National highways of Japan

E456771

road network transport infrastructure

The national highways of Japan are a nationwide network of major roads that connect cities, towns, and regions across the country, supporting both long-distance travel and freight transport.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Japan National Route authorities	1
Japan National Route network	1
Japan national road network	1
Japanese national highway system	1
National highways of Japan network	1
connected by national highways to Naha	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	road network ⓘ transport infrastructure ⓘ
abbreviation	R (for Route) ⓘ 国道 ⓘ
administeredBy	Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Japanese national routes ⓘ Kokudō NERFINISHED ⓘ
classification	Class 1 national highways ⓘ Class 2 national highways ⓘ general national highways ⓘ high-standard highways ⓘ
connects	airports in Japan ⓘ major cities of Japan ⓘ ports in Japan ⓘ regional centers of Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	expressways of Japan ⓘ
hasFeature	directional guide signs ⓘ numbered route markers ⓘ rural two-lane sections ⓘ urban arterial sections ⓘ
hasRouteNumberRange	1–507 ⓘ
includes	Japan National Route 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan National Route 101 NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan National Route 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan National Route 24 NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan National Route 246 NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan National Route 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan National Route 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan National Route 43 NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan National Route 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan National Route 57 NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan National Route 58 NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan National Route 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ
introduced	1952 national highway system reorganization ⓘ
legalBasis	Road Act of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedBy	national government of Japan ⓘ prefectural governments of Japan ⓘ
mayInclude	toll sections on high-standard segments ⓘ
networkCoverage	Hokkaidō NERFINISHED ⓘ Honshū NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyūshū NERFINISHED ⓘ Okinawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Shikoku NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Japan road network NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	freight transport ⓘ intercity connection ⓘ long-distance travel ⓘ
regulates	maximum speed limits ⓘ vehicle weight limits ⓘ
role	backbone of surface transport in Japan ⓘ
signColor	blue ⓘ
signFeature	route number only ⓘ
signShape	shield ⓘ
signTextColor	white ⓘ
tollPolicy	generally toll-free ⓘ
trafficType	buses ⓘ freight trucks ⓘ motor vehicles ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan → roadNetwork → National highways of Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Ebetsu

Taira, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan → roadNetworkPartOf → National highways of Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Taira, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan

this entity surface form: Japanese national highway system

National Route 26 → partOfNetwork → National highways of Japan ⓘ

National Route 254 → partOfNetwork → National highways of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japan National Route network

Ikema Ohashi Bridge → belongsTo → National highways of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japan national road network

Nago → transportConnection → National highways of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: connected by national highways to Naha

Yodo River bridges → maintainedBy → National highways of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japan National Route authorities

National Route 36 → partOf → National highways of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: National highways of Japan network

National Route 136 → partOfNetwork → National highways of Japan ⓘ