Expressway in Miyagi and Yamagata Prefectures, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Yamagata Expressway | |
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Route information | |
Length | 136.6 km[1] (84.9 mi) |
Existed | 1981[2]–present |
Major junctions | |
From | Murata Junction in Murata, Miyagi Tōhoku Expressway |
To | Sakata-Minato Interchange in Sakata, Yamagata Nihonkai Engan Tōhoku Expressway Yamagata Prefectural Route 59 |
Location | |
Country | Japan |
Major cities | Yamagata, Sagae, Tsuruoka |
Highway system | |
The expressway is officially referred to as the Tōhoku Ōdan Expressway Sakata Route. From Tsuruoka Junction to Sakata-Minato Interchange the expressway is concurrent with the Nihonkai Engan Tōhoku Expressway, which is planned to extend further north to Akita Prefecture and Aomori Prefecture.[3]
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 Gassan Interchange and Yudonosan Interchange 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 Yamagata Junction 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.
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No. | Name | Connections | Dist. from Origin |
Dist. from Terminus |
Bus Stop | Notes | Location | |
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(26) | Murata JCT | ![]() ![]() |
0.0 | 83.5 | Murata | Miyagi | ||
1 | Miyagikawasaki IC | ![]() Pref. Route 14 (Watari Ōgarawa Kawasaki Route) |
10.4 | 73.1 | Kawasaki | |||
PA | Furuseki PA | 18.2 | 65.3 | |||||
2 | Sasaya IC | ![]() |
22.3 | 61.2 | ||||
TN | Sasaya Tunnel | ↓ | ↑ | Murata-bound - 3,411 m Sakata-bound - 3,286m | ||||
Yamagata | Yamagata | |||||||
3 | Sekizawa IC | ![]() |
28.1 | 55.4 | Sakata-bound exit, Murata-bound entrance only | |||
4 | Yamagatazaō IC/ PA |
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35.6 | 47.9 | ||||
TN | Sakazukiyama Tunnel | ↓ | ↑ | Murata-bound - 1,234 m Sakata-bound - 1,244 m | ||||
5 | Yamagata-kita IC | ![]() |
41.9 | 41.6 | ||||
Emergency Exit | ↓ | ↑ | Access for Yamagata Chūō Hospital Authorized vehicles only | |||||
6 | Yamagata JCT | ![]() |
46.6 | 36.9 | ||||
BR | Mogamigawa Bridge | ↓ | ↑ | Mogami River crossing | Nakayama | |||
7 | Sagae IC | ![]() |
53.0 | 30.5 | Sagae | |||
7-1/SA | Sagae SA/ SIC |
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55.9 | 27.6 | ○ | |||
8 | Nishikawa IC | ![]() |
67.0 | 16.5 | ○ | Nishikawa | ||
TB | Nishikawa Toll Gate | ↓ | ↑ | |||||
TN | Kazeakesan Tunnel | ↓ | ↑ | Length - 1,923 m | ||||
PA | Gassanko PA | 81.3 | 2.2 | |||||
9 | Gassan IC | ![]() |
83.5 | 0.0 | ||||
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10 | Yudonosan IC | ![]() |
0.0 | 26.3 | Tsuruoka | Yamagata | ||
TN | Tamugimata Tunnel | ↓ | ↑ | Length - 1,921 m | ||||
TN | Miguriya Tunnel | ↓ | ↑ | Length - 1,463 m | ||||
BS | Shōnai-Asahi Bus Stop | 9.1 | 17.2 | ○ | ||||
11 | Shōnai-Asahi IC | Pref. Route 44 (Amarume Atsumi Route) | 9.9 | 16.4 | ||||
PA | Kushibiki PA | 13.0 | 13.3 | |||||
12/TB | Tsuruoka IC/ TB |
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23.8 | 2.5 | ||||
17 | Tsuruoka JCT | ![]() |
26.3 | 0 | Yamagata Expwy ←→ Atsumi: No access | |||
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