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]
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 深川留萌自動車道 | |
 The Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway highlighted in red | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by East Nippon Expressway Company/Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | |
| Length | 49.0 km[1] (30.4 mi) |
| Existed | 1998–present |
| Component highways |  National Route 233 |
| Major junctions | |
| East end |  Dō-Ō Expressway in Fukagawa, Hokkaido |
| West end |  National Route 232 in Rumoi, Hokkaido |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Highway system | |
History
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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
editThe entire expressway is in Hokkaido.
| Location | km[1] | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Fukagawa | 0 | 0.0 | 42/TB | Fukagawa | Dō-Ō Expressway – Asahikawa, Sapporo | Eastern terminus | |
| 4.4 | 2.7 | 1 | Fukagawa-nishi | Hokkaido Route 47 – Central Fukagawa, Moseushi | |||
| Chippubetsu | 11.6 | 7.2 | 2 | Chippubetsu | National Route 233 – Fukagawa, Chippubetsu | ||
| 13.0 | 8.1 | PA | Chippubetsu Parking Area | ||||
| Numata | 20.0 | 12.4 | 3 | Numata |  National Route 275 – Central Numata, Hokuryū | ||
| Hokuryū | 27.0 | 16.8 | 4 | Hokuryū-Himawari | National Route 233 – Hokuryū, Rumoi | ||
| Rumoi | 36.0 | 22.4 | 5 | Rumoi-Horonuka | National Route 233 – Haboro, Central Rumoi, Fukagawa, Hekisui | ||
| 44.9 | 27.9 | 6 | Rumoi-Owada | National Route 233 – Haboro, Central Rumoi, Fukagawa, Hekisui | Westbound exit, eastbound entrance | ||
| 49.0 | 30.4 | 7 | Rumoi |  National Route 232 – to National Route 231, Mashike, Haboro, Central Rumoi, Obira | Western terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Route of Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ "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.