Aomori West Bypass
{{Short description|Road in Japan}}
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|map_notes=Aomori Prefecture with the Aomori West Bypass shown in blue; other roads and expressways in red
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The Aomori West Bypass (青森西バイパス Aomori Nishi Bypass) is a major highway located entirely in the city of Aomori in northern Japan. The highway main function is to link the western part of the city to its center. Signed as National Route 7, it connects the main section of National Route 7 to the northern terminus of National Route 4, meeting at Hakko Dori in front of the prefecture office of Aomori. The route also carries National Route 101 to its northern terminus at National Route 4 as well.{{cite web |url=http://elaws.e-gov.go.jp/search/elawsSearch/elaws_search/lsg0500/detail?lawId=333CO0000000164&openerCode=1|title=Cabinet Order No. 164 of 1965 |date=1999 |website=E-gov |access-date=8 January 2018}}
Route description
File:BoundaryBetweenRoute4AndRoute7.jpg
From its western terminus at the mainline of National Route 7, the bypass makes its way east to the middle of Aomori. It first meets with a bypass of National Route 280, then it crosses under the tracks of the Hokkaido Shinkansen near Shin-Aomori Station. It is then carried by the Aomori Viaduct ({{convert|993.8|m|ft|disp=or|sp=us}}) over the Tsugaru Line; this bridge is the third-longest in Aomori Prefecture.{{#tag:ref|The longest is the {{convert|1323.7|m|ft|adj=on|sp=us}} Hachinohe Ōhashi Bridge, and the second-longest is the {{convert|1219|m|ft|adj=on|sp=us}} Aomori Bay Bridge.|group=lower-alpha}} The bypass meets the southern terminus of National Route 280 at the east end of the viaduct. It then crosses over the Ōu Main Line and Aoimori Railway Line near Aomori Station meeting its end shortly after at the northern terminus of National Route 4. National Route 4 continues along the same roadway south towards Tokyo.{{google maps |url = https://www.google.co.jp/maps/place/Aomori-Nishi+By-pass,+Aomori-shi,+Aomori-ken/@40.8338212,140.6839103,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x5f9b9f53dc56fbe9:0x2022563100fa5092!8m2!3d40.8338172!4d140.6861043?hl=en |access-date = October 19, 2017}}
Major intersections
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|km=7.8
|type=trans
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|4|Route|45|dir2=south}} – to Noheji, Towada, Morioka
|notes=Eastern terminus; highway continues as National Routes 4 and 45 and Aomori Prefecture Route 120
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{{JPNint
|km=7.6
|type=concur
|road=Aomori Prefecture Route 120 north
|notes=Southern end of Aomori Prefecture Route 120 concurrency
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{{JPNint
|km=7.4
|road=Aomori Prefecture Route 44 east (Aomori-Nonai Loop Road)
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{{JPNint
|km=6.9
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|280|dir1=north}}
|notes=
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{{JPNint
|km=6.4
|road=Aomori Prefecture Route 247 west
|notes=Interchange
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{{JPNint
|km=3.4
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|280|dir1=north|name1=Yomogita Bypass}}
|notes=
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{{JPNint
|km=2.4
|road=Aomori Prefecture Route 234
|notes=Interchange
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{{JPNint
|km=0.0
|road={{jct|country=MEX|extra=airport}} File:JP Expressway E4.svg {{jct|country=JPN|Route|7|dir1=north|name1=Aomori Belt Highway}} – to Aomori Airport, Tōhoku Expressway, Towada, Noheji, Lake Towada
|notes=Western terminus; highway continues as National Routes 7 and 101
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See also
- {{portal-inline|Japan}}
- {{portal-inline|Roads}}
Notes
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