Hokkaidō Expressway

Hokkaidō Expressway
道央自動車道
Route information
Length:	413.6 km (257.0 mi)
Existed:	1971^[1] – present
Major junctions
From:	Mori Interchange in Mori, Hokkaidō Pref. Route 1156
To:	Shibetsu-Kenbuchi Interchange in Kenbuchi, Hokkaidō National Route 40
Location
Major cities:	Muroran, Tomakomai, Chitose, Sapporo, Fukagawa, Asahikawa
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

The Hokkaidō Expressway (道央自動車道, Dōō Jidōsha-dō^?) is a national expressway in Hokkaidō, Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.

1 Naming
2 Overview
3 History
4 List of interchanges and features
- 4.1 Southern route (Sapporo JCT - Nanae IC)
- 4.2 Northern route (Sapporo JCT - Nayoro IC)
5 References
6 External links

Naming

The expressway is named the Dōō Expressway (lit. Central Hokkaidō Expressway) in Japanese, however its official English name is the Hokkaidō Expressway. It is the only national expressway in Japan whose English name is not a direct romanization of the Japanese name.

Officially the expressway is designated as the Hokkaidō Jūkan Expressway.^[2]

Overview

The expressway connects the north of Hokkaidō with the south via the city of Sapporo. Extension of the expressway in the north towards the city of Wakkanai and in the south towards the city of Hakodate is underway; although the Hokkaidō Expressway itself is not planned to extend as far as these two cities, various expressway-standard roads (bypasses of National Route 40 to the north and National Route 5 to the south) will cover the remaining distances.

Some unfinished sections of the expressway (Shibetsu-Kenbuchi Interchange to Nayoro Interchange in the north and Ōnuma Interchange to Nanae Interchange in the south) will be constructed according to the New Direct Control System.^[3] These sections are expected to operate toll-free upon completion.

The section from Sapporo-minami Interchange through Sapporo Junction to Sapporo-nishi Interchange on the Sasson Expressway is built to an urban expressway standard and tolls are charged at a flat rate. As of March 2008 the toll on this section is 400 yen for regular passenger cars. Tolls on all other sections of the expressway are assessed according to distance travelled in the same manner as most other national expressways.^[4]

