National Route 395 (国道395号, Kokudō Kokudō Sanbyakukyūjūgo-gō) is a Japanese national highway connecting the cities of Kuji and Ninohe. The 58.0-kilometer-long (36.0 mi) highway begins at Kuji Interchange where it meets National Route 45, the Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road, and the Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway in Kuji. It travels northwest across the northeastern corner of Iwate Prefecture to Ninohe where it ends at an intersection with National Route 4.
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| 国道395号 | ||||
 Japan National Route 395 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Length | 58.0 km[1] (36.0 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1982–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| East end |   Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway / Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road / National Route 45 in Kuji | |||
| West end |  National Route 4 in Ninohe | |||
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| Country | Japan | |||
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History edit
What would become National Route 395 was originally established as the Kuji–Fukuoka Route, a major prefectural road, in 1954 by the Ministry of Construction, a predecessor to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.[2] The Kuji–Fukuoka Route was upgraded to National Route 395 on 1 April 1982.[3]
List of major junctions edit
The route lies entirely within Iwate Prefecture.
| Location | km[4] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Kuji | 0.0 | 0.0 | Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway north / Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road south / National Route 45 – Hachinohe, Miyako | Eastern terminus; Kuji Interchange (E45 exit 65) | |||
| 1.9 | 1.2 | Iwate Prefecture Route 125 west – Rikuchū-Natsui Station | |||||
| 3.1 | 1.9 | Iwate Prefecture Route 279 north – Hanzaki | |||||
| 3.9 | 2.4 | Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway / National Route 45 – Hachinohe, Miyako | Kuji-kita Interchange (E45 exit 66) | ||||
| Hirono | 12.9 | 8.0 | Iwate Prefecture Route 153 east – Samuraihama | ||||
| 20.9 | 13.0 | Iwate Prefecture Route 11 north – Hachinohe, Ōno | |||||
| 24.0 | 14.9 | Iwate Prefecture Route 292 south – Heromachi | |||||
| Karumai | 33.3 | 20.7 |  Iwate Prefecture Route 22 south – to Hachinohe Expressway, Kunohe | ||||
| 34.7 | 21.6 | Iwate Prefecture Route 20 east – Taneichi | |||||
| 39.3 | 24.4 | Iwate Prefecture Route 42 south – Central Karumai | |||||
| 41.8 | 26.0 |  National Route 340 north – Hachinohe | Eastern end of National Route 340 concurrency | ||||
| 41.9 | 26.0 |  Hachinohe Expressway – Morioka, Hachinohe, MisawaIwate Prefecture Route 264 west – Central Karumai | Karumai Interchange (E4A exit 4) | ||||
| 46.1 | 28.6 | Iwate Prefecture Route 33 north – Hachinohe, Nagawa | |||||
| 50.7 | 31.5 | National Route 340 south – Hachinohe | Western end of National Route 340 concurrency | ||||
| Ninohe | 58.0 | 36.0 |  National Route 4 (Kintaichi Bypass) – Ninohe Station, Morioka, Towada, Sannohe | Western terminus | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References edit
- ^ "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 12 February 2020.
- ^ "昭和二十九年建設省告示第十六号主要な都道府県道及び市道" [Announcement No. 16 of the Ministry of Construction and Development, 1954. Main prefectural roads and municipal roads] (in Japanese). 1954. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "昭和四十年政令第五十八号一般国道の路線を指定する政令" [Road Act of 1965 establishing the National Highways] (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ Google (29 August 2020). "National Route 395" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
External links edit
Media related to Route 395 (Japan) at Wikimedia Commons
