:Japan National Route 116
{{short description|National highway in Niigata Prefecture, Japan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox road
|country=JPN
|type=National
|route=116
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|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=Japan National Route 116 highlighted in red
|length_km=78.9
|length_round=
|established=1953
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|country=JPN|Route|8}} in Kashiwazaki, Niigata
|junction={{plainlist|1=
- {{jct|country=JPN|Route|352}}
- {{jct|country=JPN|Route|289}}
- {{jct|country=JPN|Route|460}}
- {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E8}}
- {{jct|country=JPN|Route|8|Route|17}}
- {{jct|country=JPN|Route|402}}}}
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|country=JPN|Route|7}} in Chūō-ku, Niigata
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|previous_route=115
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{{Nihongo|National Route 116|国道116号|Kokudō Hyaku jūrokugō}} is a national highway of Japan that traverses the prefecture of Niigata in a southwest–northeast routing. It connects the city of Kashiwazaki in south-central Niigata Prefecture to the prefecture's capital city, Niigata, to the north along the Sea of Japan coastline. It has a total length of {{convert|78.9|km|mi|sp=us}}.
Route description
National Route 116 mainly functions as an alternative route to National Route 8 and the Hokuriku Expressway between the cities of Kashiwazaki and Niigata. It runs closer to the coastline of the Sea of Japan, while the aforementioned highways take a more inland route. It also takes a more rural route between Kashiwazaki and Niigata. While National Route 8 travels through the center of the cities Nagaoka, Mitsuke, and Sanjō, National Route 116 passes only through the center of the city of Tsubame.{{cite web|title=国道116号吉田バイパス 説明資料|trans-title=National Route 116 Yoshida Bypass Explanatory Material|url=http://www.hrr.mlit.go.jp/road/dourobunkakai/h29/05_shiryou1.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism|language=ja|date=23 March 2018|access-date=29 January 2021}} A {{convert|7.9|km|mi|sp=us|adj=mid|-long}} section of the highway in Niigata makes up the southernmost section of the Niigata Bypass, a limited-access road that travels along the eastern edge of the city's center.{{cite web|title=４月１日から国道１１６号のルートが変わります|trans-title=From 1 April, Route 116 will be changed|url=https://warp.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2899245/www.hrr.mlit.go.jp/press/2007/02/080229niikoku2.pdf|language=ja|date=29 February 2008|access-date=29 January 2021}}{{cite web|title=新潟西バイパス速度規制の見直しについて|trans-title=About the review of the Niigata Bypass speed limit|url=https://warp.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1006660/www.hrr.mlit.go.jp/press/2006/03/070319niikoku.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism|date=19 March 2007|access-date=29 January 2021}}
History
File:Niigata r116 KurosakiIC March2020.jpg]]
National Route 116 was established by the Cabinet of Japan on 18 May 1954 as Secondary National Route 116 between the cities of Kashiwazaki and Niigata. The highway was reclassified as General National Route 116 on 1 April 1965.{{Cite act|title=一般国道の路線を指定する政令|trans-title=Cabinet Order Designating General National Routes|via=Wikisource|url=https://ja.wikisource.org/wiki/%E4%B8%80%E8%88%AC%E5%9B%BD%E9%81%93%E3%81%AE%E8%B7%AF%E7%B7%9A%E3%82%92%E6%8C%87%E5%AE%9A%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B%E6%94%BF%E4%BB%A4|year=1965|publisher=Cabinet of Japan|language=ja|access-date=28 January 2021}} The highway was heavily damaged in Kashiwazaki during the 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake.{{cite web|title=平成19年新潟県中越沖地震|trans-title=2007 Niigata Chuetsu-oki Earthquake|url=https://www.hrr.mlit.go.jp/saigai/H190716/070716_sokuhou1-5.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism|language=ja|date=23 July 2007|access-date=28 January 2021}} Several sections of the roadway collapsed or were displaced during the earthquake;{{cite web|title=平成19（2007）年 新潟県中越沖地震における 災害救助に係る活動記録|trans-title=Activity record related to disaster relief following the 2007 Niigata Chuetsu-offshore earthquake|url=http://www.jrc.or.jp/vcms_lf/niigata_2007record.pdf|language=ja|publisher=Japanese Red Cross|date=May 2008|access-date=29 January 2021}} however, local authorities were able to repair the damage by the end of the day after the earthquake. On 1 April 2008, the highway's route through Niigata was shifted onto the limited-access Niigata Bypass.
