Dōtō Expressway

Template:Short description Template:Template other[[Category:Infobox road instances Template:Infobox road/meta/mask/category]] The is a 2-laned national expressway in Hokkaidō, Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.

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Overview

The expressway is connects the east of Hokkaidō with central regions including the greater Sapporo urban area.

At Honbetsu Junction near the eastern end the expressway splits into two routes: one route heading east towards the city of Kushiro and another route heading north towards the city of Kitami. All future extensions of these two routes will be constructed according to the New Direct Control System and are expected to operate toll-free upon completion.

The expressway is among the least used in Japan. At the time of its opening it was used by an average of only 650 vehicles a day, the lowest among all national expressways in Japan. As of 2006 the average daily ridership of the expressway has increased to 4,751 vehicles (for comparison the figure for the Tōhoku Expressway is 270,546 vehicles).

The speed limit is 70 km/h for the entire route.

List of interchanges and features

• IC - interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area, TN - tunnel, TB - toll gate

Kushiro Route

No.	Name	Connections	Dist. from Origin	Notes	Location (all in Hokkaidō)
(25)	Chitose-Eniwa JCT	File:JP Expressway E5.svg Dō-Ō Expressway	0.0		Chitose
1	Chitose-higashi IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0337.svg National Route 337	12.6
PA	Kiusu PA		14.5
2	Oiwakechō IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0234.svg National Route 234	21.9		Abira
PA	Yuni PA		29.3		Yuni
3	Yūbari IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0274.svg National Route 274	42.1		Yūbari
4	Mukawa Hobetsu IC	Pref. Route 1165 (Mukawa Hobetsu Inter Route)	56.5		Mukawa
TN	Hobetsu Tunnel			Length - 4,332 m
5	Shimukappu IC	Pref. Route 1172 (Shimukappu Inter Route)	76.6		Shimukappu
PA	Shimukappu PA		80.0
6	Tomamu IC	Pref. Route 1170 (Tomamu Inter Route)	102.8
TN	Daiichi Karikachi Tunnel			Point of highest elevation among all expressways in Hokkaidō (626 m) Length - 2,351 m	Minamifurano
-	Shintoku IC			Planned	Shintoku
7	Tokachi Shimizu IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0274.svg National Route 274	123.7		Shimizu
SA	Tokachiheigen SA		138.6		Memuro
8	Memuro IC	Pref. Route 54 (Higashiurimaku Memuro Route)	140.9
9	Obihiro JCT	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0236.svgFile:JP Expressway E60.svg Obihiro-Hiroo Expressway	145.3
10	Otofuke Obihiro IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0241.svg National Route 241 (Obihiro Kita Bypass)	152.4		Otofuke
PA	Osarushi PA		165.5
11	Ikeda IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0242.svg National Route 242	174.0		Ikeda
TB	Ikeda Toll Gate
12	Honbetsu JCT	File:JP Expressway E61.svg Kitami Route	191.2	No access: Ashoro IC ←→ Honbetsu IC	Honbetsu
13	Honbetsu IC	Pref. Route 1154 (Honbetsu Inter Route)	193.0
14	Urahoro IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0274.svg National Route 274	201.0		Urahoro
<TN>	Sensho Tunnel			Length - 4,460 m
15	Shiranuka IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0392.svg National Route 392	227.0		Shiranuka
16	Shoro IC	Pref. Route 242 (Kami-Shoro Shoro Teishajō Route)	235.0
17	Akan IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0240.svg National Route 240	240.9		Kushiro
17-1	Kushiro Airport IC	Pref. Route 952 (Yamahana Tsuruoka Route)	250.2
18	Kushiro-nishi IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0038.svg National Route 38 (Kushiro Shindō)	259.1
19	Kushiro-chuō IC	Kushiro City Route (Yanagibashi-dōri Avenue)	265.0	Nemuro-bound exit, Obihiro-bound entrance only
		Kushiro City Route (Kyōeibashi-dōri Avenue)	266.1	Obihiro-bound exit, Nemuro-bound entrance only
20	Kushiro-higashi IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0391.svg National Route 391	268.8		Kushiro (town)
21	Kushiro-Beppo IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0272.svg National Route 272 Kushiro Nakashibetsu Road	275.9
Through to File:JP Expressway E44.svg Trans-Hokkaidō Expressway (Planned)

Kitami Route

No.	Name	Connections	Dist. from Origin	Notes	Location (all in Hokkaidō)
12	Honbetsu JCT	File:Japan road sign 325.svg Kushiro Route	191.2	No access: Ashoro IC ←→ Honbetsu IC	Honbetsu
1	Ashoro IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0242.svg National Route 242	204.4		Ashoro
Through to File:JP Expressway E61.svg Tokachi-Okhotsk Expressway (Planned)

History

• October 30, 1995 - Tokachi Shimizu Interchange - Ikeda Interchange section opened.
• October 7, 1999 - Chitose-Eniwa Junction - Yūbari Interchange section opened.
• March 15, 2003 - Obihiro Junction is opened, connecting with the Obihiro-Hiroo Expressway.
• June 8, 2003 - Ikeda Interchange - Honbetsu Interchange section and Honbetsu Junction - Ashoro Interchange section opened.
• October 21, 2007 - Tomamu Interchange - Tokachi Shimizu Interchange section opened.
• October 24, 2009 - Shimukappu Interchange - Tomamu Interchange section opened.
• November 21, 2009 - Honbetsu Interchange - Urahoro Interchange section opened.
• October 29, 2011 - Yubari Interchange - Shimukappu Interchange section opened.
• March 29, 2015 - Urahoro Interchange - Shiranuka Interchange section opened.
• March 12, 2016 - Shiranuka Interchange - Akan Interchange and Kushiro-nishi Interchange - Kushiro-higashi Interchange section opened (as part of Kushiro Sotokan Road).
• March 9, 2019 - Kushiro-higashi Interchange - Kushiro-Beppo Interchange section opened (as part of Kushiro Sotokan Road).
• September 12, 2024 - Kushiro Sotokan Road renamed to Dōtō Expressway.
• December 22, 2024 - Akan Interchange - Kushiro-nishi Interchange section opened.

See also

• Dō-Ō Expressway, another road on the island

External links

• Template:In lang East Nippon Expressway Company

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