National Route 57 (Japan)

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National Route 57

国道57号 (Japanese)
Route information
Length326.7 km[1] (203.0 mi)
Existed1 April 1963–present
HistoryWas Routes 214, 215 and 216 before 1963
Major junctions
West end National Route 34 in Nagasaki
East end National Route 10 in Ōita
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system
National Route 56 National Route 58

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

Route description

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

Municipalities passed through

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.