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Dō-Ō Expressway

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The Dō-Ō Expressway (道央自動車道, Dōō Jidōsha-dō) is a national expressway in Hokkaido, Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.

Hokkaido Expressway sign
Hokkaido Expressway
道央自動車道, 道央道
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Route information
Length413.6 km (257.0 mi)
Existed1971[1]–present
Major junctions
FromŌnuma Kōen Interchange in Mori, Hokkaido
Hokkaido Route 149
ToShibetsu-Kenbuchi Interchange in Kenbuchi, Hokkaido
National Route 40
Location
CountryJapan
Major citiesMuroran, Tomakomai, Chitose, Sapporo, Fukagawa, Asahikawa
Highway system

Naming

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The road is named the Dō-Ō Expressway (lit. "Central Hokkaidō Expressway") in Japanese; however, it's also known as the Hokkaido Expressway.

Officially the expressway is designated as the Hakodate-Nayoro Route (函館名寄線) of the Hokkaidō Jūkan Expressway [ja].[2] The name Jūkan (縦貫, "lengthways") distinguishes it from the Trans-Hokkaido Expressway [ja], the Ōdan (横断, "transverse").

Route description

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Chitose-Eniwa Junction

The expressway connects the north of Hokkaido with the south via the city of Sapporo. Extension of the expressway in the north towards the city of Wakkanai and in the south towards the city of Hakodate is underway; although the Hokkaido Expressway itself is not planned to extend as far as these two cities, various expressway-standard roads (bypasses of National Route 40 to the north and National Route 5 to the south) will cover the remaining distances.

Some unfinished sections of the expressway (Shibetsu-Kenbuchi Interchange to Nayoro Interchange in the north and Ōnuma Interchange to Nanae Interchange in the south) will be constructed according to the New Direct Control System.[3] These sections are expected to operate toll-free upon completion.

The section from Sapporo-minami Interchange through Sapporo Junction to Sapporo-nishi Interchange on the Sasson Expressway is built to an urban expressway standard and the tolls are charged at a flat rate. As of March 2008 the toll on this section is 400 yen for regular passenger cars. Tolls on all other sections of the expressway are assessed according to distance travelled in the same manner as most other national expressways.[4]

History

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  • 4 December 1971 - Kitahiroshima Interchange - Chitose Interchange section opened.
  • 19 September 1972 - Kitahiroshima Interchange - Chitose Interchange section expanded to 4 lanes.
  • 24 October 1978 - Chitose Interchange - Tomakomai-higashi Interchange section opened.
  • 29 October 1979 - Sapporo-minami Interchange - Kitahiroshima Interchange section opened.
  • 29 October 1980 - Tomakomai-higashi Interchange - Tomakomai-nishi Interchange section opened.
  • 9 November 1983 - Sapporo Interchange - Iwamizawa Interchange section opened.
  • 30 November 1983 - Tomakomai-nishi Interchange - Shiraoi Interchange section opened.
  • 18 October 1985 - Shiraoi Interchange - Noboribetsu-higashi Interchange section opened.
  • 25 October 1985 - Sapporo Interchange - Sapporo-minami Interchange section opened.
  • 9 October 1986 - Noboribetsu-higashi Interchange - Noboribetsu Muroran Interchange section opened.
  • 18 September 1987 - Iwamizawa Interchange - Bibai Interchange section opened. Mikasa and Bibai Interchanges become the first in Japan to implement automated ticket dispensers at toll gates.
  • 8 October 1988 - Bibai Interchange - Takikawa Interchange section opened.
  • 12 September 1989 - Takikawa Interchange - Fukagawa Interchange section opened.
  • 30 October 1990 - Fukagawa Interchange - Asahikawa Takasu Interchange section opened (originally 2 lanes, expansion to 4 lanes completed in 2004).
  • 26 April 1991 - Highway Oasis opened at Sunagawa Service Area (at that time the second in Japan in first in Hokkaido).
  • 25 October 1991 - Noboribetsu Muroran Interchange - Muroran Interchange section opened.
  • 30 September 1992 - Sapporo Junction is opened, connecting with the Sasson Expressway.
  • 27 October 1992 - Muroran Interchange - Date Interchange section opened.
  • 30 March 1994 - Date Interchange - Abuta Tōyako Interchange section opened.
  • 22 October 1997 - Abuta Tōyako Interchange - Oshamanbe Interchange section opened.
  • 23 March 1998 - Connection with the Hidaka Expressway is completed at Tomakomai-higashi Interchange.
  • 11 April 1998 - Fukagawa Junction is opened, connecting with the Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway.
  • 7 October 1999 - Chitose-Eniwa Junction is opened, connecting with the Dōtō Expressway.
  • November 1999 - Chitose-bound exit opened at Sapporo-minami Interchange.
  • 29 March 29, 2000 - Date Interchange - Toyoura Interchange section closed due to risk of eruption from nearby Mount Usu.
  • 13 July 2000 - Temporary Abuta Tōyako Interchange opened, allowing access to Toyoura Interchange.
  • 4 October 2000 - Asahikawa Takasu Interchange - Wassamu Interchange section opened.
  • 9 February 2001 - Date Interchange - Toyoura Interchange section reopened.
  • 30 June 2001 - Temporary Abuta Tōyako Interchange closed due to full reopening of expressway.
  • 10 September 2001 - Asahikawa-bound entrance opened at Sapporo-minami Interchange.
  • 17 October 2001 - Fukagawa Interchange - Otoe Parking Area section expanded to 4 lanes.
  • 19 November 2001 - Oshamanbe Interchange - Kunnui Interchange section opened.
  • 30 September 2003 - Otoe Parking Area - Asahikawa Takasu Interchange section expanded to 4 lanes.
  • 4 October 2003 - Wassamu Interchange - Shibetsu-Kenbuchi Interchange section opened.
  • 27 March 2004 - Pippu Junction is opened, connecting with the Asahikawa-Monbetsu Expressway.
  • 18 November 2006 - Kunnui Interchange - Yakumo Interchange section opened.
  • 21 December 2007 - Abuta Tōyako Interchange is moved to a new location to meet the rebuilt National Route 230.
  • 10 October 2009 - Yakumo Interchange - Otoshibe Interchange section opened.
  • 26 November 2011 - Otoshibe Interchange - Mori Interchange section opened.
  • 10 November 2012 - Mori Interchange - Ōnuma Kōen Interchange section opened.
  • 3 August 2013 - New Chitose Airport Interchange opened.
  • 13 December 2020 - Tomakomai-chūō Interchange opened.

