is a
national highway on
Kii Peninsula
The is the largest peninsula on the island of Honshū in Japan and is located within the Kansai region. It is named after the ancient Kii Province. The peninsula has long been a sacred place in Buddhism, Shinto, and Shugendo, and many people wou ...
in the
Japanese prefecture
Japan is divided into 47 prefectures (, , ), which rank immediately below the national government and form the country's first level of jurisdiction and administrative division. They include 43 prefectures proper (, ''ken''), two urban prefect ...
of
Mie. It stretches from
Kashikojima Station in
Shima north to a junction with
National Routes 23 and
Route 42 in
Ise Ise may refer to:
Places
*Ise, Mie, a city in Japan
**Ise Grand Shrine, a Shinto shrine located in Ise, Mie
* Ise Ekiti, a city in Nigeria
* Ise, Norway, a village in Norway
*Ise Province, an ancient province of Japan
*River Ise, a tributary of the ...
.
Route description
The southern terminus and starting point of National Route 167 lies just one block south of
Kashikojima Station on the
Ago Bay
is a bay in the city of Shima, Mie, Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is part of the Ise-Shima region and is one of three marine environments in Shima.
The bay sees many tourists each year, in particular due to a train network owned by Kintetsu R ...
island,
Kashiko that lies within the city of
Shima. Traveling north off the island parallel to the
Shima Line
The is a railway line in Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by private railway operator Kintetsu Railway, connecting Toba Station in Toba with Kashikojima Station in Shima.
The line connects with the Toba Line at Toba Station. The Yamada Line ...
, the highway meets
National Route 260 at a junction near
Ugata Station.
Near
Nakanogō Station
is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.
Lines
Nakanogō Station is served by the Shima Line, and is located 42.5 rail kilometers from the ...
in
Toba, the highway has a junction with the paired highways:
National Routes 42 and
Route 259, which have just entered Mie Prefecture via the
Ise-wan Ferry
The , or Ise Bay Ferry is a passenger-car ferry between Toba, Mie Prefecture and Irago, Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The ferry route serves as the sea section of National Route 42 and National Route 259.
Route
The ferry service links i ...
from
Cape Irago
is the terminal point of land at the west end of Atsumi Peninsula in southern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The cape (geography), cape forms one side of the entrances to Ise Bay and Mikawa Bay, which are divided by the Chita Peninsula. Because it ...
in
Aichi Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...
. National Route 259 meets its western terminus here, while National Routes 42 and 167 continue north together as a concurrency out of Toba.
Upon crossing into the city of Ise, Routes 42 and 167 meet the eastern terminus of the
Ise Futami Toba Line, a limited-access highway signed as a bypass of National Route 42. The northern terminus and ending point of National Route 167 is at an intersection where the concurrency between it and National Route 42 meet
National Route 23
Route 23, or Highway 23, can refer to:
International
*European route E23
Australia
* Federal Highway (Australia)
* Monaro Highway
* (South Australia)
* Dorat Road (not signed everywhere)
Austria
* Autobahn Südosttangente Wien
Canada
* Albe ...
. National Route 42 continues beyond the ending point of National Route 167 in another concurrency with National Route 23.
History
National Route 167 was originally designated on 18 May 1953 as a second-class national highway connecting then-extant town
Ago (the former town was merged into Shima in on 1 October 2004) to Ise.
Junction list
;Mie Prefecture
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Kashikojima Station (southern terminus)
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* (northern terminus)
See also
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References
External links
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{{National Routes of Japan, 167
167
Year 167 ( CLXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Quadratus (or, less frequently, year 920 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 167 for t ...
Roads in Mie Prefecture
1953 establishments in Japan