National highways of Japan

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This article is about national highways in Japan. For expressways, see Expressways of Japan.

National Highways of Japan

A structure of a blank national route shield.

System information

Maintained by Ministry of Land and Prefectures

Length 55,222.3 km[1] (34,313.5 mi)

Formed 1952

Highway names

System links

National highways of Japan

Expressways of Japan

Japan has a nationwide system of national highways (一般国道 Ippan Kokudō) distinct from
the expressways. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and other government
agencies administer the national highways. Beginning in 1952, Japan classified these as Class 1 or
Class 2. Class 1 highways had one- or two-digit numbers, while Class 2 highways had three-digit
numbers. For example, Routes 1 and 58 were Class 1 highways while 507 (the one with the highest
number) was a Class 2 highway.
A 1964 amendment to the governing law resulted in a unification of the classes, which took effect in
April of the following year. Highways numbered since that time have had three-digit numbers, so the
numbers 58–100, which had so far been unused, remained unused. However, when Okinawa
Prefecture was reverted to Japanese control in 1972, Route 58, with its southern endpoint in
 Okinawa's capital city of Naha, was established. The numbers from 59 to 100 remain unused. Some
other numbers have been vacated by the joining or changing of routes: 109 (joined with 108), 110
(renumbered as 48), 111 (renumbered as 45), 214–216 (joined to form 57).

Contents
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 1List of national highways

o 1.11 to 58
o 1.2101 to 199
o 1.3200 to 299
o 1.4300 to 399
o 1.5400 to 499
o 1.6500 to 507
 2References

List of national highways