Tokushima Expressway

Expressway in Tokushima Prefecture and Ehime Prefecture in Japan
Tokushima Expressway sign
Tokushima Expressway
徳島自動車道
Map
Route information
Length105.8 km (65.7 mi)
Existed1994–present
Major junctions
FromNaruto, Tokushima
ToShikokuchūō
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system
  • Expressways of Japan

The Tokushima Expressway (徳島自動車道, Tokushima Jidōsha-dō) is a national expressway in the Shikoku region of Japan. The expressway is numbered E11 between Naruto and Tokushima Junctions and E32 between Tokushima and Kawanoe-Higashi Junctions under the MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering.[1]

Overview

The first section of the Takamatsu Expressway to open was between Aizumi and Wakimachi interchanges on 17 March 1994. The final section of the expressway (21.5 km between Ikawa-Ikeda Interchange and Kawanoe-Higashi Junction) was opened on 11 March 2000.

The route is 2 lanes for its entire length, with some overtaking areas. The speed limit is 70 km/h.

List of interchanges and features

  • IC - interchange, SIC - smart interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area, BS - bus stop, TN - tunnel, TB - toll gate

Kilometer markers between Naruto Junction and Tokushima Interchange show the distance from Naruto Junction plus 300 (the marker at Naruto Junction is 300.0 while the marker at Tokushima Interchange is 310.1). Therefore, the distance numbers reset at the Tokushima Interchange, starting at 0.1 kilometres (0.062 mi).

No. Name Connections Dist. from
Origin 		Bus Stop Notes Location
7 Naruto JCT Takamatsu Expressway 300.0 Naruto Tokushima
1-1 Matsushige PA/SIC Pref. Route 40 (Tokushima Airport Route) 302.5 Matsushige
Tokushima JCT Shikoku-Ōdan Expressway 308.5 Expected to open in 2021 Tokushima
1 Tokushima IC National Route 11 (Yoshinogawa Bypass) 310.1
TB Tokushima TB 3.1 abandoned on June 4, 2013
2 Aizumi IC Pref. Route 1 (Tokushima Hiketa Route) 9.1 Aizumi
PA Kamiita PA 15.9
16.7 		○ Kawanoe-bound
Naruto-bound 		Kamiita
3 Donari IC National Route 318 22.3 △ Awa
PA Awa PA/SIA 37.1
37.4 		○ Naruto-bound
Kawanoe-bound
SIA planned
4 Wakimachi IC National Route 193 41.2 ○ Mima
5 Mima IC National Route 438 52.7 △
5-1 Yoshinogawa PA/SIC 68.5 ○ SIC: Open 06:00-22:00
incl. Yoshinogawa Bus Stop 		Higashimiyoshi
6 Ikawa-Ikeda IC National Route 32
National Route 192 		73.8 Miyoshi
PA Ikeda PA 86.8
7 Kawanoe-Higashi JCT Kōchi Expressway 95.3 Shikokuchūō Ehime
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Closed/former
  •       Incomplete access

References

  1. ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.

External links

  • (in Japanese) West Nippon Expressway Company
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