National Route 282 (国道282号, Kokudō Nihyakuhachijūnigō) is a national highway of Japan connecting the cities of Morioka, the capital city of Iwate Prefecture, and Hirakawa in southern Aomori Prefecture.

It travels south to north and has a total length of 124.4 kilometers (77.3 mi).

National Route 282's starting point and southern terminus is located at an intersection along National Route 4, about half of a kilometer east of Iwate University.

From Takizawa northeast to its northern terminus in Hirakawa, it travels northwest parallel to the Tōhoku Expressway.

[2] National Route 282 was established by the Cabinet of Japan in 1970 between Morioka and Ōdate in Akita Prefecture.