Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway
Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway | |
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舞鶴若狭自動車道 | |
Route information | |
Length: | 161.8 km (100.5 mi) |
Existed: | 1987 – present |
Major junctions | |
From: |
Yokawa Junction in Miki, Hyōgo Chūgoku Expressway |
To: |
Tsuruga Junction in Tsuruga, Fukui Hokuriku Expressway |
Location | |
Major cities: | Sanda, Sasayama, Fukuchiyama, Maizuru, Obama |
Highway system | |
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan |
The Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway (舞鶴若狭自動車道 Maizuru-Wakasa Jidōsha-dō) is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by West Nippon Expressway Company.
Overview
Officially the expressway is referred to as the Kinki Expressway Tsuruga Route. This designation consists of the entire Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway as well as the Chūgoku Expressway beyond Yokawa Junction to Suita Junction.
The route of the expressway connects the coastline of the Japan Sea and the greater Osaka urban area by traversing the mountainous interior of the Kinki region.
The first section of the expressway was opened to traffic in 1987 and the entire route was completed in 2014.
Using the expressway to travel between the Chūgoku Expressway, Sanyō Expressway and Hokuriku Expressway is shorter and cheaper than using expressways that traverse a route via the greater Osaka urban area.
The expressway is 4 lanes from Yokawa Junction to Fukuchiyama Interchange and Ayabe Interchange to Ayabe Parking Area and the remainder is 2 lanes. Construction to expand the route to 4 lanes is currently underway on the section between Fukuchiyama Interchange and Ayabe Interchange and Ayabe Parking Area and Maizuru-Nishi Interchange. The speed limit is 80 km/h on 4-laned sections and 70 km/h on 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
No. | Name | Connections | Dist. from Origin |
Bus Stop | Notes | Location | |
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6 | Yokawa JCT | Chūgoku Expressway | 0.0 | Miki | Hyōgo | ||
- | Kami-Arakawa PA | 1.5 | ◆ | ||||
1 | Sanda-nishi IC | Pref. Route 92 (Sanda-nishi Inter Route) | 4.3 | ◆ | Sanda | ||
- | Ōkawase Bus Stop | ◆ | |||||
- | Furumori Bus Stop | ◆ | Sasayama | ||||
2 | Tannan-Sasayamaguchi IC | Pref. Route 94 (Tannan-Sasayamaguchi Inter Route) | 22.5 | ◆ | |||
- | Nishiki SA | 25.6 | ◆ | ||||
- | Nakayama Bus Stop | ◆ | Tamba | ||||
3 | Kasuga IC/JCT | Kita-Kinki Toyooka Expressway National Route 175 |
36.5 | ○ | |||
- | Ichijima Bus Stop | ◆ | |||||
- | Mutsube PA | 49.8 49.9 |
◆ | For Yokawa, Toyooka for Kyoto, Tsuruga |
Fukuchiyama | Kyoto | |
4 | Fukuchiyama IC | National Route 9 | 53.5 | △ | |||
5 | Ayabe IC | Pref. Route 77 (Ayabe Inter Route) | 63.9 | Ayabe | |||
6 | Ayabe JCT | Kyoto Jūkan Expressway | 68.2 | ||||
- | Ayabe PA | 70.7 | |||||
7 | Maizuru-nishi IC | National Route 27 Pref. Route 27 (Ikeuchi Kyōda Route) |
76.3 | Maizuru | |||
8 | Maizuru-higashi IC | Pref. Route 28 (Ogura Nishi-Maizuru Route) | 87.0 | ||||
- | Maizuru PA | 89.8 | |||||
9 | Ōi-Takahama IC | Pref. Route 16 (Sakamoto Takahama Route) | 100.0 | Ōi | Fukui | ||
10 | Obama-nishi IC | National Route 27 | 111.5 | Obama | |||
- | Kato PA | 112.8 | |||||
11 | Obama IC | Pref. Route 24 (Obama Kaminaka Route) Pref. Route 267 (Obama Inter Route) |
122.8 | ||||
12 | Wakasa-Kaminaka IC | Pref. Route 22 (Kaminaka Tagarasu Route) | 132.4 | Wakasa | |||
- | Mikatagoko PA/SIC | 139.4 | SIC opening in 2017 | ||||
13 | Wakasa-Mikata IC | National Route 27 | 141.6 | ||||
14 | Wakasa-Mihama IC | National Route 27 (Mihama-higashi Bypass) |
148.8 | Mihama | |||
- | Tsuruga-minami SIC | 155.1 | SIC opening in 2016 | Tsuruga | |||
3-1 | Tsuruga JCT | Hokuriku Expressway | 161.8 | ||||
External links
- (Japanese) West Nippon Expressway Company
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