Tokachi-Okhotsk Expressway


The Tokachi-Okhotsk Expressway is a two-lane national expressway in Tokachi Subprefecture and Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of December 2018, the expressway is under construction to connect to link to the Kitami Route of the Dōtō Expressway in Ashoro. As of December 2018, it connects Rikubetsu to Kitami, the most populous city in Okhotsk Subprefecture, on the Sea of Okhotsk coast. It is owned and operated by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and is signed as E61 under their "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."

History

The first section of the expressway to open was a long section between Kitami-higashi Interchange and Kitami-nishi Interchange on 31 March 2013. Later that year on 24 December, Kitami-chūō and Kitami-kitagami interchanges were added along the section that opened in March. On 8 November 2015, a long section between Kunneppu Interchange and Kitami-nishi Interchange opened to traffic. On 9 October 2017, a long section between Rikubetsu-Shōtobetsu Interchange and Kunneppu Interchange opened to traffic.

Future

The Tokachi-Okhotsk Expressway is planned to have a total length of approximately upon completion.

Junction list

The entire expressway is in Hokkaido.