Kauai County Route 552 is a 7.6-mile rural highway located in the mountains on the western side of the island. This County Route corridors begins at Hawaii Route 550 at Waimea Canyon Drive/Kokee Road junction and follows lower Kokee Road 7.3 miles to Alae Road in Kekaha. The remaining 0.3 miles of Kauai County Route 552 are carried by Alae Road to Hawaii Route 50 (Kaumualii Highway). Kokee Road was part of the Kauai Belt Road between Kekaha and the Kalalua Lookout. The Kokee Road corridor has historically been long planned to continue northeast from Kalalua Lookout to the Waihina River. The entirety of Kokee Road was assigned as Hawaii Route 55 when the Hawaii Route System was extended to Kauai in 1955. As the Kokee Road extension plans gradually fell apart it led to Hawaii Route 55 being renumbered as Hawaii Route 550. Hawaii Route 550 remained aligned on Kokee Road north of the Kitano Reservoir but was shifted onto Waimea Canyon Drive south of...
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