Tottori Expressway

Tottori Expressway
鳥取自動車道
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Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Length	62.3 km (38.7 mi)
Existed	1981–present
Component highways	National Route 373
Major junctions
From	in Sayō, Hyōgo Chūgoku Expressway
To	in Tottori San'in Expressway
Location
Major cities	Mimasaka
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

The Tottori Expressway (鳥取自動車道, Tottori Jidōsha-dō) is an expressway connecting Sayō in Hyōgo Prefecture and Tottori, the capital and largest city in Tottori Prefecture. It is owned and operated partly by the West Nippon Expressway Company and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The expressway is signed as an auxiliary route of National Route 373 as well as E29 under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."^[1]

Naming[]

The expressway is officially referred to as the Himeji Tottori Route. The Chūgoku-Ōdan Expressway Himeji Tottori Route is the official designation for the Sanyō Expressway between Sanyō Himeji-Nishi Interchange and Harima Junction, the Harima Expressway between Harima Junction and Yamazaki Junction, the Chūgoku Expressway between Yamazaki Junction and Sayō Junction, and the Tottori Expressway between Sayō Junction and Tottori Interchange (concurrent with the Chūgoku-Ōdan Expressway Himeji Tottori Route).

Route description[]

From Sayo Junction to Sayo Toll Gate the expressway is maintained and tolled by the West Nippon Expressway Company. The rest of the expressway is able to be driven without any fees. That section of the expressway is maintained by the Chūgoku branch of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

The entire expressway has only one lane in each direction, except for the section between Sayō Junction and Sayō Toll Gate.

History[]

The first section of the Tottori Expressway to open was the 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) section between Sakane Junction in Nishiawakura and Chizu in 1981. The final section of the expressway (8.8 km between Ōhara Interchange and Nishi-Awakura Interchange) was opened on March 23, 2013.

List of interchanges and features[]

• IC - interchange, SIC - smart interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area, BS - bus stop, TN - tunnel, TB - toll gate

No.	Name	Connections	Dist. from Origin	Bus Stop	Notes	Location
(10-1)		Chūgoku Expressway	0.0			Sayō	Hyōgo
TB			1.0
BS			3.6	○
1		National Route 373	3.7		southbound exit, northbound entrance
2		National Route 429	10.9	○		Mimasaka	Okayama
BS			18.3	○		Nishiawakura
			19.0		Beginning of concurrency with Shidosaka Pass Road.
3		National Route 373	19.7
3-1		National Route 373	22.9
2.5 km gap in the expressway, connection is made by National Route 373
TN					Length - 1,630 m (5,350 ft)
						Chizu	Tottori
3-1		National Route 373	25.4		North end of concurrency with Shidosaka Pass Road.
PA			27.8	○	PA:Southbound entrance only
4		National Route 373	29.3		northbound exit, southbound entrance
5		National Route 53 National Route 373	37.6
6			48.1	○		Tottori
7		National Route 53 National Route 373	52.6	○	PA:Northbound entrance only
8		National Route 53 National Route 373	55.7		northbound exit, southbound entrance
			57.2		southbound exit, northbound entrance
(9)		San'in Kinki Expressway National Route 9 (Bypass)	62.3
Through to San-in Expressway

References[]

External links[]

• (in Japanese) West Nippon Expressway Company

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