a major junction with SH 8 at Clarksville Junction. SH 1 continues to cross rolling hill country to reach Balclutha. From Balclutha, the highway turns west, veering briefly north as it heads inland to avoid the rough hills of The Catlins. It passes through the small town of Clinton before reaching the major provincial town of Gore. Because of the names of these two towns, this stretch of the highway was christened "The Presidential Highway" during the time of the Clinton-Gore administration in the United States. At Gore the highway crosses the Mataura River; from here the road again turns south to roughly follow the river. The highway passes through Mataura before turning west at Edendale. Many travellers choose to turn onto SH 93 at Clinton, as this route shortens the journey between Clinton and Mataura by about and bypasses Gore. Over its last stretch the road veers southwest before reaching the city of Invercargill. In central Invercargill it meets the southern end of and turns due south, skirting the estuary of the New River and Bluff Harbour. It passes through the small town of Bluff before reaching its terminus at Stirling Point, a kilometre south of Bluff. A commemorative signpost at Stirling Point indicates distances to major world centres and to the start of the highway at Picton. Spur sections SH 1 has two spurs, both in the vicinity of Hamilton: SH 1B runs from SH 1N at Taupiri to SH 1N at Cambridge, and provides an eastern bypass of Hamilton. Gazetted in 1999, the highway utilises many roads which were previously under the administration of the Waikato District Council. Part of the highway also shares a concurrency with SH 26. Recent progress of construction of the Waikato Expressway at Ngāruawāhia and Cambridge have also resulted in the curtailment of SH 1B at both the northern and southern termini. SH 1B is to be handed back to the Waikato District Council after the completion of the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway in 2022. Because it was not intended to be a permanent state highway, there are intersections where the state highway gives priority to local roads in several places. SH 1C runs from SH 1N at Horsham Downs to SH 1N at Tamahere. This was the former route of SH 1 through Hamilton, prior to the opening of the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway in July 2022.