Shimokita Expressway

Shimokita Expressway sign
Shimokita Expressway
下北半島縦貫道路 (Shimokita Hantō Jūkandōro)
Route information
Length25.3 km[1] (15.7 mi)
Existed2004–present
Component
highways
National Route 279
Major junctions
South endNoheji Interchange
National Route 4 in Tōhoku, Aomori
Section 1
North endFukkoshi Interchange
National Route 279 in
Yokohama, Aomori
Incomplete Yokohama-Mutsu Section
Length36.1 km[1] (22.4 mi)
South endFukkoshi Interchange
National Route 279 in
Yokohama, Aomori
North endMutsu Interchange
National Route 338 in
Mutsu, Aomori
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system

The Shimokita Expressway (下北半島縦貫道路, Shimokita Hantō Jūkandōro) is a two-lane national expressway in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The expressway connects Noheji to the municipalities of Rokkasho, and Yokohama. It is owned and operated by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), and is signed as an auxiliary route of National Route 279, but has no expressway number under their "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[2][3]

  1. ^ a b "下北半島縦貫道路|青森県庁ウェブサイト Aomori Prefectural Government". www.pref.aomori.lg.jp.
  2. ^ "General Route 279 Shimokita Peninsula Junction Road notice of "Fukkoshi bypass" opening|青森県庁ウェブサイト Aomori Prefectural Government" (PDF). www.pref.aomori.lg.jp.
  3. ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.