Shiribeshi Expressway
Shiribeshi Expressway | |
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Route information | |
Length | 23.3 km (14.5 mi) |
Existed | 2018–present |
Major junctions | |
East end | ![]() at Otaru Junction |
West end | Hokkaido Route 753 at Yoichi Interchange |
Location | |
Country | Japan |
Major cities | Otaru Yoichi |
Highway system | |
The Shiribeshi Expressway (後志自動車道, Shiribeshi Jidōshadō) is an incomplete two-lane national expressway in Shiribeshi Subprefecture of Hokkaido, Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company and is signed E5A as an extension of the Hokkaido Expressway under the "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[1]
Route description
[edit]Officially, the expressway is referred to as the Trans-Hokkaido Expressway Otaru-Kutchan Route.[2]
The Shiribeshi Expressway was made to provide a high-speed alternate route to Japan National Route 5 in Shiribeshi Subprefecture. After the events of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, it was deemed necessary to provide an inland route during a tsunami event. Frequent volcanic activity from Mount Usu to the south also increased the demand of such a high-speed route.[3]
The expressway's eastern terminus is at an interchange with the Sasson Expressway, just to the east of the central part of Otaru. Sasson Expressway eastbound traffic from Otaru cannot travel west onto the Shiribeshi Expressway. From here the expressway quickly travels southwest and away from the coast. It travels through many tunnels curving first to the west, then the northwest, and finally back to the west near Shioya Station on the Hakodate Main Line. After this curve the route comes to a junction with Hokkaido Route 1173. Continuing west through more tunnel, the expressway crosses into the town of Yoichi where it comes to its temporary western terminus at Hokkaido Route 753.[4]
History
[edit]The first section of the expressway, from the Sasson Expressway to Yoichi Interchange, was opened to drivers on 8 December 2018 by NEXCO East Japan.[5]
Future
[edit]The expressway is planned to be extended from its current western terminus (as of January 2019) in Yoichi southwest to National Route 5 in Kutchan. The proposed length of the completed expressway is 62.4 kilometres (38.8 mi).[2]
Junction list
[edit]The entire expressway is in Hokkaido. Aside from the eastern terminus at Otaru, exit numbers are carried over from the final number of the Sasson Expressway (11).
Location | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes | |
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Otaru | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | Otaru | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus. Eastbound traffic on the Sasson Expressway cannot access the Shiribeshi Expressway | |
14.3 | 8.9 | 12 | Otaru-Shioya | Hokkaido Route 1173 | |||
Yoichi | 23.3 | 14.5 | 13 | Yoichi | Hokkaido Route 753 | Current western terminus as of January 2019 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
References
[edit]- ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.
- ^ a b "北海道横断自動車道(黒松内~余市)における計画段階評価" [Evaluation at the planning stage in the Hokkaido expressway (Kuromatsunai-Yoichi)] (PDF). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "後志⾃動⾞道余市IC-⼩樽JCT 延⻑23.3km 平成30年12⽉8⽇⼟15時開通" (PDF). East Nippon Expressway Company (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ url=https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1863698,140.8256335,4850m/data=!3m1!1e3
- ^ "Shiribeshi Expressway opening commemoration! Follow & Retweet Campaign". East Nippon Expressway Company. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
External links
[edit]- East Nippon Expressway Company (in Japanese)
- C3 Tokyo Gaikan
- C4/E66 Ken-Ō
- CA Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line
- E4 Tōhoku
- E4A Aomori
- E4A Hachinohe
- E5 Dō-Ō
- E5A Sasson
- E5A Shiribeshi
- E6 Jōban
- E7 Nihonkai-Tōhoku
- E7/E46 Akita
- E8 Hokuriku
- E13 Tōhoku-Chūō
- E14 Tateyama
- E17 Kan-etsu
- E18 Jōshin-etsu
- E19 Nagano
- E38/E61 Dōtō
- E45 Sanriku
- E46 Kamaishi
- E48 Yamagata
- E49 Ban-etsu
- E50 Kita-Kantō
- E51 Higashi-Kantō
- E65 Shin-Kūkō
- E1 Meishin
- E1A Shin-Meishin
- E2 San'yō
- E2A Chūgoku
- E2A Kanmon Bridge
- E3 Kyushu
- E3A Minamikyushu
- E9 San'in
- E10/E78 Higashikyushu
- E10 Miyazaki
- E11/E32 Tokushima
- E11 Takamatsu
- E11/E56 Matsuyama
- E24 Keinawa
- E25 Nishi-Meihan
- E26 Kinki
- E26/E42 Hanwa
- E27 Maizuru-Wakasa
- E29 Harima
- E32/E56 Kōchi
- E34 Ōita
- E34 Nagasaki
- E35 Nishi-Kyūshū
- E54 Matsue
- E58 Okinawa
- E71 Kansai-Kūkō
- E73 Okayama
- E73 Yonago
- E74 Hamada
- E74 Hiroshima
- E4A Kamikita
- E5 Hakodate Shindō
- E5A Kuromatsunai Shindō
- E7 Akita
- E9 San'in Kinki
- E25 Meihan
- E29 Tottori
- E38 Dōtō
- E38/E44 Kushiro Sotokan
- E39 Asahikawa-Monbetsu
- E41 Nōetsu
- E41/E86 Noto-Satoyama
- E45 Hachinohe-Kuji
- E45 Sanriku
- E45 Sanriku-kita Jūkan
- E46 Kamaishi
- E54 Onomichi
- E55 Kōchi-Tōbu
- E55 Tokushima-Nanbu
- E58 Naha Airport
- E59 Hakodate-Esashi
- E60 Obihiro-Hiroo
- E61 Tokachi-Okhotsk
- E62 Fukagawa-Rumoi
- E63 Hidaka
- E64 Tsugaru
- E67 Chūbu-Jūkan
- E69 San-en Nanshin
- E70 Izu-Jūkan
- E72 Kitakinki-Toyooka
- E75 Higashihiroshima-Kure
- E77 Kyushu Chūō