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|---|---|
 あぶくま高原道路 (Abukuma Kōgen Dōro) | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by Fukushima Prefecture Road Corporation | |
| Length | 35.9 km (22.3 mi) |
| Existed | 27 March 2001–present |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | Yabuki Interchange
Tōhoku Expressway in
Yabuki |
| East end | Ono Junction
Ban-etsu Expressway in
Ono |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Highway system | |
The Abukuma Kōgen Road (あぶくま高原道路 Abukuma Kōgen Dōro) is a two-lane toll road in Fukushima Prefecture. It serves as an alternate route between the Tōhoku Expressway and Ban-etsu Expressway through south-central the plains of Fukushima Prefecture. It was also built to serve as a bypass of a proposed location for a new capital of Japan in the aforementioned flat area. [1] The road is managed by the Fukushima Prefecture Road Corporation and is numbered E80 under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering." [2]
Junction list
The entire expressway is in Fukushima Prefecture. PA=Parking area, TB=Toll booth
| Location | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yabuki | 0 | 0.0 | 1/TB | Yabuki |
Tōhoku Expressway –
Fukushima,
Tokyo,
Utsunomiya,
Sendai | Tolls are collected by NEXCO East Japan for distance traveled on the Tōhoku Expressway | |
| 0 | 0.0 | 1 | Yabuki | 
National Route 4 –
Shirakawa,
Nasushiobara,
Sukagawa,
Kōriyama | |||
| 3.9 | 2.4 | 2 | Yabuki-chūō | Unnamed municipal road | |||
| 5.4 | 3.4 | - | Fukushima Prefecture Route 106 | ||||
| 6.8 | 4.2 | TB | Yabuki | Tolls are collected by the Fukushima Prefecture Road Corporation | |||
| Tamakawa | 10.5 | 6.5 | 3 | Tamakawa | 
National Route 118 – Kōriyama,
Mito, Ibaraki | ||
| 13.6 | 8.5 | 4 | Fukushima Airport |  Unnamed municipal road –
Fukushima Airport | |||
| Ishikawa | 17.1 | 10.6 | 5 | Ishikawa-Bobata | Fukushima Prefecture Route 42 | ||
| Hirata | 21.1 | 13.1 | 6 | Hirata-nishi | Unnamed village road | ||
| 24.0 | 14.9 | PA | Yomogita | Closed due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami | |||
| 27.3 | 17.0 | 7 | Hirata | 
National Route 49 –
Aizuwakamatsu, Kōriyama,
Iwaki,
Hitachi, Ibaraki | |||
| Ono | 35.9 | 22.3 | 8 | Ono | 
National Route 349 – Central Ono, Iwaki,
Tamura | ||
| 35.9 | 22.3 | 8/TB | Ono |  
Ban-etsu Expressway – to Tōhoku Expressway,
Jōban Expressway, Iwaki,
Niigata, Utsunomiya | Tolls are collected by NEXCO East Japan for distance traveled on the Ban-etsu Expressway | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ "Q&A | Chapter 2: Why is Relocation of the Capital Functions Necessary? | the Relocation of the Diet and Other Organizations".
- ^ http://www.mlit.go.jp/road/sign/numbering/list/index.html: "Highway numbering list". Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Browse May 15, 2017.
External links
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Media related to
Abukuma Kogen Road at Wikimedia Commons - (in Japanese) Abukuma Kōgen Road Management Office
