Yuzawa-Yokote Road

The Yuzawa-Yokote Road (湯沢横手道路 Yuzawa-Yokote Dōro) is a two-lane partially-tolled road in Akita Prefecture connecting the cities Yuzawa and Yokote while bypassing the original routing of Japan National Route 13. The road is jointly managed by the East Nippon Expressway Company and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). It is numbered E13 under the MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[1]


Yuzawa-Yokote Road
国道号
湯沢横手道路 (Yuzawa-Yokote Dōro)
Route information
Maintained by East Nippon Expressway Company and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Length29.0 km (18.0 mi)
ExistedJuly 1991–present
Component
highways		 National Route 13
Major junctions
South endOgachikomachi Interchange
National Route 13 in Yuzawa
North endYokote Interchange
Akita Expressway in Yokote
Highway system
National highways of Japan
Expressways of Japan

Route description

The total length of Yuzawa-Yokote Road is 29.0 kilometres (18.0 mi). Distance markers on the road are derived from the distance markers of Route 13 rather than starting at zero at the origin of the road, so the beginning of the route at Route 13 in Yuzawa has a marker for 182.0 kilometres (113.1 mi) rather than 0.

History

The first section of Yuzawa-Yokote Road opened in July 1991. The entire road was opened to traffic on 26 August 2007.[2]

List of major junctions

The entire route is in Akita Prefecture. Yuzawa-Yokote Road is a direct extension of National Route 13. Therefore, the distance markers continue from the sequence of Route 13, starting at 182.0 kilometres (113.1 mi).

LocationkmmiExitNameDestinationsNotes
Yuzawa182.6113.5–Ogachikomachi National Route 13 – to National Route 108, Shinjo, YamagataSouthern terminus; at-grade intersection
186.2115.7–SukawaAkita Prefecture Route 51
191.7119.1—Mitsueki National Route 13
193.6120.3—Emergency ExitAkita Prefecture Route 278Access for Ogachi Chūō Hospital
Authorized vehicles only
195.7121.6—Yuzawa National Route 398Southern end of tolled section
Yokote203.1126.2TBJūmonji
203.5126.4—Jūmonji National Route 13
210.0130.53Yokote Akita Expressway – Kitakami, Iwate, AkitaNorthern end of tolled expressway section, the road continues as an at-grade arterial
211.6131.5–Yokote National Route 13 / National Route 107 – Akita, Daisen, Yuzawa, YurihonjōNorthern terminus; at-grade intersection
Through as National Route 13
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References
  1. http://www.mlit.go.jp/road/sign/numbering/list/index.html: "Highway numbering list". Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Browse 14 June 2019.
  2. "湯沢横手道路" (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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