Chūbu-Jūkan Expressway

The Chūbu-Jūkan Expressway (中部縦貫自動車道, Chūbu-Jūkan Jidōsha-dō) is an incomplete national expressway in Nagano Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, and Fukui Prefecture. It is owned and operated primarily by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), but also has sections maintained and tolled by the Central Nippon Expressway Company in Nagano and Gifu. The route is signed E67 under MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[1]

Chūbu-Jūkan Expressway sign
Chūbu-Jūkan Expressway
E67 中部縦貫自動車道
Map
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Length143.9 km (89.4 mi)
Existed1987–present
Component
highways
National Route 158
Major junctions
East endNakanoyu Interchange
National Route 158 in Matsumoto
West endFukui-kita Junction
E8 Hokuriku Expressway
in Fukui
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system

Naming

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The name for the expressway, Chūbu-Jūkan, is simply descriptive of its function in the region it serves, as it crosses through (縦貫, jūkan) the Chūbu region (中部地方, Chūbu-chihō).

History

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The first section of the road was built over the Aburasaka Pass between Fukui and Gifu prefectures in 1987. Since then it has been expanded in short segments with the most recent section opening at its western terminus at the Hokuriku Expressway in the city of Fukui in 2017.[2]

Junction list

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PrefectureLocationkmmiExitNameDestinationsNotes
NaganoMatsumoto00.04Matsumoto  Nagano ExpresswayUnder construction
Gap in the expressway, connection is made by   National Route 158
00.0NakanoyuAbo Toge Road   National Route 158 – Kamikōchi, Central MatsumotoAt-grade junction, current eastern terminus of the expressway
GifuTakayama5.63.5Hirayu   National Route 158 / National Route 471 – Hida, Gero, Central TakayamaAt-grade junction
Gap in the expressway, connection is made by   National Route 158 and   National Route 41
9.55.9TakayamaTakayama-Kokufu Bypass   National Route 41 – Toyama, Hida, Gero, Central Takayama
16.09.9Takayama-nishi  National Route 158 – Shōkawa, Takayama
24.715.313Hida-Kiyomi  Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway – Gifu, ToyamaEastern end of concurrency with Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway
Concurrency with   Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway
Gujō00.010Shirotori  Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway – Gifu, ToyamaWestern end of concurrency with Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway, highway location markers reset to zero.
3.22.0Shirotori-nishiMino Highway   National Route 158 – Fukui, Ōno, Shirotori
FukuiŌno11.37.0Aburasaka-TogeMino Highway   National Route 158 –Temporary western end of to this section of the expressway
35 km gap in the expressway, connection is made by   National Route 158 and   National Route 157
46.328.8ŌnoŌno Bypass   National Route 157 – Fukui, Central Ōno, Gifu, KatsuyamaTemporary eastern end of to this section of the expressway
Katsuyama54.133.6KatsuyamaFukui Prefecture Route 260 – Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Central Katsuyama
Eiheiji62.038.5Kamishihi  National Route 416 – Fukui, Katsuyama, Ōno
67.341.8Eiheiji  National Route 364 – Fukui, Katsuyama
68.742.7Eiheiji-SandōRoad of Zen   National Route 364 – Eihei-ji, Sakai, KatsuyamaEastbound exit, westbound entrance
70.543.8Matsuoka  National Route 416 – Central Eiheiji, Fukui,   National Route 8Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
Fukui72.745.29Fukui-kita  Hokuriku Expressway – Maibara,     AH1 Meishin Expressway, Kanazawa,   Tōkai-Hokuriku ExpresswayWestern terminus of the expressway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.
  2. ^ ""E67 中部縦貫自動車道 永平寺大野道路 7月8日(土)永平寺IC〜上志比ICが開通します 〜 今回の開通により、永平寺大野道路が全線開通!" (PDF) (in Japanese). 26 May 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
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