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Route 4 (Japan)

National Route 4 shield

National Route 4
Kokudō Yongō (国道4号?)
Route information
Length: 743.6 km (462.1 mi)
Major junctions
South end: National Route 1 / National Route 15 in Nihonbashi, Chūō-ku, Tokyo
North end: National Route 7 in Aomori, Aomori
Highway system
National highways of Japan
Expressways of Japan

National Route 4 shield

National Route 4 (国道4号 Kokudō Yongō?) is a major highway in eastern Honshu, Japan. It is the longest highway in Japan at 743.6 km (462.1 mi), and it connects Tokyo and Aomori via Utsunomiya, Kōriyama and Morioka.

From Saitama Prefecture to Iwate Prefecture, it parallels the Tōhoku Expressway; from Morioka to Hachinohe, it parallels the Hachinohe Expressway. At its northern end point, it links with Route 7.

4 December 1952: First Class National Highway 4 (from Tokyo to Aomori)
1 April 1965: General National Highway 4 (from Tokyo to Aomori)


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