Noto-Satoyama Kaidō Explained

Country:JPN
Type:National
Maint:Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Noto-Satoyama Kaidō
Alternate Name:
Marker Image:
Length Km:83.0
Established:1973
Allocation: / Ishikawa Prefecture Routes 1 and 60
Direction A:South
Terminus A:Chidoridai intersection
Ishikawa Prefecture Route 60 in
Uchinada
Junction:
    Direction B:North
    Terminus B:Noto-Satoyama Airport Interchange
    Ishikawa Prefecture Route 303
    in Wajima

    The is a free national expressway in the Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa. As of July 2019, it connects the town Uchinada to the town Wajima, spanning nearly the entire Noto Peninsula from south to north. Much of the northern portion of the road runs concurrently with the Nōetsu Expressway. It is owned and operated by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and is signed as E41 and E86 under their "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[1]

    History

    The Noto-Satoyama Kaidō was first opened as the tolled between Takamatsu and Yanaida interchanges on 21 July 1973 by the Ishikawa Prefecture Toll Road Corporation. In August of the same year it was extended south to Shiroo Interchange. When the highway was extended north to Tokudaotsu Interchange in 1982, its name was changed to the .

    The Noto Toll Road was damaged by the 2007 Noto earthquake, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that closed sections of the road for six months.[2]

    The toll road was released from the Ishikawa Prefecture Toll Road Corporation on 1 April 2013 and all tolls were removed. When MLIT took control of the highway after its release by the Ishikawa Prefecture Toll Road Corporation, it was given its current name, the Noto-Satoyama Kaidō.[3]

    Junction list

    The entire expressway is in Ishikawa Prefecture. Exits are not numbered. PA= Parking area, SA= Service area |colspan="8" style="text-align: center;"|Through to Ishikawa Prefecture Route 60

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Japan's Expressway Numbering System. www.mlit.go.jp.
    2. Web site: 能登半島地震による能登有料道路の被害と復旧. ja. MLIT. 4 July 2019.
    3. Web site: 「能登有料道路」の新しい愛称が決定. https://web.archive.org/web/20151118130214/http://www.pref.ishikawa.lg.jp/douken/aisyoukettei.html. dead. 18 November 2015. ja. 4 July 2019.