Japan National Route 57

National Route 57 (国道57号) is a national highway of Japan connecting Ōita and Nagasaki in Japan.

Route description

 * Length: 326.7 km (203.0 mi)
 * 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.

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