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

Route description

• Length: 326.7 km (203.0 mi)^[2]
• Origin: Ōita, Ōita (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