Japan National Route 10

[image:Japan National Route 10 at Oita Oita.JPG|thumb|240px|right|Route 10, Ōita]
[image:Japan National Route 10.JPG|thumb|240px|right|Route 10, Fukuoka, Kanda]
National Route 10 is a Japanese highway on the island of Kyushu. It originates at the intersection with Route 2 in Kitakyushu, Furoka and passes through the prefectural capitals of Ōita and Miyazaki, terminating at the intersection with Route 3 in Kagoshima. Route 10 follows the eastern coast along the Inland Sea and the Hyūga Sea. For much of its length, it parallels the JR Kyushu Nippō Main Line. Route 10 measures 454.8 km in length.

Route data

Length:
Origin: Moji-ku, Kitakyushu
Terminus: Kagoshima
Major cities: Kitakyushu, Ōita, Miyazaki, Miyakonojō, Kagoshima

History

4 December 1952 - First Class National Highway 10
1 April 1965 - General National Highway 10

Overlapping sections

From Moji-ku, Kitakyushu to Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū : Route 3
From Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū to Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū : Route 322
From Nakatsu to Usa and from Hiji to Beppu: Route 213
From Oita to Bungo-Ōno Inukai-machi Kubaru : Route 57
From Oita to Oita : Route 210
From Usuki to Usuki : Route 502
From Nobeoka Kitagawa-machi Kawachimyō to Nobeoka Showa-machi: Route 326
From Nobeoka Okado-machi to Kadogawa Nakasu: Route 388
From Miyazaki to Miyazaki : Route 219
From Miyakonojō to Miyakonojō : Route 269
From Kirishima Fukuyama-cho Fukuyama to Kirishima Hayato Shinkō : Route 504

Municipalities passed through

Fukuoka Prefecture
*Kitakyushu - Kanda - Yukuhashi - Miyako - Chikujō - Buzen - Kōge
Ōita Prefecture
*Nakatsu - Usa - Kitsuki - Hiji - Beppu - Ōita - Bungo-Ōno - Usuki - Saiki
Miyazaki Prefecture
*Nobeoka - Kadogawa - Hyūga - Tsuno - Kawaminami - Takanabe - Shintomi - Miyazaki - Miyakonojō
Kagoshima Prefecture
*Soo - Kirishima - Aira - Kagoshima