List of interchanges and features

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Southern route (Sapporo JCT - Nanae IC)

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No. Name Connections Dist. from
Sapporo Junction 		Bus stop Notes Location
(all in Hokkaido)
32 Sapporo Junction   Northern Route
  Sasson Expressway 		0.0 Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo
31 Kitagō Interchange   National Route 274 (Sapporo Shindō) 1.6 Asahikawa-bound exit, Tomakomai-bound entrance only
30 Ōyachi Interchange   National Route 274 (Sapporo Shindō) 3.6 Tomakomai-bound exit, Asahikawa-bound entrance only
29
TB 		Sapporo-minami Interchange Sapporo Shindō 7.4 Kiyota-ku, Sapporo
28 Kitahiroshima Interchange   National Route 36 11.9 Kitahiroshima
27
PA
SIC 		Wattsu Parking Area City Route (Hiroshima Wattsu Route) 16.0 O
BS Kita-Eniwa Bus Stop Paused Eniwa
26 Eniwa Interchange Pref. Route 117 (Eniwadake Kōen Route) 25.8 O
25 Chitose-Eniwa Junction   Dōtō Expressway 29.8 Chitose
24 Chitose Interchange Pref. Route 77 (Chitose Inter Route) 34.8
23 New Chitose Airport Interchange Pref. Route 1175 (New Chitose Airport Inter Route) 38.8
PA Misawa Parking Area 41.4 Tomakomai
22 Tomakomai-higashi Interchange/
Tomakomai-higashi Junction 		   Hidaka Expressway
Pref. Route 91 (Tomakomai-higashi Inter Route) 		46.7
BS Takaoka Bus Stop Abolished
21 Tomakomai-chūō Interchange Pref. Route 1179 (Tomakomai-chūō Inter Route) 56.2
20 Tomakomai-nishi Interchange Pref. Route 141 (Tarumae Nishikioka Route) 64.3
SA Tarumae Service Area 67.4
19 Shiraoi Interchange Pref. Route 86 (Shiraoi Ōtaki Route) 80.1 Shiraoi
PA Hagino Parking Area 84.9
BS Takeura Bus Stop 89.7 O
18 Noboribetsu-higashi Interchange Pref. Route 2 (Tōyako Noboribetsu Route) 98.7 Noboribetsu
PA Tomiura Parking Area 101.7
17 Noboribetsu Muroran Interchange   National Route 36
Pref. Route 144 (Noboribetsu Muroran Inter Route) 		110.1
PA Moto-Wanishi Parking Area 118.2 Hakodate-bound only Muroran
16 Muroran Interchange Pref. Route 107 (Muroran Kanjō Route)
Pref. Route 127 (Muroran Inter Route) 		119.7
SA Usuzan Service Area 130.2 Date
15 Date Interchange Pref. Route 145 (Date Inter Route)
Pref. Route 519 (Takinomachi Date Route) 		132.6
- Higashiusu Emergency Exit Authorized vehicles only Tōyako
- Kitausu Emergency Exit Authorized vehicles only
14 Abuta Tōyako Interchange   National Route 230 146.2
PA Toyoura-Funkawan Parking Area 154.3 Highway Oasis Toyoura
13 Toyoura Interchange   National Route 37 159.4
12 Kuromatsunai Junction   Kuromatsunai Shindō west 177.6 Kuromatsunai
PA Shizukari Parking Area 187.9 Oshamanbe
11 Oshamanbe Interchange   National Route 5 193.2
10 Kunnui Interchange   National Route 230 204.3
<PA> Kunnui Parking Area Planned
9 Yakumo Interchange   National Route 277 226.0 Yakumo
PA Yakumo Parking Area 234.4 Highway Oasis
8 Otoshibe Interchange Pref. Route 1155 (Otoshibe Inter Route) 242.0
7 Mori Interchange Pref. Route 1156 (Mori Inter Route) 262.2 Mori
<TB> Ōnuma Kōen Toll Gate
6 Ōnuma Kōen Interchange Pref. Route 149 (Ōnuma Kōen Inter Route)
Pref. Route 843 (Shukunobe Hoyōkichi Route) 		271.9
<5> Nanae Interchange   National Route 5 Planned Nanae
Through to    Hakodate Shindō

