Japanese National Route system

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Japanese_National_Route_system
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:road
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Ministry_of_Land,_Infrastructure,_Transport_and_Tourism
gptkbp:composedOf National Routes
gptkbp:connects gptkb:Hokkaido
gptkb:Kyushu
gptkb:Shikoku
gptkb:Honshu
gptkb:Okinawa
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:distinctFrom expressways
municipal roads
prefectural roads
gptkbp:established 1952
gptkbp:highestNumberedRoute 507
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Japanese National Route system
gptkbp:includes gptkb:National_Route_16
gptkb:National_Route_4
gptkb:National_Route_1
gptkb:National_Route_246
gptkb:National_Route_58
gptkbp:inscriptionLanguage Japanese
English (in some areas)
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:Road_Act_of_Japan
gptkbp:length over 50,000 km
gptkbp:longestRoute gptkb:National_Route_4
gptkbp:maintenance gptkb:government
local governments
gptkbp:mapType hexagon with number
gptkbp:notTollRoads true
gptkbp:primaryMission regional connectivity
gptkbp:primaryUse intercity travel
gptkbp:publicTransportUse gptkb:bus_route
gptkbp:purpose connect major cities and regions
gptkbp:regulates Japanese Road Traffic Act
gptkbp:route gptkb:National_Route_1
gptkbp:routeMarkersBackground white
gptkbp:routeMarkersBorder blue
gptkbp:routeMarkersShape hexagonal
gptkbp:routeMarkersSymbol 国道 (Kokudō)
gptkbp:routeMarkersText route number in Arabic numerals
gptkbp:routeNumber 1
1 to 507
sequential and regional
gptkbp:shortestRoute gptkb:National_Route_174
gptkbp:signageColor blue and white
gptkbp:totalRoutes over 450
gptkbp:type public road
gptkbp:upgradedToExpressway some sections
gptkbp:usedBy commercial vehicles
private vehicles
emergency vehicles
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Route_2_(Japan)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7