Tottori Expressway

The Tottori Expressway (鳥取自動車道, Tottori Jidōsha-dō) is an expressway connecting Sayō in Hyōgo Prefecture and Tottori, the capital and largest city in Tottori Prefecture. It is owned and operated partly by the West Nippon Expressway Company and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The expressway is signed as an auxiliary route of National Route 373 as well as E29 under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[1]

Tottori Expressway
鳥取自動車道
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Length62.3 km (38.7 mi)
Existed1981–present
Component
highways		 National Route 373
Major junctions
FromSayō Junction in Sayō, Hyōgo
Chūgoku Expressway
ToTottori Interchange in Tottori
San'in Expressway
Location
Major citiesMimasaka
Highway system
National highways of Japan
Expressways of Japan

Naming

The expressway is officially referred to as the Chūgoku-Ōdan Expressway Himeji Tottori Route. The Chūgoku-Ōdan Expressway Himeji Tottori Route is the official designation for the Sanyō Expressway between Sanyō Himeji-Nishi Interchange and Harima Junction, the Harima Expressway between Harima Junction and Yamazaki Junction, the Chūgoku Expressway between Yamazaki Junction and Sayō Junction, and the Tottori Expressway between Sayō Junction and Tottori Interchange (concurrent with the Chūgoku-Ōdan Expressway Himeji Tottori Route).

Route description

From Sayo Junction to Sayo Toll Gate the expressway is maintained and tolled by the West Nippon Expressway Company. The rest of the expressway is able to be driven without any fees. That section of the expressway is maintained by the Chūgoku branch of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

The entire expressway has only one lane in each direction, except for the section between Sayō Junction and Sayō Toll Gate.

History

The first section of the Tottori Expressway to open was the 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) Shidosaka Tunnel section between Sakane Junction in Nishiawakura and Chizu in 1981. The final section of the expressway (8.8 km between Ōhara Interchange and Nishi-Awakura Interchange) was opened on March 23, 2013.

List of interchanges and features
No. Name Connections Dist. from
Origin		 Bus Stop Notes Location
(10-1) Sayō JCT Chūgoku Expressway 0.0 Sayō Hyōgo
TB Sayō TB 1.0
BS Sayō-Hirafuku BS 3.6 ○
1 Sayō-Hirafuku IC National Route 373 3.7 southbound exit, northbound entrance
2 Ōhara IC National Route 429 10.9 ○ Mimasaka Okayama
BS Nishi-Awakura BS 18.3 ○ Nishiawakura
19.0 Beginning of concurrency with Shidosaka Pass Road.
3 Nishi-Awakura IC National Route 373 19.7
3-1 Sakane Intersection National Route 373 22.9
2.5 km gap in the expressway, connection is made by National Route 373
TN Shidosaka Tunnel Length - 1,630 m (5,350 ft)
Chizu Tottori
3-1 Komagaeri Intersection National Route 373 25.4 North end of concurrency with Shidosaka Pass Road.
PA Fukuhara PA 27.8 ○ PA:Southbound entrance only
4 Chizu-Minami IC National Route 373 29.3 northbound exit, southbound entrance
5 Chizu IC National Route 53
National Route 373		 37.6
6 Mochigase IC/PA Tottori Prefectural Route 49 48.1 ○ Tottori
7 Kawahara IC/PA National Route 53
National Route 373
Tottori Prefectural Route 324		 52.6 ○ PA:Northbound entrance only
8 Tottori-Minami IC National Route 53
National Route 373		 55.7 northbound exit, southbound entrance
57.2 southbound exit, northbound entrance
(9) Tottori JCT San'in Kinki Expressway
National Route 9 (Bypass)		 62.3
Through to San-in Expressway

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

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