The Yuzawa-Yokote Road (湯沢横手道路 Yuzawa-Yokote Dōro) is a two-lane partially-tolled road in Akita Prefecture connecting the cities Yuzawa and Yokote while bypassing the original routing of Japan National Route 13. The road is jointly managed by the East Nippon Expressway Company and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). It is numbered E13 under the MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[1]
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 湯沢横手道路 (Yuzawa-Yokote Dōro) | |
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| Maintained by East Nippon Expressway Company and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | |
| Length | 29.0 km (18.0 mi) |
| Existed | July 1991–present |
| Component highways |  National Route 13 |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Ogachikomachi Interchange National Route 13 in Yuzawa |
| North end | Yokote Interchange Akita Expressway in Yokote |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Highway system | |
Route description
editThe total length of Yuzawa-Yokote Road is 29.0 kilometres (18.0 mi). Distance markers on the road are derived from the distance markers of Route 13 rather than starting at zero at the origin of the road, so the beginning of the route at Route 13 in Yuzawa has a marker for 182.0 kilometres (113.1 mi) rather than 0.
History
editThe first section of Yuzawa-Yokote Road opened in July 1991. The entire road was opened to traffic on 26 August 2007.[2]
List of major junctions
editThe entire route is in Akita Prefecture. Yuzawa-Yokote Road is a direct extension of National Route 13. Therefore, the distance markers continue from the sequence of Route 13, starting at 182.0 kilometres (113.1 mi).
| Location | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Yuzawa | 182.6 | 113.5 | – | Ogachikomachi | National Route 13 – to  National Route 108, Shinjo, Yamagata | Southern terminus; at-grade intersection | |
| 186.2 | 115.7 | – | Sukawa | Akita Prefecture Route 51 | |||
| 191.7 | 119.1 | — | Mitsueki | National Route 13 | |||
| 193.6 | 120.3 | — | Emergency Exit | Akita Prefecture Route 278 | Access for Ogachi Chūō Hospital Authorized vehicles only | ||
| 195.7 | 121.6 | — | Yuzawa |  National Route 398 | Southern end of tolled section | ||
| Yokote | 203.1 | 126.2 | TB | Jūmonji | |||
| 203.5 | 126.4 | — | Jūmonji | National Route 13 | |||
| 210.0 | 130.5 | 3 | Yokote | Akita Expressway – Kitakami, Iwate, Akita | Northern end of tolled expressway section, the road continues as an at-grade arterial | ||
| 211.6 | 131.5 | – | Yokote |  National Route 13 / National Route 107 – Akita, Daisen, Yuzawa, Yurihonjō | Northern terminus; at-grade intersection | ||
| Through as National Route 13
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| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
References
edit- ^ http://www.mlit.go.jp/road/sign/numbering/list/index.html: "Highway numbering list". Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Browse 14 June 2019.
- ^ "湯沢横手道路" (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Retrieved 14 June 2019.