National Route 114 shield
National Route 114
国道114号
Japan National Route 114 highlighted in red
Route information
Length69.0 km[1] (42.9 mi)
Existed1953–present
Major junctions
West end National Route 4 in Fukushima, Fukushima
Major intersections
East end National Route 6 in Namie, Fukushima
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system
← National Route 113→ National Route 115

National Route 114 (国道114号, Kokudō Hyaku jūyongō) is a national highway of Japan that traverses the prefecture of Fukushima in a northwest–southeast routing. It connects the prefecture's capital city, Fukushima in north-central Fukushima Prefecture to the town of Namie on the prefecture's eastern coast. It has a total length of 69.0 kilometers (42.9 mi). A section of the highway was closed following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, but it has since been reopened.

Route description

National Route 114 begins at a junction with National Route 4 and National Route 115 in the Fukushima Prefecture's capital city, Fukushima in the north-central part of the prefecture. Heading east through the town of Kawamata, the route crosses over the Abukuma Highlands that divide the prefecture's central Nakadōri and eastern Hamadōri regions. Crossing into the town of Namie, the highway meets National Route 399 and shares a brief concurrency with it before National Route 399 departs to the south at junction with National Route 459. National Route 459 joins National Route 114 as a concurrent route towards central Namie. Just west of central Namie the highway meets the Jōban Expressway at Namie Interchange. In the central district of Namie, the two concurrent highways end at a junction with National Route 6. National Route 114 has a total length of 69.0 kilometers (42.9 mi).[1]

History

National Route 114 was established by the Cabinet of Japan on 18 May 1954 as Secondary National Route 114 between the city of Fukushima and the town of Namie. The highway was reclassified as General National Route 114 on 1 April 1965.[2] A straightening and widening project, called the Kotsunagi Bypass, began along the highway in the mountains of Kawamata in 2006. After nine years of construction, the project was completed on 28 June 2015.[3]

Closure within the nuclear exclusion zone

National Route 114 in Namie.

A section of the highway was closed between its eastern terminus and the Shimotsushima neighborhood of Namie following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and the subsequent establishment of the 20 kilometer exclusion zone on 22 April 2011.[4] On 6 December 2014, the highway was reopened to vehicular traffic east of the Jōban Expressway in order to allow traffic from the new section of expressway to be linked to National Route 6 and the rest of the expressway further south.[5] From then until 2017, a 27-kilometer-long (17 mi) section of highway remained closed within the exclusion zone. The interchange with the Jōban Expressway was expanded on 1 March 2015 to allow access to the expressway's newly-built section between Namie and Tomioka.[6] National Route 114 was fully reopened to vehicular traffic on 20 September 2017,[7] though some restrictions are still in place in terms of where the highway can be exited.[8]

Major junctions

The route lies entirely within Fukushima Prefecture.

Locationkm[9]miDestinationsNotes
Fukushima0.00.0 National Route 4 / National Route 115 (Kitamachi Bypass) – Kōriyama, SendaiWestern terminus
1.20.75NR 115 Fukushima Prefecture Route 309 – to National Route 115, Okabe
1.40.87Fukushima Prefecture Route 308 – Yamaguchi
8.05.0Fukushima Prefecture Route 306 south – Iino
11.06.8Fukushima Prefecture Route 40 south – Iino
Kawamata15.09.3Fukushima Prefecture Route 269 north – Date
16.210.1E4 Fukushima Prefecture Route 39 west – to Tōhoku Expressway, Nihonmatsu
19.011.8Fukushima Prefecture Route 117 west – Nihonmatsu, Kawamata Gymnasium
20.312.6 National Route 349 – Iitate, Minamisōma, Date, Tamura
29.018.0Fukushima Prefecture Route 62 west – NihonmatsuWestern end of Fukushima Prefecture Route 62 concurrency
30.719.1Fukushima Prefecture Route 62 west – MinamisōmaEastern end of Fukushima Prefecture Route 62 concurrency
Namie39.424.5 National Route 399 north – IitateWestern end of National Route 399 concurrency
40.325.0 National Route 399 south / National Route 459 west – Nihonmatsu, MiyakojiEastern end of National Route 399 concurrency, western end of National Route 459 concurrency
53.133.0Fukushima Prefecture Route 49 north – Minamisōma
54.734.0Fukushima Prefecture Route 50 west – Katsurao, Tamura
62.138.6Fukushima Prefecture Route 34 north – Minamisōma
62.839.0Fukushima Prefecture Route 35 south – Futaba
63.939.7 Jōban Expressway – Mito, Sōma, Tokyo, SendaiNamie Interchange (E6 exit 21)
65.440.6Fukushima Prefecture Route 257 north – Sōma, Odaka
68.142.3Fukushima Prefecture Route 120 north – Minamisōma
Fukushima Prefecture Route 253 south – Central Namie
69.042.9 National Route 6 – Sendai, Tokyo
Fukushima Prefecture Route 254 east – Ukedo		Eastern terminus of National Routes 114 and 459; roadway continues east as Fukushima Prefecture Route 254
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. ↑ "一般国道の路線を指定する政令" [Cabinet Order Designating General National Routes]. Act of 1965 (in Japanese). Cabinet of Japan. Retrieved 22 December 2020 – via Wikisource.
  3. ↑ "国道114号小綱木バイパス2工区が完成します。" [National Route 114 Kotsunagi Bypass second construction zone will be completed.] (PDF) (in Japanese). Fukushima Prefecture. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "平成２３年（２０１１年）福島第一及び第二原子力発電所事故に係る原子力災害対策本部長" [2011 General Manager of Nuclear Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters for the Fukushima Daiichi and Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accidents] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry. 22 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "常磐自動車道浪江ＩＣ以北開通に伴う帰還困難区域の特別通過交通制度におけるルートの追加について" [Regarding the addition of routes in the special transit transportation system for difficult-to-return areas due to the opening of the Jōban Expressway north of Namie Interchange] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "About the opening of the entire Joban Expressway". NEXCO East. 25 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "復興加速へ　国道１１４号が２０日再開通" [To accelerate rebuilding, National Route 114 will reopen on the 20th]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 16 September 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "国道１１４号（津島ゲート～浪江ＩＣ間）の通行止め解除のお知らせ" [Notice of lifting of the road closure on National Route 114 (between Tsushima Gate and Namie Interchane)]. Town of Kawamata. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  9. ↑ Google (20 December 2020). "National Route 114" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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