Japan National Route 57

National Route 57 (国道57号, Kokudō Gojūnana-gō) is a national highway of Japan connecting Ōita, Ōita and Nagasaki, Nagasaki in Japan.

National Route 57
国道57号
Route information
Length	326.7 km[1] (203.0 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Route 34 in Nagasaki, Nagasaki
East end	Route 10 in Oita, Oita
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan ← National Route 56 → National Route 58

Route description

• Length: 326.7 km (203.0 mi)[2]
• Origin: Oita, Oita (junction with Route 10 and terminates at Route 210)
• Terminus: Nagasaki, Nagasaki (terminates at Route 34 and Route 202)
• Major cities: Oita, Taketa, Kumamoto, Uki, Shimabara, Isahaya, Nagasaki

A section of National Route 57 in the city of Taketa in Ōita Prefecture is a musical road.[3]

History

• 1953-05-18 - Second Class National Highway 214 (from Isahaya to Shimabara), Second Class National Highway 215 (from Shimabara to Uto) and Second Class National Highway 216 (from Kumamoto to Oita)
• 1963-04-01 - Joined Second Class National Highways 214, 215 and 216 to form First Class National Highway 57 (from Oita to Nagasaki)
• 1965-04-01 - General National Highway 57 (from Oita to Nagasaki)

Overlapping sections

• From Oita (Omichi Entrance intersection) to Bungo-ono Inukai Bypass junction: Route 10
• From Oita (Funai Bridge North intersection) to Oita (Miyazaki intersection): Route 210
• From Taketa (Aiai-Shichiri intersection) to Taketa (Aiai-Hira intersection): Route 442
• From Aso Ichinomiya-machi Sakanashi (Sakanashi intersection) to Aso Kurokawa (Uchinomaki Onsen Entrance intersection): Route 265
• From Minamiaso (Aso Bridge intersection) to Ōzu (Muro intersection): Route 325
• From Minami-ku, Kumamoto (Chikami-machi intersection) to Uto (Matsuwara intersection): Route 3
• From Uki Misumi-machi Misumiura (Gokyō Entrance intersection) to Uki Misumi-machi Misumiura (Misumi Port intersection): Route 266
• From Shimabara Minato-machi (Shimabara Gaikō intersection) to Shimabara Shinwa-machi (Unzen Higashi Tozanguchi intersection): Route 251
• From Unzen Obama-cho Obama to Unzen Obama-cho Minamikisashi: Route 389
• From Unzen Obama-cho Marina (Unzen Nishi Tozanguchi intersection) to Unzen Aino-machi Otsu (Aino Tenbōdai-mae intersection): Route 251
• From Unzen Aino-machi (Aino intersection) to Isahaya: Route 251
• From Isahaya (Obunakoshi-machi intersection) to Isahaya Tarami-chō Geya (Kikitsu Station East Entrance intersection): Route 207
• From Isahaya (Obunakoshi Tunnel intersection) to Nagasaki (Kenchōmae intersection): Route 34
• From Nagasaki (Yagami-machi intersection) to Nagasaki (Kenchōmae intersection): Route 251

Municipalities passed through

• Oita Prefecture
  • Oita - Bungo-ono - Taketa
• Kumamoto Prefecture
  • Aso - Minamiaso - Ōzu - Kikuyo - Kumamoto - Uto - Uki
• Nagasaki Prefecture
  • Shimabara - Minamishimabara - Unzen - Isahaya - Nagasaki

References

1. "一般国道の路線別、都道府県別道路現況" [Road statistics by General National Highway route and prefecture] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
2. "一般国道の路線を指定する政令 (1965年)". Wikisource (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 September 2019.
3. Shinopii (22 February 2017). "日本全国にメロディーロードは28箇所ある！" [The 28 Melody Roads of Japan] (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 February 2020.