Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway

The Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway (Japanese: 深川留萌自動車道, Hepburn: Fukagawa Rumoi Jidōsha-dō) is a partially tolled expressway in Sorachi Subprefecture and Rumoi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. The expressway connects Rumoi on the Sea of Japan coast of Hokkaido to the Dō-Ō Expressway in the central part of the island. It is owned and operated by partially by the East Nippon Expressway Company and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). It is signed as an auxiliary route of National Route 233 as well as E62 under their "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering.[2]

Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway sign
Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway
E62 深川留萌自動車道
Map
The Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by East Nippon Expressway Company/Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Length49.0 km[1] (30.4 mi)
Existed1998–present
Component
highways
National Route 233
Major junctions
East end Dō-Ō Expressway in Fukagawa, Hokkaido
Major intersections
West end National Route 232 in Rumoi, Hokkaido
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system

History

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The Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway at Rumoi-Horonuka Interchange

The first section of the Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway to open was a 4.4-kilometer-long (2.7 mi) section between its eastern terminus at Fukagawa Junction on the Dō-Ō Expressway to Fukagawa-nishi Interchange on 11 April 1998. The expressway was completed with the extension of its route west from Rumoi-Owada Interchange to Rumoi Interchange on 28 March 2020.[3]

Junction list

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The entire expressway is in Hokkaido.

Locationkm[1]miExitNameDestinationsNotes
Fukagawa00.042/TBFukagawa  Dō-Ō Expressway – Asahikawa, SapporoEastern terminus
4.42.71Fukagawa-nishiHokkaido Route 47 – Central Fukagawa, Moseushi
Chippubetsu11.67.22Chippubetsu  National Route 233 – Fukagawa, Chippubetsu
13.08.1PAChippubetsu Parking Area
Numata20.012.43Numata  National Route 275 – Central Numata, Hokuryū
Hokuryū27.016.84Hokuryū-Himawari  National Route 233 – Hokuryū, Rumoi
Rumoi36.022.45Rumoi-Horonuka  National Route 233 – Haboro, Central Rumoi, Fukagawa, Hekisui
44.927.96Rumoi-Owada  National Route 233 – Haboro, Central Rumoi, Fukagawa, HekisuiWestbound exit, eastbound entrance
49.030.47Rumoi   National Route 232 – to National Route 231, Mashike, Haboro, Central Rumoi, ObiraWestern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ a b "Route of Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  3. ^ "深川・留萌自動車道 幌糠留萌道路(留萌る も い大和田IC~留萌IC)が 令和2年3月28日(土)15時に開通します!" [Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway Rumoi Road (Rumoi-Owada IC-Rumoi IC) will open at 3:00 pm on Saturday, 28 March 2020!] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
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