National Road 6 (Japan)

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	National Road 6 in Japan
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Overall length:	345.5 km
Prefecture :	Tokyo; Chiba; Ibaraki; Fukushima; Miyagi;
	National Road 6 (Yotsugi)

The National Road 6 ( Japanese 国道 6 号 , Kokudō 6-gō ) is an important north-south road in Japan and crosses the Japanese main island of Honshū from Tokyo to Sendai . The distance is 345.5 km.

history

National Road 6 was established between Tokyo and Sendai in 1920. On December 4, 1952, it was classified as a 1st class national road. However, on April 1, 1965, this distinction was abolished.

By following the Fukushima nuclear disaster decorated exclusion zone with a radius of 20 km around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant , which was officially established on 22 April 2011 the use of the 40-km section between is Hirono and Haranomachi in Hamadōri of Fukushima prefecture only still allowed with official exemption. Since September 15, 2014, the section from Futaba to Tomioka can be used again without a permit, exclusively for motor vehicles. Roadblocks are intended to prevent the unauthorized use of other junctions in the exclusion zone and thus also prevent looting in deserted areas.

course

Tokyo prefecture
- Chūō - Taitō - Sumida - Katsushika
Chiba prefecture
- Matsudo - Nagareyama - Kashiwa - Abiko
Ibaraki prefecture
- Toride - Ryūgasaki - Ushiku - Tsukuba - Tsuchiura - Kasumigaura - Ishioka - Omitama - Ibarakimachi - Mito - Hitachinaka - Naka - Tōkaimura - Hitachi - Takahagi - Nordibaraki (Isohara)
Fukushima prefecture
- Iwaki - Hirono - Naraha - Tomioka - Ōkuma - Futaba - Namie - South Sōma (Haranomachi) - Sōma - Shinchi
Miyagi Prefecture
- Yamamoto - Watari - Iwanuma - Natori - Sendai

The restricted area within the evacuation zone is shown in italics.

Web links

Commons : National Road 6 (Japan) - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Gov't reopend 14km road going through no-go zone . September 15, 2014, accessed on January 10, 2015 (reopening of a section in the exclusion zone).

[1] Gov't reopend 14km road going through no-go zone . September 15, 2014, accessed on January 10, 2015 (reopening of a section in the exclusion zone).