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Tottori Expressway

{{Short description|Road in Japan}}

{{Infobox road

|country=JPN

|type=Expressway

|maint=Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

|route=Tottori

|alternate_name=File:JP Expressway E29.svg {{Nihongo2|鳥取自動車道}}

|map = {{Highway system OSM map

| highway_system_qid = Q5228578

| frame-lat = 35.284

| frame-long = 134.3

| frame-width = 300

| frame-height = 300

| zoom = 9

| length =

| plain = yes

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|map_custom = yes

|length_km= 62.3

|length_ref=

|allocation ={{jct|country=JPN|Route|373}}

|established= 1981

|terminus_a=Sayō Junction in Sayō, Hyōgo
{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E2A|dab1=C}}

|cities= Mimasaka

|terminus_b= Tottori Interchange in Tottori
{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E9|dab1=S}}

}}

The {{nihongo|Tottori Expressway|鳥取自動車道|Tottori Jidōsha-dō}} is an expressway connecting Sayō in Hyōgo Prefecture and Tottori, the capital and largest city in Tottori Prefecture. It is owned and operated partly by the West Nippon Expressway Company and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The expressway is signed as an auxiliary route of National Route 373 as well as E29 under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."{{cite web|url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/road/sign/numbering/en/list/index.html|title=Japan's Expressway Numbering System|website=www.mlit.go.jp}}

Naming

The expressway is officially referred to as the Chūgoku-Ōdan Expressway Himeji Tottori Route. The Chūgoku-Ōdan Expressway Himeji Tottori Route is the official designation for the Sanyō Expressway between Sanyō Himeji-Nishi Interchange and Harima Junction, the Harima Expressway between Harima Junction and Yamazaki Junction, the Chūgoku Expressway between Yamazaki Junction and Sayō Junction, and the Tottori Expressway between Sayō Junction and Tottori Interchange (concurrent with the Chūgoku-Ōdan Expressway Himeji Tottori Route).

Route description

From Sayo Junction to Sayo Toll Gate the expressway is maintained and tolled by the West Nippon Expressway Company. The rest of the expressway is able to be driven without any fees. That section of the expressway is maintained by the Chūgoku branch of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

The entire expressway has only one lane in each direction, except for the section between Sayō Junction and Sayō Toll Gate.

History

The first section of the Tottori Expressway to open was the {{convert|2.5|km|mi}} Shidosaka Tunnel section between Sakane Junction in Nishiawakura and Chizu in 1981. The final section of the expressway (8.8 km between Ōhara Interchange and Nishi-Awakura Interchange) was opened on March 23, 2013.

List of interchanges and features

{{RJL|date=November 2021}}

table class="wikitable"
style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|No.

!style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Name

!style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Connections

!style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Dist. from
Origin

!style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Bus Stop

!style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Notes

!colspan="2" style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Location

style="background:#bfb;"|(10-1)

|Sayō JCT

|File:JP Expressway E2A.svg Chūgoku Expressway

|style="text-align:right;"|0.0

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

|rowspan="4" style="width:1em;"|Sayō

|rowspan="4" style="width:1em;"|Hyōgo

style="background:#bfb;"|TB

|Sayō TB

|

|style="text-align:right;"|1.0

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|BS

|Sayō-Hirafuku BS

|

|style="text-align:right;"|3.6

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|1

|Sayō-Hirafuku IC

|20px National Route 373

|style="text-align:right;"|3.7

|style="text-align:center;"|

|southbound exit, northbound entrance

style="background-color:#BFB;"|2

|Ōhara IC

|20px National Route 429

|style="text-align:right;"|10.9

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

|Mimasaka

|rowspan="7" style="width:1em;"|Okayama

style="background:#bfb;"|BS

|Nishi-Awakura BS

|

|style="text-align:right;"|18.3

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

|rowspan="6" style="width:1em;"|Nishiawakura

style="background-color:#BFB;"|

|

|

|style="text-align:right;"|19.0

|style="text-align:center;"|

|Beginning of concurrency with Shidosaka Pass Road.

style="background-color:#BFB;"|3

|Nishi-Awakura IC

|20px National Route 373

|style="text-align:right;"|19.7

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|3-1

|Sakane Intersection

|20px National Route 373

|style="text-align:right;"|22.9

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|2.5 km gap in the expressway, connection is made by 20px National Route 373
rowspan="2" style="background-color:#BFB;"|TN

|rowspan="2"|Shidosaka Tunnel

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|

|rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|Length - {{convert|1,630|m|ft|abbr=on}}

rowspan="5"|Chizu

|rowspan="10" style="width:1em;"|Tottori

style="background-color:#BFB;"|3-1

|Komagaeri Intersection

|20px National Route 373

|style="text-align:right;"|25.4

|style="text-align:center;"|

|North end of concurrency with Shidosaka Pass Road.

style="background:#bfb;"|PA

|Fukuhara PA

|

|style="text-align:right;"|27.8

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|PA:Southbound entrance only

style="background-color:#BFB;"|4

|Chizu-Minami IC

|20px National Route 373

|style="text-align:right;"|29.3

|style="text-align:center;"|

|northbound exit, southbound entrance

style="background-color:#BFB;"|5

|Chizu IC

|20px National Route 53
20px National Route 373

|style="text-align:right;"|37.6

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background:#bfb;"|6

|Mochigase IC/PA

|Tottori Prefectural Route 49

|style="text-align:right;"|48.1

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

|rowspan="5" style="width:1em;"|Tottori

style="background-color:#BFB;"|7

|Kawahara IC/PA

|20px National Route 53
20px National Route 373
Tottori Prefectural Route 324

|style="text-align:right;"|52.6

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|PA:Northbound entrance only

style="background-color:#BFB;" rowspan=2|8

| rowspan=2|Tottori-Minami IC

| rowspan=2|20px National Route 53
20px National Route 373

|style="text-align:right;" |55.7

|rowspan=2|

|northbound exit, southbound entrance

style="text-align:right;" |57.2

|southbound exit, northbound entrance

style="background:#bfb;"|(9)

|Tottori JCT

|File:JP Expressway E9.svg San'in Kinki Expressway
20px National Route 9 (Bypass)

|style="text-align:right;"|62.3

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

colspan=8 style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|File:JP Expressway E9.svg Through to San-in Expressway

References

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External links

  • {{in lang|ja}} [https://www.w-nexco.co.jp/ West Nippon Expressway Company]

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{{West Nippon Expressway Company}}

{{Expressways of Japan}}

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Category:Expressways in Japan

Category:Roads in Hyōgo Prefecture

Category:Roads in Okayama Prefecture

Category:Roads in Tottori Prefecture

Category:1981 establishments in Japan

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