Major junctions
The route lies entirely within Niigata Prefecture.
{{JPNint
|location_special=Kashiwazaki
|km=0.0
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|8}} – Nagaoka, Itoigawa, Jōetsu
|notes=Southern terminus
}}
{{JPNint
|location_special=Kariwa
|km=4.0
|road=File:Japanese National Route Sign 0352.svg Niigata Prefecture Route 73 – to National Route 352, Kariwa Station, Sochi
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|location_special=Kashiwazaki
|lspan=6
|km=6.5
|type=concur
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 23 west – to National Route 352, Miyagawa
|notes=Southern end of Niigata Prefecture Route 23 concurrency
}}
{{JPNint
|km=7.0
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 369 south
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=7.5
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 574 north – Raihai Station
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=7.9
|type=concur
|road=File:JP Expressway E8.svg Niigata Prefecture Route 23 east – to Hokuriku Expressway
|notes=Northern end of Niigata Prefecture Route 23 concurrency
}}
{{JPNint
|km=9.0
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 393 – Shiiya, Nagaoka, Ishiji Beach
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=12.6
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 48 – Nagaoka, Ishiji Beach
|notes=Interchange
}}
{{JPNint
|location_special=Izumozaki
|lspan=3
|km=16.8
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 336 west
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=18.7
|road=File:JP Expressway E8.svg{{jct|country=JPN|Route|352}} – to Hokuriku Expressway, Nagaoka, Mishima, Roadside station "Tenryo no Sato", Izumozaki Beach
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=20.8
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 193 – Inohana Beach
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|location_special=Nagaoka
|lspan=8
|km=23.8
|type=concur
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 574 south
|notes=Southern end of Niigata Prefecture Route 574 concurrency
}}
{{JPNint
|km=24.0
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 192 – Teradomari Beach, Yoita
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=25.1
|type=concur
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 574 north – Shimazaki
|notes=Northern end of Niigata Prefecture Route 574 concurrency
}}
{{JPNint
|km=27.7
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 169 – Teradomari Port, Nagaoka, Washima Branch Office
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=29.4
|road=File:JP Expressway E8.svg Niigata Prefecture Route 574 – to Hokuriku Expressway, Yoita, Kirihara Station
|notes=Interchange
}}
{{JPNint
|km=30.8
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 574 south – Teradomari Port
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=33.4
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 22 – Teradomari Port, Nagaoka, Yoita, Echigonanaura Seaside Line
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=34.1
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 549
|notes=Interchange
}}
{{JPNint
|location_special=Tsubame
|lspan=6
|km=35.0
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 374 north – Bunsui Station
|notes=Interchange
}}
{{JPNint
|km=35.6
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 18 – Jizōdoō, Sanjō
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=40.0
|type=concur
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 68 west
|notes=Southern end of Niigata Prefecture Route 68 concurrency
}}
{{JPNint
|km=40.9
|type=concur
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 68 east – Sanjō
|notes=Northern end of Niigata Prefecture Route 68 concurrency
}}
{{JPNint
|km=43.4
|type=concur
|road=File:JP Expressway E8.svg{{jct|country=JPN|Route|289|dir1=east}} – to Hokuriku Expressway, Sanjō
Niigata Prefecture Route 29 west – Seaside Line, Yahiko
|notes=Southern end of National Route 289 concurrency
}}
{{JPNint
|km=44.8
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 250 – Iwamuro, Tsukigata, Nakanokuchi
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|location_special=Niigata
|lspan=18
