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
Length	62.3 km (38.7 mi)
Existed	1981–present
Component highways	National Route 373
Major junctions
From	Sayō Junction in Sayō, Hyōgo Chūgoku Expressway
To	Tottori Interchange in Tottori San'in Expressway
Location
Major cities	Mimasaka
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

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

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.

External links

• (in Japanese) West Nippon Expressway Company