History
- 4 December 1952: First Class National Highway 6 (from Tokyo to Sendai)
- 1 April 1965: General National Highway 6 (from Tokyo to Sendai)
- 12 March 2011: Due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the Route 6 has been suspended between Hirono and Haranomachi.
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