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 上北自動車道 | |
 The Kamikita Expressway highlighted in red | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport | |
| Length | 23.8 km[1] (14.8 mi) |
| Existed | March 24, 2013–present |
| Component highways |  National Route 45 |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Rokunohe Junction Daini-Michinoku Toll Road in Rokunohe, Aomori |
| North end | Shichinohe-kita Interchange National Route 4Shichinohe, Aomori |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Highway system | |
The Kamikita Expressway (上北自動車道 Kamikita Jidōshyadō) is a free two-lane expressway in Aomori Prefecture connecting the towns of Shichinohe and Rokunohe. Alongside other tolled roads, the expressway is part of a series of highways that will link the Hachinohe Expressway to the Aomori Expressway. The road is managed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and is numbered E4A as an extension of the Tōhoku Expressway. It is routed concurrently with an alternate route of Japan National Route 45.[2]
- ^ "県都青森市と八戸市を結ぶ上北自動車道の早期開通に向けて" [Early opening of the Kamikita Expressway, which connects Aomori city, the prefecture's capital, with Hachinohe city] (in Japanese). December 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp. Retrieved 9 March 2018.