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National Route 111
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Location	Aoba-ku, Sendai, Hachinohe
Existed	18 May 1953–1 April 1963

National Route 45
National Route 45
国道45号
	Japan National Route 45 highlighted in red
Route information
Length	516.9 km (321.2 mi)
Existed	1 April 1963–present
Major junctions
North end	National Route 7 / National Route 101 / National Route 280 in Aomori
	National Route 279 (Shimokita Expressway); National Route 4; Momoishi Toll Road/Daini Michinoku Toll Road; Hachinohe Expressway; Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway; Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road; Sanriku Expressway; Sanriku Expressway/Sendai-Tōbu Road; National Route 4;
South end	National Route 48 / National Route 286 in Sendai
Location
Country	Japan
Highway system
	National highways of Japan; Expressways of Japan;

National Route 45 (国道45号, Kokudō Shijūgogō) is a national highway of Japan connecting Aoba-ku, Sendai and Aomori, Aomori. Alongside Japan National Route 6, it is a main route along the Pacific coast of eastern Japan. It is paralleled closely by the incomplete Sanriku Expressway between Sendai and Hachinohe.

Route description edit

National Route 45 crossing over the Shiino Bridge in Tanohata, Iwate

National Route 45 has a total length of 516.9 kilometers (321.2 mi). The northernmost 76.1 kilometers (47.3 mi) of the highway between its northern terminus in central Aomori and Japan National Route 102 in Towada, Aomori is a concurrency with Japan National Route 4 where Route 45 is not signed until it diverges from Route 4. From there it independently begins heading southeast towards the coastal cities of Hachinohe, Kuji, Miyako, Kamaishi, Kesennuma, and Ishinomaki on the way to its southern terminus in Sendai.

History edit

An aerial view of damage to Ōtsuchi, Iwate and Route 45 after the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the area

Route 45 was originally designated on 18 May 1953 as second-class routes 102 and 111 connecting Hirosaki to Hachinohe and Hachinohe to Sendai, respectively.^[2] On 1 April 1963, Route 102 was truncated to its current route with the section between Towada and Hachinohe incorporated into the newly formed first-class Route 45 along with the entirety of Route 111.^[3]

Many sections of the highway along the Sanriku Coast were inundated, destroyed, or swept away by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami event.^[4]

List of major junctions edit

Aomori Prefecture: National Route 7 (Aomori West Bypass) / National Route 101 / National Route 280 in Aomori (northern end of concurrency with National Route 4); National Route 103 in Aomori; National Route 7 in Aomori; National Route 279 in Noheji; National Route 279 (Shimokita Expressway) (Noheji Interchange) in Noheji; National Route 394 in Shichinohe; National Route 4 in Towada (southern end of concurrency with National Route 4); National Route 102 in Towada; Momoishi Road/Daini Michinoku Toll Road (Shimoda-Momoishi Interchange) in Oirase; National Route 338 in Oirase; Hachinohe Expressway (Hachinohe-kita Interchange) in Hachinohe; National Route 104 in Hachinohe; National Route 340 in Hachinohe; Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway (Hachinohe-minami Interchange) in Hachinohe; Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway (Hashikami Interchange) in Hashikami
Iwate Prefecture: National Route 395/ Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway (Kuji-kita Interchange) in Kuji; National Route 395/ Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway/Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road (Kuji Interchange) in Kuji; National Route 281 in Kuji; Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road (Fudai-dai-16-Chiwari Interchange) in Fudai; Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road (Fudai-dai-11-Chiwari Interchange) in Fudai; Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road (Tanohata-Sugō Interchange) in Tanohata; Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road (Tanohata Interchange) in Tanohata; Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road (Tanohata-minami Interchange) in Tanohata; Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road (Unosudangai Interchange) in Tanohata; National Route 455 in Iwaizumi; Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road (Iwaizumi-minami Interchange) in Iwaizumi; Sanriku Expressway (Tarō-Masakikaigan Interchange) in Miyako; National Route 106 in Miyako; Sanriku Expressway (Miyako-minami Interchange) in Miyako; Sanriku Expressway (Yamada-kita Interchange) in Yamada; Sanriku Expressway (Yamada Interchange) in Yamada; Sanriku Expressway (Yamada-minami Interchange) in Yamada; Sanriku Expressway (Kamaishi-kita Interchange) in Kamaishi; National Route 106 in Kamaishi; Sanriku Expressway (Kamaishi-Tōni Interchange) in Kamaishi; Sanriku Expressway (Kamaishi-minami Interchange) in Kamaishi; Sanriku Expressway (Yoshihama Interchange) in Ōfunato; Sanriku Expressway (Sanriku Interchange) in Ōfunato; Sanriku Expressway (Ōfunato-kita Interchange) in Ōfunato; Sanriku Expressway (Ōfunato Interchange) in Ōfunato; National Route 107 in Ōfunato; Sanriku Expressway (Ōfunato-Goishikaigan Interchange) in Ōfunato; Sanriku Expressway (Kayooka Interchange) in Rikuzentakata; National Route 340 in Rikuzentakata; Sanriku Expressway (Rikuzentakata-Taosabe Interchange) in Rikuzentakata
Miyagi Prefecture: Sanriku Expressway (Karakuwa-Goharagi Interchange) in Kesennuma; Sanriku Expressway (Karakuwa-minami Interchange) in Kesennuma; National Route 284 in Kesennuma; Sanriku Expressway (Kesennuma-chūō Interchange) in Kesennuma; Sanriku Expressway (Ōya-Kaigan Interchange) in Kesennuma; National Route 346 / National Route 456 in Kesennuma; Sanriku Expressway (Motoyoshitsuya Interchange) in Kesennuma; Sanriku Expressway (Koizumi-Kaigan Interchange) in Kesennuma; Sanriku Expressway (Utatsu-kita Interchange) in Minamisanriku; Sanriku Expressway (Utatsu Interchange) in Minamisanriku; Sanriku Expressway (Minamisanriku-Kaigan Interchange) in Minamisanriku; National Route 398 in Minamisanriku; National Route 342 in Tome; Sanriku Expressway (Kahoku Interchange) in Ishinomaki; National Route 398 (Ishinomaki Bypass) in Ishinomaki; National Route 108 in Ishinomaki; National Route 398 in Ishinomaki; Sanriku Expressway (Naruse-Okumatsushima Interchange) in Higashimatsushima; National Route 346 in Matsushima; Sanriku Expressway/Sendai-Tōbu Road (Sendaikō-kita Interchange) in Miyagino-ku, Sendai; National Route 4 (Sendai Bypass) / National Route 6 / National Route 47 in Miyagino-ku, Sendai; National Route 48 / National Route 286 in Aoba-ku, Sendai

Japan National Route 111 edit

National Route 111 (国道111号) is a former second-class national highway of Japan that ran north to south from Sendai to Hachinohe. It existed from 1953 to 1963, when it was incorporated into the newly formed and longer first-class Route 45.

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 19 February 2020.
^ "二級国道の路線を指定する政令 (昭和二十八年)". Wikisource (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 June 2019.
^ "二級国道の路線を指定する政令 (1962年)". Wikisource (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 June 2019.
^ The Ishinomaki Kahoku (2014). Surviving the 2011 Tsunami. Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan: Junposha. p. 53. ISBN 978-4-8451-1351-4.
^ "国道の番号の謎" (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 July 2019.