Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway

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. It is signed as E27 under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[1]

Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway sign
Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway
E27 舞鶴若狭自動車道
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Route information
Length161.8 km (100.5 mi)
Existed1987–present
Major junctions
FromYokawa Junction
Chūgoku Expressway in Miki, Hyōgo
ToTsuruga Junction
Hokuriku Expressway in Tsuruga, Fukui
Location
CountryJapan
Major citiesSanda, Sasayama, Fukuchiyama, Maizuru, Obama
Highway system

Route description

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Officially the expressway is referred to as the Kinki Expressway Tsuruga Route. This designation applies to the 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.

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.

History

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The first section of the expressway was opened to traffic in 1987 and the entire route was completed in 2014.

List of interchanges and features

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No. Name Connections Dist. from
Origin
Bus Stop Notes Location
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    National Route 175 / Kitakinki-Toyooka Expressway 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
12-1 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
15-1 Tsuruga-minami SIC Pref. Route 211 (Yama Kushibayashi Route) 155.1 SIC opening in 2016 Tsuruga
3-1 Tsuruga JCT   Hokuriku Expressway 161.8

References

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  1. ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.
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