Hokuriku Expressway
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 北陸自動車道 | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 476.5 km[1] (296.1 mi) |
| Existed | 1972[2]–present |
| Major junctions | |
| From | in Niigata, Niigata Ban-etsu Expressway Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway |
| To | in Maibara, Shiga Meishin Expressway |
| Location | |
| Major cities | Nagaoka, Jōetsu, Uozu, Toyama, Kanazawa, Komatsu, Fukui, Sabae, Echizen, Tsuruga, Nagahama |
| Highway system | |
| National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan | |
Oyashirazu, Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture
Left:Hokuriku Expressway
Center:National Route 8 and JR Hokuriku Main Line
Right: Niigata Prefectural Road Route 525
The Hokuriku Expressway (北陸自動車道, Hokuriku Jidōsha-dō), (abbreviated as Hokuriku Expwy (北陸道, Hokurikudō), is a 4-laned national expressway in Japan. It is owned and managed by East Nippon Expressway Company and Central Nippon Expressway Company.
Overview[]
The first section was opened in 1972 by Japan Highway Public Corporation and construction proceeded in stages until the entire route was completed in 1988.[3] On October 1, 2005, all national expressways were privatized[4] and management of the Hokuriku Expressway was divided between the East and Central Nippon Expressway Companies.[5]
The route serves the Hokuriku region on the north central coast of Honshū, Japan's largest island. For most of its length it parallels National Route 8 and the Hokuriku Main Line of West Japan Railway Company.
Although the route officially originates in Niigata and terminates at Maibara, exit numbers and kilometer markings originate from Maibara.
Features[]
Around , the south-bound lanes cross over the north-bound lanes and diverges drastically. The expressway rejoins normally at a point near .
There are 14 tunnels between and (two of which are longer than 2,000 m), and 26 tunnels between Asahi Interchange and (eight of which are longer than 2,000 m).
List of interchanges and features[]
Nagaoka Junction
- IC - interchange, SIC - smart interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area, BS - bus stop, TN - tunnel, CB - snow chains
| No. | Name | Connections | Dist. from Maibara |
Bus Stop | Notes | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-1 |  Meishin Expressway
|
0.0 | Maibara | Shiga | |||
| 1 |  National Route 21
|
0.6 | |||||
| PA | 4.7 | X | Nagahama | ||||
| 2 | Pref. Route 37 (Nakayama Higashi Kōsaka Route) | 9.6 | X | ||||
| BS | X | Closed | |||||
| 2-1/BS | Pref. Route 263 (Yōno Torahime Nagahama Route) (South-bound) Pref. Route 265 (Gōno Kohoku Route) (North-bound) |
16.4 | X | Bus Stop closed | |||
| BS | X | Closed | |||||
| 3 |  National Route 8 National Route 365
|
23.4 | X | ||||
| SA | 25.6 | ||||||
| BS/CB | X | Bus Stop closed | |||||
| BS/CB | X | Bus Stop closed | |||||
| PA | 38.5 | X | Tsuruga | Fukui | |||
| 3-1 |  Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway
|
45.4 | |||||
| 4 | National Route 8 ()
|
46.6 | ○ | ||||
| BS/CB | Tajiri (South-bound) Akihara (North-bound) |
X | Bus Stop closed | ||||
| PA | 57.9 | X | |||||
| 5 |  National Route 305 National Route 365
|
68.2 | X | Minamiechizen | |||
| SA/ 5-1 | Pref. Route 203 (Ikeda Nanjō Route) | 71.4 72.1 |
X | North-bound South-bound | |||
| 6 | Pref. Route 262 (Takefu Inter Higashi Route) Pref. Route 40 (Takefu Inter Route) |
80.6 | ○ | Echizen | |||
| 7 | Pref. Route 105 (Sabae Imadate Route) Pref. Route 39 (Sabae Inter Route) |
86.2 | ○ | Sabae | |||
| PA | 88.6 | ||||||
| 8 |  National Route 158
|
97.2 | ○ | Fukui | |||
| 9 |  Chūbu-Jūkan Expressway National Route 416
|
103.6 | ○ | ||||
| 10 | Pref. Route 38 (Maruoka Inter Route) | 110.4 | ○ | Sakai | |||
| PA | 113.4 | ||||||
| 11 | Pref. Route 37 (Kanazu Inter Route) Pref. Route 124 (Ushinoya Teishajō Route) |
120.9 | Awara | ||||
| 12 | Pref. Route 61 (Kaga Inter Route) | 128.2 | Kaga | Ishikawa | |||
| SA | 136.6 136.9 |
○ | South-bound North-bound | ||||
| 13 | Pref. Route 20 (Komatsu Kaga Route) | 140.7 | |||||
| PA/ 13-1 | Pref. Route 20 (Komatsu Kaga Route) | 144.7 | SIC: Maibara-bound Open 06:00-22:00 |
Komatsu | |||
| 14 | Pref. Route 25 (Kanazawa Mikawa Komatsu Route) | 149.3 | ○ | ||||
| 14-1 | 155.4 | Nomi | |||||
| 15 | Pref. Route 25 (Kanazawa Mikawa Komatsu Route) Pref. Route 58 (Tsurugi Mikawa Inter Route) |
160.3 | Hakusan | ||||