|km=48.3
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 55 – Iwamuro, Kamo, Nakanokuchi
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=51.2
|road=File:JP Expressway E8.svgFile:Japanese National Route Sign 0008.svgFile:Japanese National Route Sign 0402.svg{{jct|country=JPN|Route|460|name1=Suwagi Bypass}} – to Hokuriku Expressway, National Route 8, National Route 402, Shirone, Iwamuro Spa, Echigonanaura Seaside Line
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=51.9
|type=incomplete
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|460}} – Maki Station, Shirone
|notes=National Route 460 truck traffic must use the Suwagi Bypass
}}
{{JPNint
|km=53.0
|road=File:Japanese National Route Sign 0402.svg Niigata Prefecture Route 380 – to National Route 402, Seaside Line, Endo
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=56.8
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 66 – Sone, Yokodo, Hataya Industrial Estate
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=58.2
|road=File:JP Expressway E8.svg Niigata Prefecture Route 46 – to Hokuriku Expressway, Sone, Nishikawa 1st Industrial Center
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=59.2
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 46 west – Sakata, Akatsuka
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=60.2
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 374 south – Hokonoki
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=69.6
|road=File:JP Expressway E7.svg{{hairspace}}File:JP Expressway E17.svg{{hairspace}}File:JP Expressway E49.svg{{hairspace}}{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E8}} – to Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway, Kan-etsu Expressway, Ban-etsu Expressway, Toyama, Tokyo, Aizuwakamatsu, Murakami
|notes=Niigata-nishi Interchange (E8 exit 41)
}}
{{JPNint
|km=71.2
|road=File:Japanese National Route Sign 0007.svgFile:Japanese National Route Sign 0049.svg{{jct|country=JPN|Route|8|Route|17}} – to National Route 7, National Route 49, Nagaoka, Sanjō, Aizuwakamatsu, Murakami, Shibata
|notes=Kurosaki Interchange
}}
{{JPNint
|km=71.8
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 42 north – Aoyama
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=72.5
|type=concur
|road=Niigata Prefecture Route 1 south – Sanjō, Kosudo
|notes=Southern end of Niigata Prefecture Route 1 concurrency
}}
{{JPNint
|km=74.1
|road=File:Shinkansen_jre.svg Niigata Prefecture Route 51 east – Niigata Station
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=74.8
|type=concur
|road=File:Shinkansen_jre.svg Niigata Prefecture Route 1 north – Niigata Station, Sado Sea Line
File:JP Expressway E49.svgFile:Japanese National Route Sign 0008.svg Niigata Prefecture Route 16 east – to Ban-etsu Expressway, National Route 8
|notes=Northern end of Niigata Prefecture Route 1 concurrency, southern end of Niigata Prefecture Route 16 concurrency
}}
{{JPNint
|km=75.5
|type=concur
|road=File:Japanese National Route Sign 0008.svg Niigata Prefecture Route 16 east – to National Route 8
|notes=Northern end of Niigata Prefecture Route 16 concurrency
}}
{{JPNint
|km=75.8
|type=concur
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|402|dir1=south}} – Kashiwazaki, Maki
|notes=Southern end of National Route 402 concurrency
}}
{{JPNint
|km=77.8
|road=File:Japanese National Route Sign 0008.svg Niigata Prefecture Route 164 – to National Route 8, Prefecture Office, Ground Stadium
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint
|km=78.9
|type=trans
|road=File:Shinkansen_jre.svg{{jct|country=JPN|Route|7|Route|8|Route|17|Route|113|Route|289|Route|350|Route|402|dir1=north|dir2=south|dir3=south|dir4=east|dir5=ends|dir6=west|dir7=ends}} – Bandai Bridge, Niigata Station
|notes=Northern terminus, highway continues north as National Route 7, northern end of concurrency with National Route 289 and 402
}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=concur,incomplete,trans|col=8}}
See also
- {{portal-inline|Japan}}
- {{portal-inline|Roads}}
References
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External links
- {{commons-inline|Category:Route 116 (Japan)}}
{{National Routes of Japan|116}}