Yamagata Expressway

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Yamagata Expressway sign
Yamagata Expressway
E48 山形自動車道
Route information
Length136.6 km[1] (84.9 mi)
Existed1981[2]–present
Major junctions
From in Murata, Miyagi
E48 Tōhoku Expressway
To in Sakata, Yamagata

Yamagata Prefectural Route 59
Location
Major citiesYamagata, Sagae, Tsuruoka
Highway system
National highways of Japan
Expressways of Japan

The Yamagata Expressway (山形自動車道, Yamagata Jidōsha-dō) is a national expressway in the Tōhoku region of Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.

Naming[]

The expressway is officially referred to as the Tōhoku Ōdan Expressway Sakata Route. From to Sakata-Minato Interchange the expressway is concurrent with the , which is planned to extend further north to Akita Prefecture and Aomori Prefecture.[3]

Overview[]

The expressway begins in southern Miyagi Prefecture at a junction with the Tōhoku Expressway and heads west, crossing over into Yamagata Prefecture. The route passes to the north of the Yamagata city area and subsequently meets the Tōhoku-Chūō Expressway. From here the expressway crosses mountainous areas of western Yamagata Prefecture before reaching the city of Tsuruoka near the Japan Sea coastline. The remainder of the expressway follows a northerly course paralleling the coastline to the terminus in the city of Sakata.

The route is incomplete between and which cuts the route into two physically separate sections. Travellers must use National Route 112 to travel between the two interchanges. As of March 2008 there are no plans to make the Yamagata Expressway a single contiguous expressway.[4]

The expressway is 4 lanes from Murata Junction to and 2 lanes for all other sections. The speed limit is 80 km/h for the 4-laned section and 70 km/h for the 2-laned sections.

List of interchanges and features[]

No. Name Connections Dist. from
Origin 		Dist. from
Terminus 		Bus Stop Notes Location
(26) E48 Tōhoku Expressway 0.0 83.5 Murata Miyagi
1 Japanese National Route Sign 0286.svg National Route 286
Pref. Route 14 (Watari Ōgarawa Kawasaki Route) 		10.4 73.1 Kawasaki
PA 18.2 65.3
2 Japanese National Route Sign 0286.svg National Route 286 22.3 61.2
TN ↓ ↑ Murata-bound - 3,411 m
Sakata-bound - 3,286m
Yamagata Yamagata
3 Japanese National Route Sign 0286.svg National Route 286 28.1 55.4 Sakata-bound exit, Murata-bound entrance only
4 /
 Japanese National Route Sign 0286.svg National Route 286 35.6 47.9
TN ↓ ↑ Murata-bound - 1,234 m
Sakata-bound - 1,244 m
5 Japanese National Route Sign 0013.svg National Route 13 41.9 41.6
Emergency Exit ↓ ↑ Access for Yamagata Chūō Hospital
Authorized vehicles only
6 E13 Expressway (Japan).png Tōhoku-Chūō Expressway 46.6 36.9
BR ↓ ↑ Mogami River crossing Nakayama
7 Japanese National Route Sign 0112.svg National Route 112 53.0 30.5 Sagae
7-1/SA Japanese National Route Sign 0458.svg National Route 458 55.9 27.6 ○
8 Japanese National Route Sign 0112.svg National Route 112 67.0 16.5 ○ Nishikawa
TB ↓ ↑
TN ↓ ↑ Length - 1,923 m
PA 81.3 2.2
9 Japanese National Route Sign 0112.svg National Route 112 83.5 0.0
Through to Japanese National Route Sign 0112.svgJapan road sign 325.svg National Route 112 ()
10 Japanese National Route Sign 0112.svg National Route 112 0.0 26.3 Tsuruoka Yamagata
TN ↓ ↑ Length - 1,921 m
TN ↓ ↑ Length - 1,463 m
BS 9.1 17.2 ○
11 Pref. Route 44 (Amarume Atsumi Route) 9.9 16.4
PA 13.0 13.3
12/TB Japanese National Route Sign 0007.svg National Route 7 23.8 2.5
17 Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway 26.3 0 Yamagata Expwy ←→ Atsumi: No access
Through to Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway

References[]

  1. ^ "E-NEXCO Expressway Data". Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  2. ^ "Expressway Opening Dates". Retrieved 2008-04-16.
  3. ^ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. "High Standard Trunk Road Map" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2011-09-20. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  4. ^ "E-NEXCO Opening Schedule". Retrieved 2008-04-15.

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