Latest Segment of Saddle Road Opens

Hawaiʻi Public Radio

Published September 9, 2013 at 1:19 PM HST

Transportation on the Big Island of Hawaii has changed forever -- at least one part of it -- the cross-island road connecting East and West Hawaii. There's a stretch of new road, and a new name. HPR's Sherry Bracken was there over the weekend for the opening.

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