History

December 4, 1971 - Kitahiroshima Interchange - Chitose Interchange section opened.
September 19, 1972 - Kitahiroshima Interchange - Chitose Interchange section expanded to 4 lanes.
October 24, 1978 - Chitose Interchange - Tomakomai-higashi Interchange section opened.
October 29, 1979 - Sapporo-minami Interchange - Kitahiroshima Interchange section opened.
October 29, 1980 - Tomakomai-higashi Interchange - Tomakomai-nishi Interchange section opened.
November 9, 1983 - Sapporo Interchange - Iwamizawa Interchange section opened.
November 30, 1983 - Tomakomai-nishi Interchange - Shiraoi Interchange section opened.
October 18, 1985 - Shiraoi Interchange - Noboribetsu-higashi Interchange section opened.
October 25, 1985 - Sapporo Interchange - Sapporo-minami Interchange section opened.
October 9, 1986 - Noboribetsu-higashi Interchange - Noboribetsu Muroran Interchange section opened.
September 18, 1987 - Iwamizawa Interchange - Bibai Interchange section opened. Mikasa and Bibai Interchanges become the first in Japan to implement automated ticket dispensers at toll gates.
October 8, 1988 - Bibai Interchange - Takikawa Interchange section opened.
September 12, 1989 - Takikawa Interchange - Fukagawa Interchange section opened.
October 30, 1990 - Fukagawa Interchange - Asahikawa Takasu Interchange section opened (originally 2 lanes, expansion to 4 lanes completed in 2004).
April 26, 1991 - Highway Oasis opened at Sunagawa Service Area (at that time the second in Japan in first in Hokkaidō).
October 25, 1991 - Noboribetsu Muroran Interchange - Muroran Interchange section opened.
September 30, 1992 - Sapporo Junction is opened, connecting with the Sasson Expressway.
October 27, 1992 - Muroran Interchange - Date Interchange section opened.
March 30, 1994 - Date Interchange - Abuta Tōyako Interchange section opened.
October 22, 1997 - Abuta Tōyako Interchange - Oshamanbe Interchange section opened.
March 23, 1998 - Connection with the Hidaka Expressway is completed at Tomakomai-higashi Interchange.
April 11, 1998 - Fukagawa Junction is opened, connecting with the Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway.
October 7, 1999 - Chitose-Eniwa Junction is opened, connecting with the Dōtō Expressway.
November, 1999 - Chitose-bound exit opened at Sapporo-minami Interchange.
March 29, 2000 - Date Interchange - Toyoura Interchange section closed due to risk of eruption from nearby Mount Usu.
July 13, 2000 - Temporary Abuta Tōyako Interchange opened, allowing access to Toyoura Interchange.
October 4, 2000 - Asahikawa Takasu Interchange - Wassamu Interchange section opened.
February 9, 2001 - Date Interchange - Toyoura Interchange section reopened.
June 30, 2001 - Temporary Abuta Tōyako Interchange closed due to full reopening of expressway.
September 10, 2001 - Asahikawa-bound entrance opened at Sapporo-minami Interchange.
October 17, 2001 - Fukagawa Interchange - Otoe Parking Area section expanded to 4 lanes.
November 19, 2001 - Oshamanbe Interchange - Kunnui Interchange section opened.
September 30, 2003 - Otoe Parking Area - Asahikawa Takasu Interchange section expanded to 4 lanes.
October 4, 2003 - Wassamu Interchange - Shibetsu-Kenbuchi Interchange section opened.
March 27, 2004 - Pippu Junction is opened, connecting with the Asahikawa-Monbetsu Expressway.
November 18, 2006 - Kunnui Interchange - Yakumo Interchange section opened.
December 21, 2007 - Abuta Tōyako Interchange is moved to a new location to meet the rebuilt National Route 230.
October 10, 2009 - Yakumo Interchange - Otoshibe Interchange section opened.
November 26, 2011 - Otoshibe Interchange - Mori Interchange section opened.

List of interchanges and features

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

Southern route (Sapporo JCT - Nanae IC)

