Dōtō Expressway
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道東自動車道   | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 258.0 km[1] (160.3 mi) |
| Existed | 1995[2]–present |
| Major junctions | |
| From | in Chitose, Hokkaidō Dō-Ō Expressway |
| To | Kushiro, Hokkaidō Kitami, Hokkaidō |
| Location | |
| Major cities | Yūbari, Obihiro |
| Highway system | |
| National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan | |
The Dōtō Expressway (道東自動車道, Dōtō Jidōsha-dō, lit. "East Hokkaidō Expressway) is a 2-laned national expressway in Hokkaidō, Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.
It forms the middle section of the .
Overview[]
The expressway is connects the east of Hokkaidō with central regions including the greater Sapporo urban area.[3]
At Honbetsu Junction near the eastern end the expressway splits into two routes: one route heading east towards the city of Kushiro and another route heading north towards the city of Kitami. All future extensions of these two routes will be constructed according to the New Direct Control System[3] and are expected to operate toll-free upon completion.
The expressway is among the least used in Japan. At the time of its opening it was used by an average of only 650 vehicles a day, the lowest among all national expressways in Japan.[2] As of 2006 the average daily ridership of the expressway has increased to 4,751 vehicles (for comparison the figure for the Tōhoku Expressway is 270,546 vehicles).[1]
The speed limit is 70 km/h for the entire route.
List of interchanges and features[]
- IC - interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area, TN - tunnel, TB - toll gate
Kushiro Route[]
| No. | Name | Connections | Dist. from Origin |
Notes | Location (all in Hokkaidō) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (25) | Dō-Ō Expressway
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0.0 | Chitose | ||
| 1 |  National Route 337
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12.6 | |||
| PA | 14.5 | ||||
| 2 |  National Route 234
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21.9 | Abira | ||
| PA | 29.3 | Yuni | |||
| 3 |  National Route 274
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42.1 | Yūbari | ||
| 4 | Pref. Route 1165 (Mukawa Hobetsu Inter Route) | 56.5 | Mukawa | ||
| TN | Length - 4,332 m | ||||
| 5 | Pref. Route 1172 (Shimukappu Inter Route) | 76.6 | Shimukappu | ||
| PA | 80.0 | ||||
| 6 | Pref. Route 1170 (Tomamu Inter Route) | 102.8 | |||
| TN | Point of highest elevation among all expressways in Hokkaidō (626 m) Length - 2,351 m |
Minamifurano | |||
| - | Planned | Shintoku | |||
| 7 | National Route 274
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123.7 | Shimizu | ||
| SA | 138.6 | Memuro | |||
| 8 | Pref. Route 54 (Higashiurimaku Memuro Route) | 140.9 | |||
| 9 |   Obihiro-Hiroo Expressway
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145.3 | |||
| 10 |  National Route 241 ()
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152.4 | Otofuke | ||
| PA | 165.5 | ||||
| 11 |  National Route 242
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174.0 | Ikeda | ||
| TB | |||||
| 12 |  Kitami Route
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191.2 | No access: Ashoro IC ←→ Honbetsu IC | Honbetsu | |
| 13 | Pref. Route 1154 (Honbetsu Inter Route) | 193.0 | |||
| 14 | National Route 274
|
201.0 | Urahoro | ||
| <TN> | Length - 4,460 m | ||||
| 15 |  National Route 392
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227.0 | Shiranuka | ||
| 16 | Pref. Route 242 (Kami-Shoro Shoro Teishajō Route) | 235.0 | |||
| 17 |  National Route 240
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240.9 | Kushiro | ||
| Planned | |||||
| 18 |  National Route 38 ()
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259.1 | |||
Through to  Kushiro Sotokan Road
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Kitami Route[]
| No. | Name | Connections | Dist. from Origin |
Notes | Location (all in Hokkaidō) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 |  Kushiro Route
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191.2 | No access: Ashoro IC ←→ Honbetsu IC | Honbetsu | |
| 1 | National Route 242
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204.4 | Ashoro | ||
| Through to Tokachi-Okhotsk Expressway (Planned)
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History[]
- October 30, 1995 - Tokachi Shimizu Interchange - Ikeda Interchange section opened.
- October 7, 1999 - Chitose-Eniwa Junction - Yūbari Interchange section opened.
- March 15, 2003 - Obihiro Junction is opened, connecting with the Obihiro-Hiroo Expressway.
- June 8, 2003 - Ikeda Interchange - Honbetsu Interchange section and Honbetsu Junction - Ashoro Interchange section opened.
- October 21, 2007 - Tomamu Interchange - Tokachi Shimizu Interchange section opened.
- October 24, 2009 - Shimukappu Interchange - Tomamu Interchange section opened.
- November 21,2009 - Honbetsu Interchange - Urahoro Interchange section opened.
- October 29, 2011 - Yubari Interchange - Shimukappu Interchange section opened.
- March 29, 2015 - Urahoro Interchange - Shiranuka Interchange section opened.
- March 12, 2016 - Shiranuka Interchange - Akan Interchange section opened.
See also[]
- Dō-Ō Expressway, another road on the island
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "E-NEXCO Expressway Data". Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Hokkaido Keizai Sangyo Shimbun, October 22, 2007". Retrieved 2008-04-15.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "E-NEXCO Opening Schedule". Retrieved 2008-04-15.
External links[]
- (in Japanese) East Nippon Expressway Company
- Expressways in Japan
- Proposed roads in Japan
- Roads in Hokkaido