State Highway 97 (SH 97) is a New Zealand State Highway connecting the settlements of Five Rivers (on SH 6) and Mossburn (on SH 94) in the Southland region. The highway was gazetted in 2004 to reflect the increasing amount of traffic between the tourist destinations of Queenstown and Fiordland National Park and provides a bypass of the town of Lumsden, where SH 6 and 94 intersect.^[1]

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State Highway 97
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length	19.7 km (12.2 mi)
Tourist routes	Southern Scenic Route
Major junctions
East end	SH 6 (Athol Five Rivers Highway/Five Rivers Lumsden Highway) at Five Rivers
West end	SH 94 (Devon Street) at Mossburn
Location
Country	New Zealand
Highway system
New Zealand state highways Motorways and expressways List
← SH 96 → SH 98

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In 2010, the highway was added to the Southern Scenic Route when it was extended from Te Anau to Queenstown. The road proceeds generally in an east–west direction through dairying farmland and crosses the Ōreti River just north of Mossburn.

• List of New Zealand state highways