No.	Name	Connections	Dist. from Sapporo JCT	Bus Stop	Notes	Location (all in Hokkaidō)
1-1	Sapporo JCT	Northern Route Sasson Expressway	0.0			Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo
1	Kitagō IC	National Route 274 (Sapporo Shindō)	1.6		Asahikawa-bound exit, Tomakomai-bound entrance only
2	Ōyachi IC	National Route 274 (Sapporo Shindō)	3.6		Tomakomai-bound exit, Asahikawa-bound entrance only
2-1 TB	Sapporo-minami IC/TB	Sapporo Shindō	7.4			Kiyota-ku, Sapporo
3	Kitahiroshima IC	National Route 36	11.9			Kitahiroshima
3-1 PA	Wattsu PA/SIC	City Route (Hiroshima Wattsu Route)	16.0	O		Kitahiroshima
BS	Kita-Eniwa Bus Stop		22.1	O		Eniwa
4	Eniwa IC/BS	Pref. Route 117 (Eniwadake Kōen Route)	25.8	O		Eniwa
4-1	Chitose-Eniwa JCT	Dōtō Expressway	29.8			Chitose
5	Chitose IC	Pref. Route 77 (Chitose Inter Route)	34.8
<5-1>	New Chitose Airport IC	Pref. Route 1091 (Izumisawa Shinchitose Kūkō Route)			Planned
PA	Misawa PA		41.4			Tomakomai
6	Tomakomai-higashi IC/ JCT	Hidaka Expressway Pref. Route 91 (Tomakomai-higashi Inter Route)	46.7
BS	Takaoka Bus Stop		55.2	O
<6-1>	Tomakomai-chūō IC	National Route 276			Planned
7	Tomakomai-nishi IC	Pref. Route 141 (Tarumae Nishikioka Route)	64.3
SA	Tarumae SA		67.4
8	Shiraoi IC	Pref. Route 86 (Shiraoi Ōtaki Route)	80.1			Shiraoi
PA	Hagino PA		84.9
BS	Takeura Bus Stop		89.7	O
9	Noboribetsu-higashi IC	Pref. Route 2 (Tōyako Noboribetsu Route)	98.7			Noboribetsu
PA	Tomiura PA		101.7
10	Noboribetsu Muroran IC	National Route 36 Pref. Route 144 (Noboribetsu Muroran Inter Route)	110.1
PA	Moto-Wanishi PA		118.2		Hakodate-bound only	Muroran
11	Muroran IC	Pref. Route 107 (Muroran Kanjō Route) Pref. Route 127 (Muroran Inter Route)	119.7			Muroran
SA	Usuzan SA		130.2			Date
12	Date IC	Pref. Route 145 (Date Inter Route) Pref. Route 519 (Takinomachi Date Route)	132.6			Date
-	Higashiusu Emergency Exit				Authorized vehicles only	Tōyako
-	Kitausu Emergency Exit				Authorized vehicles only
13	Abuta Tōyako IC	National Route 230	146.2
PA	Toyoura-Funkawan PA		154.3		Highway Oasis	Toyoura
14	Toyoura IC	National Route 37	159.4			Toyoura
14-1	Kuromatsunai JCT	Kuromatsunai Road	177.6			Kuromatsunai
PA	Shizukari PA		187.9			Oshamanbe
15	Oshamanbe IC	National Route 5	193.2
16	Kunnui IC	National Route 230	204.3
<PA>	Kunnui PA				Planned
17	Yakumo IC	National Route 277	226.0			Yakumo
PA	Yakumo PA		234.4		Highway Oasis
18	Otoshibe IC	Pref. Route 1155 (Otoshibe Inter Route)	242.0
19	Mori IC	Pref. Route 1156 (Mori Inter Route)	262.2			Mori
<PA>	Komagatake PA				Opens in 2012
<TB>	Ōnuma Kōen Toll Gate				Opens in 2012
<20>	Ōnuma Kōen IC	Pref. Route 149 (Ōnuma Inter Route)	271.9		Opens in 2012
<21>	Nanae IC	National Route 5			Planned	Nanae
Through to Hakodate Shindō

Northern route (Sapporo JCT - Nayoro IC)

No.	Name	Connections	Dist. from Sapporo JCT	Bus Stop	Notes	Location
1-1	Sapporo JCT	Sasson Expressway Southern Route	0.0			Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo
1	Sapporo IC/TB	National Route 274 (Sapporo Shindō)	0.5		Asahikawa-bound entrance, Tomakomai-bound exit only	Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo
2	Ebetsu-nishi IC	Pref. Route 110 (Ebetsu Inter Route)	7.1			Ebetsu
PA	Nopporo PA		10.3	O
3	Ebetsu-higashi IC	National Route 337	16.7
BS	Kurisawa Bus Stop		24.3	O		Iwamizawa
4	Iwamizawa IC	National Route 234	32.4
SA	Iwamizawa SA/ Higashiyama Bus Stop		36.1	O
5	Mikasa IC	Pref. Route 116 (Iwamizawa Mikasa Route)	42.3			Mikasa
6	Bibai IC	Pref. Route 135 (Bibai Furano Route)	53.6			Bibai
PA	Chashinai PA		59.0	O		Bibai
7	Naie Sunagawa IC	Pref. Route 114 (Akabira Naie Route)	67.2			Naie
BS	Sunagawa Yoshino Bus Stop		71.1	O		Sunagawa
SA	Sunagawa SA/ Sunagawa Ishiyama Bus Stop		76.1	O	Highway Oasis	Sunagawa
8	Takikawa IC	National Route 38	81.2			Takikawa
BS	Ebeotsu Bus Stop		86.6	O		Takikawa
8-1	Fukagawa JCT	Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway	94.0			Fukagawa
9	Fukagawa IC	Pref. Route 79 (Fukagawa Toyosato Route)	99.1
PA	Otoe PA		104.9
BS	Osamunai Bus Stop		109.1	O
10	Asahikawa Takasu IC	Pref. Route 146 (Asahikawa Takasu Inter Route) Pref. Route 1125 (Arashiyama Kōen Route)	125.8			Takasu
11	Asahikawa-kita IC	Pref. Route 37 (Takasu Higashikagura Route)	134.3			Asahikawa
PA	Pippu-Taisetsu PA		141.6			Pippu
11-1	Pippu JCT	Asahikawa-Monbetsu Expressway	145.0			Pippu
12	Wassamu IC	National Route 40	155.6			Wassamu
<PA>	Kenbuchi PA				Opens in 2020	Kenbuchi
TB	Kenbuchi Toll Gate		171.6
13	Shibetsu-Kenbuchi IC	National Route 40	171.6
<14>	Tayoro IC	Pref. Route 888 (Tōyō Tayoro Route)			Opens in 2015	Shibetsu
-	Nayoro IC					Nayoro
Through to Nayoro Bypass

