Japan National Route 3

National highway in Japan

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National Route 3

国道3号

Route information

Length

392.1 km^[1] (243.6 mi)

Existed

4 December 1952–present

Major junctions

South end

National Route 10 in Kagoshima, Kagoshima

North end

National Route 2 in Moji-ku, Kitakyushu

Location

Country

Japan

Highway system

National highways of Japan

Expressways of Japan

←

National Route 2

→

National Route 4

National Route 3 (国道3号, Kokudō San-gō) is a major highway on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. It connects the prefectural capital cities of Kagoshima (Kagoshima Prefecture), Kumamoto (Kumamoto Prefecture), and Fukuoka (Fukuoka Prefecture), passing through Kurume as well.

Its northern terminus is Moji-ku, Kitakyushu, where it meets National Route 2.

The total length of National Route 3 is 392.1 km.

Route data

Length: 392.1 km (243.7 mi)
Origin: Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū (originates at the terminus of Route 2)
Terminus: Kagoshima (ends at the terminus of Routes 10, 224, 225 and 226 and the origins of Route 58)
Major cities: Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Kurume, Kumamoto, Kagoshima

History

4 December 1952 - First Class National Highway 3 (from Kitakyūshū to Kagoshima)
1 April 1965 - General National Highway 3 (from Kitakyushu to Kagoshima)

Overlapping sections

From Moji-ku, Kitakyushu (Oimatsu-Park intersection) to Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū (Mihagino intersection): Route 10
From Kurume to Yamaga (Chuo Street intersection): Route 325
From Yamaga (Nishiue-machi intersection) to Yamaga (Chuo Street intersection): Route 443
From Kita-ku, Kumamoto (Ueki-machi Mouno intersection) to Chūō-ku, Kumamoto (Suido-cho intersection): Route 208
From Minami-ku, Kumamoto (Chikami-machi intersection) to Uto (Matsuwara intersection): Route 57
From Chūō-ku, Kumamoto (Suido-cho intersection) to Uki (Matsubase-machi Kugu): Route 218
From Chūō-ku, Kumamoto (Suido-cho intersection) to Yatsushiro (Hagiwara-machi intersection): Route 219
From Kagoshima Koyamada-chō (Koyamada-chō intersection) to Kagoshima Shiroyama-chō (Terukuni Shrine intersection): Route 328

Municipalities passed through

Fukuoka Prefecture
- Kitakyūshū - Mizumaki - Onga - Okagaki - Munakata - Fukutsu - Koga - Shingu - Fukuoka - Onojō - Dazaifu - Chikushino - (via Saga Prefecture) - Kurume - Hirokawa - Yame
Saga Prefecture
- Kiyama - Tosu
Kumamoto Prefecture
- Yamaga - Kumamoto - Uto - Uki - Hikawa - Yatsushiro - Ashikita - Tsunagi - Minamata
Kagoshima Prefecture
- Izumi - Akune - Satsumasendai - Ichikikushikino - Hioki - Kagoshima

References

^ "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.