Tokachi-Okhotsk Expressway Explained

Country:JPN
Type:Expressway
Route:Tokachi-Okhotsk
Map Custom:yes
Length Km:38.3
Length Ref:[1]
Established:2013
Maint:Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

The is a two-lane national expressway in Tokachi Subprefecture and Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of December 2018, the expressway is under construction to connect to link to the Kitami Route of the Dōtō Expressway in Ashoro. As of December 2018, it connects Rikubetsu to Kitami, the most populous city in Okhotsk Subprefecture, on the Sea of Okhotsk coast. It is owned and operated by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and is signed as E61 under their "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[2]

History

The first section of the expressway to open was a 5.8adj=onNaNadj=on long section between Kitami-higashi Interchange and Kitami-nishi Interchange on 31 March 2013. Later that year on 24 December, Kitami-chūō and Kitami-kitagami interchanges were added along the section that opened in March. On 8 November 2015, a 12adj=onNaNadj=on long section between Kunneppu Interchange and Kitami-nishi Interchange opened to traffic.[3] On 9 October 2017, a 16adj=onNaNadj=on long section between Rikubetsu-Shōtobetsu Interchange and Kunneppu Interchange opened to traffic.[4]

Future

The Tokachi-Okhotsk Expressway is planned to have a total length of approximately 79km (49miles) upon completion.[3]

Junction list

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tokachi-Okhotsk Expressway Data . 7 December 2018.
  2. Web site: Japan's Expressway Numbering System. www.mlit.go.jp.
  3. Web site: 平成27年10月13日お知らせ十勝オホーツク自動車道 足寄~北見間 「訓くん子ねっ府ぷIC~北きた見み西にしIC」〈通行無料〉が開通します ~オホーツクの観光振興・安心安全・地域産業に貢献します~. ja. 11 December 2019.
  4. Web site: 十勝オホーツク自動車道「陸別りくべつ小しょう利別としべつIC~訓子府く ん ね っ ぷIC」が 平成29年10月9日(月)16時に開通します. ja. 11 December 2019.