The is an incomplete two-lane national

expressway Expressway may refer to: * Controlled-access highway, the highest-grade type of highway with access ramps, lane markings, etc., for high-speed traffic. * Limited-access road, a lower grade of highway or arterial road. *Expressway, the fictional s ...

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. It is owned and operated primarily by the

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(MLIT), but has a short section maintained and tolled by the

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at its northern terminus with the Dōtō Expressway. The route is signed as an auxiliary route of National Route 236 as well E60 under MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."

Route description

The speed limit is 100 km/h for the entire route. There is only one lane travelling in each direction along the entirety of the expressway.

History

The first section of the Obihiro-Hiroo Expressway opened on 15 March 2003 between the Dōtō Expressway and Hokkaido Route 1153 in

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. The next addition opened three years later, extending the expressway to Hokkaido Route 1157 (Obihiro Airport Road). In 2008 the route was extended to Nakasatsunai. After five years, the next section to Sarabetsu was added. As of February 2019, the most recent addition was completed in 2015, extending the route to its current southern terminus at Chūrui-Taiki Interchange.

Future

There are plans to extend the expressway south from Chūrui-Taiki Interchange in Taiki to Hiroo.

Junction list

The entire expressway is in

References

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