Japan National Route 57

National Route 57
National Route 57
国道57号
Route information
Length	326.7 km (203.0 mi)
Existed	1 April 1963–present
History	Was Routes 214, 215 and 216 before 1963
Major junctions
West end	National Route 34 in Nagasaki
East end	National Route 10 in Ōita
Location
Country	Japan
Highway system
	National highways of Japan; Expressways of Japan;

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

Route description edit

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

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)

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

^ "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.
^ "一般国道の路線を指定する政令 (1965年)". Wikisource (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 September 2019.
^ 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.