Japan National Route 102
National Route 102 | ||||
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国道102号 | ||||
National Route 102 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Length | 102.5 km[1] (63.7 mi) | |||
Existed | 18 May 1953–present | |||
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East end | ![]() ![]() | |||
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Country | Japan | |||
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National Route 102 (国道102号, Kokudō Hyaku nigō) is a national highway in the Japanese prefecture of Aomori. Route 102 stretches 102.8 kilometers (63.9 mi) from National Route 7 in Hirosaki east to National Routes 4 and 45 in Towada.
Route description
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The highway crosses the central part Aomori Prefecture, linking Towada in the east to Hirosaki in the west. From Towada, the highway parallels the Oirase River to Lake Towada where it runs along the northern shore of the caldera crater lake. On the shore of the lake, it comes close to crossing into Akita Prefecture, but remains in Aomori. It then heads northwest passing through Hirakawa and Kuroishi. In Kuroishi, the road has a junction with the Tōhoku Expressway. West of this junction to the route's western terminus in Hirosaki, National Route 102 is designated as a Regional High-Standard Highway. The highway ends at a junction with National Route 7 near the center of Hirosaki.
History
National Route 102 was originally designated on 18 May 1953 as route connecting Hirosaki to Hachinohe.[2] On 1 April 1963, the route was shortened to Towada and the section between Towada and Hachinohe was incorporated into National Route 45.[3]
Major junctions
The route lies entirely within Aomori Prefecture.
Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Hirosaki | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() | Interchange; western end of unsigned Route 394 concurrency; western terminus | |||
Kuroishi | 9.3 | 5.8 | ![]() | Interchange; Tōhoku Expressway exit 52 (Kuroishi Interchange) | |||
15.6 | 9.7 | ![]() | Eastern end of unsigned Route 394 concurrency | ||||
Hirakawa | 24.0 | 14.9 | ![]() | Western end of Route 454 concurrency | |||
40.5 | 25.2 | ![]() | Eastern end of Route 454 concurrency | ||||
Towada | 53.4 | 33.2 | ![]() | ||||
59.8 | 37.2 | ![]() | Western end of Route 103 concurrency | ||||
69.7 | 43.3 | ![]() | |||||
73.5 | 45.7 | ![]() | Eastern end of Route 103 concurrency | ||||
85.5 | 53.1 | Aomori Prefecture Route 118 – Shichinohe | |||||
85.5 | 53.1 | Aomori Prefecture Route 40 – Aomori | |||||
94.0 | 58.4 | Aomori Prefecture Route 45 north | Western end of Prefecture Route 45 concurrency | ||||
95.0 | 59.0 | Aomori Prefecture Routes 45/145 south | Eastern end of Prefecture Route 45 concurrency | ||||
101.8 | 63.3 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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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.
- ^ "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.
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