is a Japanese highway on the island of Kyushu. It originates at the intersection with Route 2 in Kitakyushu, Furoka and passes through the prefectural capitals of Ōita and Miyazaki, terminating at the intersection with Route 3 in Kagoshima. Route 10 follows the eastern coast along the Inland Sea and the Hyūga Sea. For much of its length, it parallels the JR Kyushu Nippō Main Line. Route 10 measures 454.8 km in length. Route data Length: Origin: Moji-ku, Kitakyushu (originates at junction with Route 2) Terminus: Kagoshima (ends at Junction with Routes 3 and 225) Major cities: Kitakyushu, Ōita, Miyazaki, Miyakonojō, Kagoshima History 4 December 1952 - First Class National Highway 10 (from Kitakyushu to Kagoshima) 1 April 1965 - General National Highway 10 (from Kitakyushu to Kagoshima) Overlapping sections From Moji-ku, Kitakyushu (Oimatsu-Park intersection) to Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū (Mihagino intersection): Route 3 From Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū (Mihagino intersection) to Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū (Jōno intersection): Route 322 From Nakatsu to Usa (Iwasaki intersection) and from Hiji (Hori intersection) to Beppu: Route 213 From Oita (Omichi Cross Bridge North intersection) to Bungo-Ōno Inukai-machi Kubaru (Kubaru intersection): Route 57 From Oita (Funai Bridge North intersection) to Oita (Miyazaki intersection): Route 210 From Usuki (Notsu-machi Hinata Crossroad intersection) to Usuki (Notsu-machi Meiji Bridge intersection): Route 502 From Nobeoka Kitagawa-machi Kawachimyō (Sodachi intersection) to Nobeoka Showa-machi: Route 326 From Nobeoka Okado-machi to Kadogawa Nakasu: Route 388 From Miyazaki (Niinazume intersection) to Miyazaki (Tachibana-dori 4 Chome intersection): Route 219 From Miyakonojō (Miyakonojō Station Entrance intersection) to Miyakonojō (Oiwada intersection): Route 269 From Kirishima Fukuyama-cho Fukuyama (Makinohara intersection) to Kirishima Hayato Shinkō (junction with Route 223): Route 504 Municipalities passed through Fukuoka Prefecture Kitakyushu - Kanda - Yukuhashi - Miyako (part of ‘Shiida Toll Road’ Bypass section) - Chikujō - Buzen - Kōge Ōita Prefecture Nakatsu - Usa - Kitsuki - Hiji - Beppu - Ōita - Bungo-Ōno - Usuki - Saiki Miyazaki Prefecture Nobeoka - Kadogawa - Hyūga - Tsuno - Kawaminami - Takanabe - Shintomi - Miyazaki - Miyakonojō Kagoshima Prefecture Soo - Kirishima - Aira - Kagoshima See also References 010 Roads in Fukuoka Prefecture Roads in Kagoshima Prefecture Roads in Miyazaki Prefecture Roads in Ōita Prefecture