Hakodate Shindō

The Hakodate Shindō (函館新道) is an incomplete national Expressway in Oshima Subprefecture in Hokkaido that connects central Hakodate to Japan National Route 5 and when completed, the Hokkaido Expressway, in Nanae. It is owned and operated by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and is signed E5 as an extension of the Hokkaido Expressway.[1]

Hakodate Shindō
国道号
函館新道 (Hakodate Shindō)
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Length11.0 km (6.8 mi)
Existed2000–present
Component
highways
National Route 5
Major junctions
South endHakodate. National Route 5 / National Route 278 / Hakodate-Esashi Expressway
North endNanae. National Route 5
Highway system
National highways of Japan
Expressways of Japan

Route description

The Hakodate Shindō has two lanes in direction from its southern terminus in Hakodate to Nanae-Honchō interchange. The remainder of the road only has one lane in direction.[2]

History

The expressway was opened between the interchanges at Hakodate and Nanae-Honchō on 30 March 2000. The remaining 4.2 km north of Nanae-Honchō was opened on 24 March 2001.[3]

Junction list

The entire expressway is in Hokkaido.

LocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Roadway continues as National Route 5
Hakodate00.0Hakodate National Route 278 / Hakodate-Esashi ExpresswaySouthern terminus
Nanae3.01.9Nanae-ŌkawaHokkaido Route 969
6.84.2Nanae-HonchōHokkaido Route 264 west / Shirotai Skyline north
11.06.8Nanae-Fujishiro National Route 5Current northern terminus
Roadway continues as National Route 5 to Dō-Ō Expressway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Route transition

References

  1. "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.
  2. "函館新道 函館―七飯本町IC4車線化へ" (in Japanese). 15 August 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. "函館新道の一部供用開始" (PDF) (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
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