Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road

The Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road (三陸北縦貫道路, Sanriku-kita Jūkan Dōro) is an incompleted expressway in the coastal area of Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan. It is owned and operated primarily by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). It is routed concurrently with an alternate route of Japan National Route 45 and is numbered E45 under MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering" as an expressway running parallel to the aforementioned National Route 45.^[1]

Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road
三陸北縦貫道路
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Length	59.9 km (37.2 mi)
Existed	2006–present
Component highways	National Route 45
Major junctions
South end	Tarō-kita Interchange Sanriku Expressway National Route 45 in Miyako, Iwate
North end	Kuji Interchange Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway National Route 45 National Route 395 in Kuji, Iwate
Location
Country	Japan
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

Route description

As of March 2019, the expressway consists of three sections, one that bypasses the central part of Hachinohe, Aomori and the other traveling north from the central part of Kuji, Iwate. The southernmost of these begins at the northern terminus of the Sanriku Expressway in Miyako. It passes through the town of Iwaizumi and then enters the village Tanohata where it comes to a temporary end at the parallel Route 45. Further north the expressway has another section, entirely within Tanohata, measuring just over four kilometers long. Continuing north along Route 45 the expressway begins again in the village, of Fudai. Like the previous section, it is located entirely within the limits of the village, measuring just over four kilometers long before it rejoins the parallel Route 45. The northern terminus of the route when it is to be completed is located at an interchange with Japan National Route 395 in Kuji that presently only serves the Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway.

Future

The expressway is expected to be completed between Tanohata and Fudai by 2020 as part of a region-wide recovery effort from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.^[2]

Junction list

The entire expressway is in Iwate Prefecture.

Location	km	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Miyako	248.1	154.2	53	Tarō-kita	Sanriku Expressway National Route 45	Northbound exit, southbound entrance; southern terminus of Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road, E45 continues south as the Sanriku Expressway
Iwaizumi	252.0	156.6	54	Iwaizumi-minami	National Route 45	Northbound entrance, southbound exit
	254.1	157.9	55	Iwaizumiryūsendō	National Route 455 to National Route 45
Tanohata	258.8	160.8	56	Unosudangai	Unnamed road – to National Route 45, Unosu Cliff
	260.3	161.7	57	Tanohata-minami	National Route 45
	266.5– 269.2	165.6– 167.3	Okanyo Tunnel
	265.1	164.7	58	Tanohata-chuo	National Route 45
	270.8	168.3	59	Tanohata-kita	National Route 45	Northbound entrance, southbound exit
Fudai	280.7	174.4	60	Fudai	Iwate Prefecture Route 44 – to National Route 45, Central Fudai, Kitayamazaki Cliffs,
	285.3	177.3	61	Fudai-kita	National Route 45	Northbound exit, southbound entrance
Noda	296.0	183.9	62	Noda	Iwate Prefectural Road 29
Kuji	300.6	186.8	63	Kuji-Ube	National Route 45	Northbound exit, southbound entrance
	304.8	189.4	64	Kuji-minami	National Route 45	Northbound entrance, southbound exit
	308.0	191.4	65	Kuji	Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway National Route 45 / National Route 395 – Miyako, Kuji, Ōfunato, Kesennuma	Northern terminus of the Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road, E45 continues north as the Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access       Route transition       Unopened

See also

• Japan portal
• Roads portal