway located on the Hamakua Coast of the Big Island. The highway connects from Hawaii Route 19 west to Akaka Falls State Park via the community of Honomu. The road to Akaka Falls was part of the original 1955 Big Island Hawaii Routes and was initially signed as Hawaii Route 22. The corridor would be later renumbered to Hawaii Route 220 when it was realigned off Staple Camp Road onto an extension of Akaka Falls Road. Part 1; the history of Hawaii Route 220 Akaka Falls is located Kolekole Stream west of the community of Honomu. The falls is 442 feet high and has been considered a major tourism attraction for decades. Nearby Kahuna Falls can also be found nearby in the so-called Akaka Falls State Park. A roadway west of Mamalahoa Highway in Honomu west to Akaka Falls is shown as being present on the 1930 Hilo Chamber of Commerce map of the Big Island . The earliest known United States Geolog...
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