Japan National Route 281 partially coincident with Japan National Route 4
Route description
National Route 281 crosses Iwate Prefecture in a southwest–northeast routing. Beginning at a junction with national routes 4 and 282 in the prefecture's capital city, Morioka, it travels north alongside the two routes out of Morioka. In the city of Takizawa, National Route 282 leaves the concurrency near Takizawa Interchange on the Tōhoku Expressway. The concurrency of national routes 4 and 281 continues northeast, briefly crossing back in to Morioka, before entering the town of Iwate. In Iwate, National Route 281 leaves National Route 4, traveling east across the Kitakami Mountains towards the coastal city of Kuji. In the mountains, it passes through the town of Kuzumaki where it briefly has a concurrency with National Route 340. Upon crossing over the crest of the mountains, the highway enters Kuji. From there, it follows the Kuji River down to the central district of the city. After passing through the central part of Kuji, the highway terminates at a junction with National Route 45. It has a total length of 111 kilometers (69 mi), though only 76.4 kilometers (47.5 mi) of that total distance is routed independently from National Route 4.
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