Izu-Jūkan Expressway
Route description
As of February 2019, the expressway exists as two separate sections that are linked by the Izu Chuodo and Shuzenji Road. These roads are tolled by the Shizuoka Prefecture Road Corporation. Shuzenji Road is officially a branch line of the Izu-Jūkan Expressway while Izu Chuodo is not. The northern section links the Tōmei Expressway and nearby Shin-Tōmei Expressway to Kannami to the southeast. In Kannami, the road ends, leading to the Izu Chuodo. When completed the main line of the expressway will bypass the toll roads, running to the east of them. The southern section of the expressway begins at a junction with the Shuzenji Road in the northern part of the city of Izu and travels south, parallel to Japan National Route 136. The expressway has a junction with Route 136 near the center of Izu after tunneling through the hills around the city. This junction, Tsukigase Interchange, currently serves as the southern terminus of the expressway.
History
The Izu-Jūkan Expressway was first opened as a 2.2-kilometer-long (1.4 mi) section of expressway on 19 September 1992 between Kumasaka and Shuzenji interchanges. Since then it has been expanded in stages, with the most recent expansion being a 5.1-kilometer-long (3.2 mi) section opened on 26 January 2019 between Ōdai and Tsukigase interchanges.
See also
References
- ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.
- ^ "伊豆縦貫自動車道 天城北道路 と 国道136号下船原バイパス が 平成31年1月26日(土)に開通します" (PDF) (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "伊豆縦貫自動車道" [Izu-Jūkan Expressway] (in Japanese). Numazu Office of River & National Highway. 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
External links
- (in Japanese) Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport: Chūbu Regional Development Bureau Archived 2009-03-04 at the Wayback Machine