Akita Expressway

Akita Expressway
秋田自動車道
Route information
Length 143.6 km (89.2 mi)
Akita Sotokanjō Expressway: 9.5 km (5.9 mi)[1]
Kotooka Noshiro Road: 33.8 km (21.0 mi)[2]
Existed 1991[3] – present
Major junctions
From Kitakami Junction in Kitakami, Iwate
Tōhoku Expressway
To Futatsui-Shirakami Interchange in Noshiro, Akita
Nihonkai Engan Tōhoku Expressway
National Route 7
Akita Prefectural Route 317
Location
Major cities Yokote, Daisen, Akita
Highway system
National highways of Japan
Expressways of Japan

The Akita Expressway (秋田自動車道, Akita Jidōsha-dō) is a national expressway in the Tōhoku region of Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.

Overview

The expressway begins at a junction with the Tōhoku Expressway in Iwate Prefecture and crosses into Akita Prefecture to the west. The route intersects the Yuzawa-Yokote Road in Yokote and the Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway in the Akita city area. From this junction, the route follows a northerly course parallel to the Japan Sea to its terminus with National Route 7 in Noshiro.

The entire route is signed as the Akita Expressway for consistency purposes, however two separate sections of the route are officially designated as the Akita Sotokanjō Expressway and Kotooka Noshiro Road (both bypasses of National Route 7). These sections are not classified as national expressways but rather as national highways for motor vehicles only with national expressway concurrency (高速自動車国道に並行する一般国道自動車専用道路, Kōsoku Jidōsha Kokudō ni Heikōsuru Ippan Kokudō Jidōsha Senyō Dōro).[4]

The route of the expressway is planned to eventually continue past the current terminus at Futatsui-Shirakami Interchange as the Nihonkai Engan Tōhoku Expressway towards a junction with the Tōhoku Expressway near Aomori Prefecture,[4][5] however it is unknown if the naming of the sections that are currently open will change upon completion of that expressway.

The section between Hachiryū Interchange and Futatsui-Shirakami Interchange is toll-free;[2] all other sections assess tolls based on distance travelled in the same manner as most other national expressways.

Official designations

  • Kitakami JCT - Akita-kita IC : Tōhoku Ōdan Expressway Kamaishi Akita Route[4]
  • Akita-kita IC - Shōwa-Ogahantō IC : Akita Sotokanjō Expressway[6]
  • Shōwa-Ogahantō IC - Kotooka-Moritake IC : Nihonkai Tōhoku Engan Expressway[4]
  • Kotooka-Moritake IC - Futatsui-Shirakami IC : Kotooka Noshiro Road[2]

List of interchanges and features

No. Name Connections Dist. from
Origin		 Dist. from
Terminus		 Bus Stop Notes Speed Limit Lanes Location
(37) Kitakami JCT Tōhoku Expressway 0.0 186.7 70 km/h Two Kitakami Iwate
1 Kitakami-nishi IC Pref. Route 47 (Kitakami-nishi Inter Route)
Pref. Route 225 (Kitakami Waga Route)		 8.7 178.0
TN Waga-Sennin Tunnel ↓ ↑ Length - 3,776 m
Nishiwaga
SA Kinshūko SA 21.4 165.3
2 Yuda IC National Route 107 30.3 156.4
TN Sannai Tunnel ↓ ↑ Length - 2,440 m Yokote Akita
PA Sannai PA 41.0 145.7
BS Sannai Bus Stop 43.2 143.5 ○
3 Yokote IC/JCT Yuzawa-Yokote Road
National Route 13		 50.6 136.1
80 km/h Four
BS Hiraka Bus Stop 52.7 134.0 ○
BS Asahi Bus Stop 57.6 129.1 ○
70 km/h Two
BS Kakumagawa Bus Stop 65.8 120.9 ○ Daisen
BR Omonogawa Bridge ↓ ↑ Omono River crossing
Length - 549 m
Yokote
PA Ōmori PA 68.9 117.8
Daisen
4 Ōmagari IC National Route 105
Ōmagari Nishi Road		 71.5 115.2
80 km/h Four
BS Nangai Bus Stop 78.3 108.4 ○
4-1/SA Nishisenboku IC/
SA		 88.0 98.7 IC: Open 06:00-22:00
BR Omonogawa Bridge ↓ ↑ Omono River crossing
5 Kyōwa IC National Route 341 95.4 91.3
5-1 Kawabe JCT Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway 103.8 82.9 Beginning of concurrency,
end of 		Akita
6 Akita-minami IC National Route 13 106.7 80.0
70 km/h Two
7 Akita-chūō IC Pref. Route 62 (Akita Kitanoda Route) 113.7 73.0
PA Taiheizan PA 117.9 68.8
8 Akita-kita IC Pref. Route 72 (Akita-kita Inter Route) 122.9 63.8
9 Shōwa-Ogahantō IC National Route 7
National Route 101		 132.4 54.3
10 Gojōme-
Hachirōgata IC		 Pref. Route 15 (Akita Hachirōgata Route) 143.5 43.2 Gojōme
SA Hachirōko SA 150.4 36.3 Mitane
11/TB Kotooka-Moritake IC/TB Pref. Route 37 (Kotooka Kamikoani Route) 153.1 33.6
12 Hachiryū IC National Route 7 166.1 20.6
13 Noshiro-minami IC National Route 7 170.2 16.5 Noshiro
14 Noshiro-higashi IC National Route 7
Pref. Route 64 (Noshiro Futatsui Route)		 176.7 10.0
15 Futatsui-
Shirakami IC		 National Route 7
Pref. Route 317 (Nishimeya Futatsui Route)		 186.7 0.0
Through to Tōhoku Expressway

References

  1. ↑ "E-NEXCO Expressway Data". Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hokuu Shinhō, August 12, 2007". Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  3. ↑ "History of Akita City". Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. "High Standard Trunk Road Map" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2011-09-20. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  5. ↑ "E-NEXCO Planned Routes". Retrieved 2008-04-14.
  6. ↑ "E-NEXCO Drive Plaza Route Search". Archived from the original on 13 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-13.

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