Aomori Expressway
Aomori Expressway | |
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青森自動車道 | |
Route information | |
Length | 15.95 km[2] (9.91 mi) |
Existed | 2003[1]–present |
Major junctions | |
From | Aomori Interchange in Aomori, Aomori Tōhoku Expressway |
To | Aomori-higashi Interchange in Aomori, Aomori Michinoku Toll Road Aomori Prefectural Route 47 Aomori Prefectural Route 123 |
Location | |
Country | Japan |
Highway system | |
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The Aomori Expressway (青森自動車道, Aomori Jidōsha-dō) is a two-lane national expressway spur route in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company and is signed E4A as a direct extension and spur route of the Tōhoku Expressway.[3]
Route description
The expressway is officially referred to as the Tōhoku Jūkan Expressway Hachinohe Route.[4]
The expressway serves as an extension to the Tōhoku Expressway (which terminates at Aomori Interchange) and runs through southern areas of the city of Aomori.[5] From Aomori Interchange, it runs east, crossing under the tracks of the Tōhoku Shinkansen. Soon after the expressway meets the Aomori Belt Highway, a bypass of National Route 7, which serves for several kilometers from here as a frontage road to the expressway. Eventually, the two roads have are linked by the Aomori-chūō Interchange where tolls are collected for the entire expressway, including any tolls accrued from traveling from the Tōhoku Expressway. The expressway continues east and splits from National Route 7 before it comes to its end at Aomori-higashi Interchange near the western terminus of the Michinoku Toll Road.
The speed limit is 70 km/h for the entire route.
History
Construction on Aomori Expressway began in 1999 and it was opened to traffic on 28 September 2003. The completion of the expressway reduced travel times from the Tōhoku Expressway to Central Aomori by 11 minutes and reduced congestion along the Aomori West Bypass.[6]
Future
Though the Aomori Expressway terminates at Aomori-higashi Interchange, it is planned to eventually connect with the northern terminus of the Hachinohe Expressway in the town of Oirase via a series of toll roads.
Junction list
The entire expressway is in Aomori Prefecture. The expressway is a direct extension of the Tōhoku Expressway. Therefore, the distance and exit numbers continue from the sequence of the Tōhoku Expressway, starting at 677.26 kilometers (420.83 mi).
Location | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes | |
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Through to Tōhoku Expressway | |||||||
Aomori | 677.26 | 420.83 | 54 | Aomori | Tōhoku Expressway– Morioka, Tokyo | Access only from northbound E4 and to southbound E4. | |
683.50 | 424.71 | 55/TB | Aomori-chūō | National Route 7 (Aomori Belt Highway) | Tolls are collected here for both Aomori-higashi IC and Aomori-chūō IC | ||
688.31 | 427.70 | — | Emergency Exit | National Route 7 (Aomori Belt Highway) | Access for Aomori Chūō Hospital Authorized vehicles only | ||
693.21 | 430.74 | 56 | Aomori-higashi | Pref. Route 47 (Aomori-higashi Inter Route) Pref. Route 123 (Shimizugawa Takizawanonai Route) | At-grade junction E4A is to the right | ||
Through to Michinoku Toll Road | |||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- Japan portal
- Roads portal
References
- ^ Tohoku Regional Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. "Status of Aomori Expressway after Opening". Archived from the original on 24 January 2005. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
- ^ "E-NEXCO Expressway Data". Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
- ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.
- ^ Ministry of Land; Infrastructure and Transport. "High Standard Trunk Road Map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
- ^ "Routes covered by the Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.
- ^ 事後評価結果(平成20年度) (in Japanese)
External links
- Media related to Aomori Expressway at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Japanese) East Nippon Expressway Company
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- C3 Tokyo Gaikan
- E4 Tōhoku
- E4A Aomori
- E4A Hachinohe
- E5 Dō-Ō
- E5A Sasson
- E5A Shiribeshi
- E6 Jōban
- E7 Nihonkai-Tōhoku
- E7/E46 Akita
- E8 Hokuriku
- E13 Tōhoku-Chūō
- E14 Tateyama
- E17 Kan-etsu
- E18 Jōshin-etsu
- E19 Nagano
- E38/E61 Dōtō
- E46 Kamaishi
- E48 Yamagata
- E49 Ban-etsu
- E50 Kita-Kantō
- E51 Higashi-Kantō
- E65 Shin-Kūkō
- C4/E66 Ken-Ō Expressway
- CA Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line
- E4A Momoishi Road
- E6 Sendai-Hokubu Road
- E6 Sendai-Tōbu Road
- E13 Yuzawa-Yokote Road
- E14 Keiyō Road
- E14 Futtsu Tateyama Road
- E16 Yokohama–Yokosuka Road
- E45 Sanriku Expressway
- E48 Sendai-Nanbu Road
- E50 Higashi-Mito Road
- E62 Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway
- E63 Hidaka Expressway
- E82 Chiba-Tōgane Road
- E83 Daisan Keihin Road
- E83 Yokohama Shindō