References

^ "History of Kitahiroshima City". Archived from the original on 2008-03-15. http://web.archive.org/web/20080315182654/http://www.city.kitahiroshima.hokkaido.jp/pro/city/history.html. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
^ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. "High Standard Trunk Road Map" (pdf). http://www.mlit.go.jp/road/ir/ir-yosan/h20/s07.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
^ "E-NEXCO Opening Schedule". http://www.e-nexco.co.jp/open_schedule/hokkaido/. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
^ "E-NEXCO Drive Plaza Route Search". http://www.driveplaza.com/dp/SearchTop#search_map. Retrieved 2008-04-15.

External links

(Japanese) East Nippon Expressway Company

East Nippon Expressway Company

National Expressways	Akita Aomori Ban-etsu Dōtō Hachinohe Higashi-Kantō Hokkaidō Hokuriku Jōban Jōshin-etsu Kamaishi Kan-Etsu Kita-Kantō Nagano Nihonkai-Tōhoku Sasson Shin-Kūkō Tateyama Tōhoku Tōhoku-Chūō Tokyo Gaikan Yamagata

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Expressways of Japan

East Nippon Expressway Company	Akita • Aomori • Ban-etsu • Dōtō • Hachinohe • Higashi-Kantō • Hokkaidō • Hokuriku • Jōban • Jōshin-etsu • Kamaishi • Kan-Etsu • Ken-Ō • Kita-Kantō • Nagano • Nihonkai-Tōhoku • Sasson • Shin-Kūkō • Tateyama • Tōhoku • Tōhoku-Chūō • Tokyo Gaikan • Yamagata

Central Nippon Expressway Company	Chūbu-Ōdan • Chūō • Higashi-Meihan • Hokuriku • Ise • Isewangan • Ken-Ō • Kisei • Meishin • Nagano • Shin-Meishin • Tōkai-Hokuriku • Tōmei

West Nippon Expressway Company	Chūgoku • Hamada • Hanwa • Harima • Higashikyūshū • Hiroshima • Kanmonkyo Bridge • Kansai-Kūkō • Kōchi • Kyūshū • Maizuru-Wakasa • Matsue • Matsuyama • Meishin • Miyazaki • Nagasaki • Nishi-Meihan • Ōita • Okayama • Okinawa • Onomichi • San-in • Sanyō • Shin-Meishin • Takamatsu • Tokushima • Yonago

Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company	Kobe-Awaji-Naruto • Nishiseto • Seto-Chūō

Urban Expressways	Fukuoka • Hanshin • Hiroshima • Kitakyūshū • Nagoya • Shuto • Tokyo