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
Length	29.0 km (18.0 mi)
Existed	July 1991–present
Component highways	National Route 13
Major junctions
South end	Ogachikomachi Interchange National Route 13 in Yuzawa
North end	Yokote 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).

Location	km	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Yuzawa	182.6	113.5	–	Ogachikomachi	National Route 13 – to National Route 108, Shinjo, Yamagata	Southern terminus; at-grade intersection
	186.2	115.7	–	Sukawa	Akita Prefecture Route 51
	191.7	119.1	—	Mitsueki	National Route 13
	193.6	120.3	—	Emergency Exit	Akita Prefecture Route 278	Access for Ogachi Chūō Hospital Authorized vehicles only
	195.7	121.6	—	Yuzawa	National Route 398	Southern end of tolled section
Yokote	203.1	126.2	TB	Jūmonji
	203.5	126.4	—	Jūmonji	National Route 13
	210.0	130.5	3	Yokote	Akita Expressway – Kitakami, Iwate, Akita	Northern end of tolled expressway section, the road continues as an at-grade arterial
	211.6	131.5	–	Yokote	National Route 13 / National Route 107 – Akita, Daisen, Yuzawa, Yurihonjō	Northern terminus; at-grade intersection
Through as National Route 13
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access       Tolled

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.