Yamagata Expressway
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Route information | |
Length | 136.6 km[1] (84.9 mi) |
Existed | 1981[2]–present |
Major junctions | |
From | in Murata, Miyagi![]() ![]() |
To | in Sakata, Yamagata![]() Yamagata Prefectural Route 59 |
Location | |
Major cities | Yamagata, 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[]
- IC - interchange, SIC - smart interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area, BS - bus stop, TN - tunnel, BR - bridge, TB - toll gate
No. | Name | Connections | Dist. from Origin |
Dist. from Terminus |
Bus Stop | Notes | Location | |
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(26) | ![]() ![]() |
0.0 | 83.5 | Murata | Miyagi | |||
1 | ![]() Pref. Route 14 (Watari Ōgarawa Kawasaki Route) |
10.4 | 73.1 | Kawasaki | ||||
PA | 18.2 | 65.3 | ||||||
2 | ![]() |
22.3 | 61.2 | |||||
TN | ↓ | ↑ | Murata-bound - 3,411 m Sakata-bound - 3,286m | |||||
Yamagata | Yamagata | |||||||
3 | ![]() |
28.1 | 55.4 | Sakata-bound exit, Murata-bound entrance only | ||||
4 | / |
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35.6 | 47.9 | ||||
TN | ↓ | ↑ | Murata-bound - 1,234 m Sakata-bound - 1,244 m | |||||
5 | ![]() |
41.9 | 41.6 | |||||
Emergency Exit | ↓ | ↑ | Access for Yamagata Chūō Hospital Authorized vehicles only | |||||
6 | ![]() |
46.6 | 36.9 | |||||
BR | ↓ | ↑ | Mogami River crossing | Nakayama | ||||
7 | ![]() |
53.0 | 30.5 | Sagae | ||||
7-1/SA | ![]() |
55.9 | 27.6 | ○ | ||||
8 | ![]() |
67.0 | 16.5 | ○ | Nishikawa | |||
TB | ↓ | ↑ | ||||||
TN | ↓ | ↑ | Length - 1,923 m | |||||
PA | 81.3 | 2.2 | ||||||
9 | ![]() |
83.5 | 0.0 | |||||
Through to ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
10 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
23.8 | 2.5 | |||||
17 | ![]() |
26.3 | 0 | Yamagata Expwy ←→ Atsumi: No access | ||||
Through to ![]() |
References[]
- ^ "E-NEXCO Expressway Data". Retrieved 2008-04-13.
- ^ "Expressway Opening Dates". Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "E-NEXCO Opening Schedule". Retrieved 2008-04-15.
External links[]
- (in Japanese) East Nippon Expressway Company
- Expressways in Japan
- Roads in Miyagi Prefecture
- Roads in Yamagata Prefecture