Northern route (Sapporo JCT - Nayoro IC)

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No. Name Connections Dist. from
Sapporo Junction 		Bus stop Notes Location
32 Sapporo Junction   Sasson Expressway
  Southern Route 		0.0 Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo
33 Sapporo Interchange   National Route 274 (Sapporo Shindō) 0.5 Asahikawa-bound entrance, Tomakomai-bound exit only
34 Ebetsu-nishi Interchange Pref. Route 110 (Ebetsu Inter Route) 7.1 Ebetsu
PA Nopporo Parking Area 10.3 O
35 Ebetsu-higashi Interchange   National Route 337 16.7
BS Kurisawa Bus Stop 24.3 O Iwamizawa
36 Iwamizawa Interchange   National Route 234 32.4
SA Iwamizawa Service Area/
Higashiyama Bus Stop 		36.1 O
37 Mikasa Interchange Pref. Route 116 (Iwamizawa Mikasa Route) 42.3 Mikasa
38 Bibai Interchange Pref. Route 135 (Bibai Furano Route) 53.6 Bibai
PA Chashinai Parking Area 59.0 O
39 Naie Sunagawa Interchange Pref. Route 114 (Akabira Naie Route) 67.2 Naie
BS Sunagawa Yoshino Bus Stop 71.1 O Sunagawa
40
SA
SIC 		Sunagawa Service Area/
Sunagawa Ishiyama Bus Stop 		76.1 O Highway Oasis
41 Takikawa Interchange   National Route 38 81.2 Takikawa
BS Ebeotsu Bus Stop 86.6 O
42 Fukagawa Junction    Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway 94.0 Fukagawa
43 Fukagawa Interchange Pref. Route 79 (Fukagawa Toyosato Route) 99.1
PA Otoe Parking Area 104.9
BS Osamunai Bus Stop 109.1 O
44 Asahikawa Takasu Interchange Pref. Route 146 (Asahikawa Takasu Inter Route)
Pref. Route 1125 (Arashiyama Kōen Route) 		125.8 Takasu
45 Asahikawa-kita Interchange Pref. Route 1150 (Asahikawa-kita Inter Route) 134.3 Asahikawa
PA Pippu-Taisetsu Parking Area 141.6 Pippu
46 Pippu Junction    Asahikawa-Monbetsu Expressway 145.0
47 Wassamu Interchange   National Route 40 155.6 Wassamu
<PA> Kenbuchi Parking Area Opens in 2020 Kenbuchi
TB Kenbuchi Toll Gate 171.6
48 Shibetsu-Kenbuchi Interchange Pref. Route 1161 (Shibetsu-Kenbuchi Inter Route)
<49> Tayoro Interchange Pref. Route 888 (Tōyō Tayoro Route) Shibetsu
<50> Nayoro Interchange Nayoro
Through to    Nayoro Bypass

References

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  1. ^ "History of Kitahiroshima City". Archived from the original on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  2. ^ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. "High Standard Trunk Road Map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
  3. ^ "E-NEXCO Opening Schedule". Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  4. ^ "E-NEXCO Drive Plaza Route Search". Retrieved 15 April 2008.
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