Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway

Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway sign
Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway
八戸久慈自動車道
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Length50.9 km (31.6 mi)
Existed1993–present
Component
highways
National Route 45
Major junctions
North endHachinohe Junction
Hachinohe Expressway
in Hachinohe
South endKuji Interchange
National Route 45
National Route 395
in Kuji, Iwate
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system

The Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway (八戸久慈自動車道, Hachinohe-Kuji Jidōsha-dō) is an incompleted expressway in the southeastern part of Aomori Prefecture and 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), but has a section maintained by the East Nippon Expressway Company. The route is signed as an auxiliary route of National Route 45 as well E45 under MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[1]

  1. ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.