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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

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