Kushiro Sotokan Road
Kushiro Sotokan Road | |
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国道%route%号 | |
釧路外環状道路 (Kushiro-Sotokan Jōdōro) | |
Route information | |
Maintained by Kushiro | |
East end | Kushirobeppo Interchange National Route 272 in Kushiro |
Location | |
Country | Japan |
Highway system | |
The Kushiro Sotokan Road (釧路外環状道路, Kushiro-Sotokan Jōdōro) is a
Route description
The Kushiro Sotokan Road was built to reduce congestion along National Routes 38 and 44 through Kushiro and to build part of the larger Trans-Hokkaidō Expressway with plans to link it to the Dōtō Expressway.
The route has a total length of 16.8 kilometres (10.4 mi). Variable-message signs indicate the speed limit along the road, but the standard limit is 100 km/h.[2]
History
Kushiro Sotokan Road was opened in two stages. The first and largest stage was the construction of the road between Kushiro-nishi Interchange and Kushiro-higashi interchange. It was completed on 12 March 2016. The second stage extended the road east to its current eastern terminus at Kushirobeppo Interchange. This stage was completed on 9 March 2019.[3]
Junction list
The entire expressway is in
Location | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes | |
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Through to Dōtō Expressway (under construction) | |||||||
Kushiro | 258.6 | 160.7 | 18 | Kushiro-nishi | Hokkaido Route 148 | At-grade junction; western terminus | |
265.0 266.1 | 164.7 165.3 | 19 | Kushiro-chūō | Yanagibashi Avenue – Central Kushiro | |||
Kushiro (town) | 268.8 | 167.0 | 20 | Kushiro-higashi | National Route 391 to National Route 44 – Teshikaga, Shibecha | East end of E38, west end of E44 | |
275.9 | 171.4 | 21 | Kushirobeppo | National Route 272 to National Route 44 – Shibetsu, Nemuro | At-grade junction; eastern terminus | ||
Through to Trans-Hokkaidō Expressway (planned) | |||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.
- ^ MLIT (25 October 2016). "一般国道38号・44号 釧路外環状道路 再評価原案準備書説明資料 平成28年度" (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ MLIT (5 February 2019). "路外環 状道路(釧路東IC~釧路別保IC)と釧路中標津道路(一般国道272号)上別保道路 が 平成31年3月9日(土)15時に開通します!" (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 July 2019.