The (lit. Central Tōhoku Expressway) is a 2-laned national

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in the

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. It is owned and operated by

East Nippon Expressway Company The , abbreviated as , is one of the main operators of expressways and toll roads in Japan. It is headquartered in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company was established on October 1, 2005 as a result of the privatization of Japan Highway Pub ...

and

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism The , abbreviated MLIT, is a ministry of the Japanese government.国土交通省設置法 ...

(MLIT). The expressway is numbered E13 under the MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."

Overview

Kuriko-tunnel Fukushima prefecture side entrance

The expressway is incomplete in many areas, however it is planned to eventually be a continuous route spanning northern

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, Yamagata, and southern

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prefectures. As of July 2019, all gaps in the expressway are in the process of being eliminated, with all gaps in Fukushima set to be removed by March 2021. North of the city of Shinjō, various expressway-standard roads (bypasses of National Route 13) make up the remaining distance to the city of

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in Akita Prefecture. The route of the expressway parallels the

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for most of its length. The speed limit is 70 km/h along the majority of the route, there are short 80 km/h sections between Yonezawa-kita and Yonezawa-Hachimanbara interchanges and Higashine and Higashine-kita interchanges.

History

The first section of the Tōhoku-Chūō Expressway to open was between Yonezawa-kita and Yonezawa-Hachimanbara interchanges on 21 November 1997. Since then the road has gradually been extended by adding short extensions. The long Yonezawa-Nan'yō Road was incorporated into the Tōhoku-Chūō Expressway on 4 November 2017. MLIT began construction on the last gap of the road on 30 March 2018, a long section in

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List of major junctions

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References

External links

East Nippon Expressway Company
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tohoku-Chuo Expressway Expressways in Japan Proposed roads in Japan Roads in Akita Prefecture Roads in Fukushima Prefecture Roads in Yamagata Prefecture

Overview

History

List of major junctions

See also

References

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