Chūbu-Jūkan Expressway Explained

Country:JPN
Type:Expressway
Maint:Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Route:Chūbu-Jūkan
Map Custom:yes
Length Km:143.9
Established:1987
Direction A:East
Terminus A:Nakanoyu Interchange
in Matsumoto
Direction B:West
Terminus B:Fukui-kita Junction
Hokuriku Expressway
in Fukui

The is an incomplete national expressway in Nagano Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, and Fukui Prefecture. It is owned and operated primarily by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), but also has sections maintained and tolled by the Central Nippon Expressway Company in Nagano and Gifu. The route is signed E67 under MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[1]

Naming

The name for the expressway, Chūbu-Jūkan, is simply descriptive of its function in the region it serves, as it the .

History

The first section of the road was built over the Aburasaka Pass between Fukui and Gifu prefectures in 1987. Since then it has been expanded in short segments with the most recent section opening at its western terminus at the Hokuriku Expressway in the city of Fukui in 2017.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Japan's Expressway Numbering System. www.mlit.go.jp.
  2. Web site: "E67 中部縦貫自動車道 永平寺大野道路 7月8日(土)永平寺IC〜上志比ICが開通します 〜 今回の開通により、永平寺大野道路が全線開通!. ja. 26 May 2017. 14 February 2019.