| PA/ 15-1 | Pref. Route 25 (Kanazawa Mikawa Komatsu Route) | 164.6 | ○ | Highway Oasis | |||
| BS | 169.6 | X | closed by replacement | ||||
| 15-2 | Pref. Route 8 (Mattō Unoke Route) | 169.9 | ○ | incl. Mattō Bus Stop | |||
| 16 | National Route 8 () Pref. Route 197 (Jichūnishi Kanazawa Route) |
172.5 | Kanazawa | ||||
| 17 | National Route 8 ()
|
180.1 | |||||
| 17-1 |  National Route 159 () National Route 304 National Route 359
|
183.4 | |||||
| PA | 184.7 | ||||||
| 18 | Pref. Route 42 (Oyabe Fukumitsu Route) | 197.7 | Oyabe | Toyama | |||
| SA | 199.8 | ||||||
| 19 |  Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway Nōetsu Expressway
|
203.1 | |||||
| Tonami | |||||||
| 20 | National Route 359
|
207.1 | |||||
| 20-1 | 212.9 | ○ | |||||
| PA | 216.1 | Takaoka | |||||
| 21 |  National Route 472
|
221.5 | Imizu | ||||
| PA | 224.5 | ||||||
| 21-1 | Pref. Route 41 (Shinminato Hiraoka Route) | 226.6 | Toyama | ||||
| 22 |  National Route 41
|
234.1 | |||||
| 22-1/ PA | Pref. Route 56 (Toyama Kanjō Route) | 240.9 | |||||
| 23 | Pref. Route 3 (Toyama Tateyama Uozu Route) | 246.4 | Tateyama | ||||
| Pref. Route 148 (Kamiichi Mizuhashi Route) | 250.6 | Opens in December 2020 | Kamiichi | ||||
| 24 | Pref. Route 51 (Minowa Namerikawa Inter Route) | 254.5 | ○ | Namerikawa | |||
| SA | 258.2 | Maibara-bound | |||||
| 261.6 | Niigata-bound | Uozu | |||||
| 25 | Pref. Route 52 (Ishigaki Uozu Inter Route) | 263.8 | |||||
| 26 | Pref. Route 53 (Wakaguri Ikuji Route) | 273.4 | ○ | Kurobe | |||
| 26-1/ PA | Pref. Route 63 (Nyūzen Unazuki Route) | 277.9 | Nyūzen | ||||
| 27 | National Route 8
|
282.1 | Asahi | ||||
| PA | 288.4 | ||||||
| 28 | National Route 8
|
299.3 | Itoigawa | Niigata | |||
| 29 |  National Route 148
|
311.9 | |||||
| PA | 313.5 | ||||||
| BS | 318.0 | ○ | |||||
| 30 | Pref. Route 246 (Nishitobiyama Nō Route) Pref. Route 88 (Nō Inter Route) |
326.5 | ○ | ||||
| 31/SA | / |
Pref. Route 87 (Nadachi Tanihama Inter Route) | 341.6 | ○ | Jōetsu | ||
| 31-1 |  Jōshin-etsu Expressway
|
351.4 | |||||
| BS | 353.4 | ○ | |||||
| 32 |  National Route 18 ()
|
355.8 | |||||
| BS | 360.7 | ○ | |||||
| 32-1/ PA | Pref. Route 77 (Jōetsu Kubiki Ōgata Route) | 365.3 | SIC: Open 06:00-22:00 | ||||
| BS | 367.9 | ○ | |||||
| 33 | National Route 8 ()
|
373.8 | ○ | ||||
| 34/SA | / |
National Route 8
|
385.2 | SA: Niigata-bound | Kashiwazaki | ||
| SA | 387.2 | Maibara-bound | |||||
| BS | 393.5 | ○ | |||||
| 35 |  National Route 252
|
397.1 | |||||
| BS | 402.8 | ○ | |||||
| PA | 405.8 | Kariwa | |||||
| 36 | Pref. Route 23 (Kashiwazaki Takahama Horinouchi Route) Pref. Route 393 (Raihai Nagaoka Route) |
407.8 | ○ | Kashiwazaki | |||
| PA | 414.9 | ○ | Nagaoka | ||||
| 37 |  Kan-Etsu Expressway
|
421.6 | |||||
| BS | 423.9 | ○ | |||||
| 38 | National Route 8 ()
|
432.1 | |||||
| 38-1/ PA | 441.5 | ○ | Sanjō | ||||
| 39 |  National Route 289
|
447.4 | ○ | Tsubame | |||
| 40 | Pref. Route 9 (Nagaoka Tochio Maki Route) National Route 460
|
457.7 | ○ | Nishikan-ku, Niigata | |||
| 40-1/ PA | Pref. Route 44 (Niigata Tsubame Route) Pref. Route 46 (Niigata Chūō Kanjō Route) |
467.1 | SIC: Open 06:00-22:00 | Nishi-ku, Niigata | |||
| BS | 471.0 | ○ | |||||
| 41 |   National Route 116 ()
|
473.0 | |||||
| 42 |  Ban-etsu Expressway
|
476.5 | Kōnan-ku, Niigata | ||||
Through to  Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway
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References[]
- ^ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Kinki Regional Development Bureau. "Road Timetable" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-04-16.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ "Expressway Opening Dates" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Hokuriku Regional Development Bureau. "Oyashirazu Pia Park Profile" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-04-16.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ Mizutani, Fumitoshi; Uranishi, Shuji (2006). Privatization of the Japan Highway Public Corporation: Policy Assessment (pdf). 46th Congress for the European Regional Science Association. Volos, Greece. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- ^ "NEXCO-Central Business Outline" (pdf). Retrieved 2008-04-13.[dead link]
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Categories:
- Expressways in Japan
- Roads in Fukui Prefecture
- Roads in Ishikawa Prefecture
- Roads in Niigata Prefecture
- Roads in Shiga Prefecture
- Roads in Toyama Prefecture