Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway

Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway
舞鶴若狭自動車道
Route information
Length: 161.8 km (100.5 mi)
Existed: 1987 – present
Major junctions
From: Yokawa Junction in Miki, Hyōgo
Chūgoku Expressway
To: Tsuruga Junction in Tsuruga, Fukui
Hokuriku Expressway
Location
Major cities: Sanda, Sasayama, Fukuchiyama, Maizuru, Obama
Highway system
National highways of Japan
Expressways of Japan

The Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway (舞鶴若狭自動車道 Maizuru-Wakasa Jidōsha-dō) is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by West Nippon Expressway Company.

Overview

Officially the expressway is referred to as the Kinki Expressway Tsuruga Route. This designation consists of the entire Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway as well as the Chūgoku Expressway beyond Yokawa Junction to Suita Junction.

The route of the expressway connects the coastline of the Japan Sea and the greater Osaka urban area by traversing the mountainous interior of the Kinki region.

The first section of the expressway was opened to traffic in 1987 and the entire route was completed in 2014.

Using the expressway to travel between the Chūgoku Expressway, Sanyō Expressway and Hokuriku Expressway is shorter and cheaper than using expressways that traverse a route via the greater Osaka urban area.

The expressway is 4 lanes from Yokawa Junction to Fukuchiyama Interchange and Ayabe Interchange to Ayabe Parking Area and the remainder is 2 lanes. Construction to expand the route to 4 lanes is currently underway on the section between Fukuchiyama Interchange and Ayabe Interchange and Ayabe Parking Area and Maizuru-Nishi Interchange. The speed limit is 80 km/h on 4-laned sections and 70 km/h on 2-laned sections.

List of interchanges and features

No. Name Connections Dist. from
Origin		 Bus Stop Notes Location
6 Yokawa JCT Chūgoku Expressway 0.0 Miki Hyōgo
- Kami-Arakawa PA 1.5 ◆
1 Sanda-nishi IC Pref. Route 92 (Sanda-nishi Inter Route) 4.3 ◆ Sanda
- Ōkawase Bus Stop ◆
- Furumori Bus Stop ◆ Sasayama
2 Tannan-Sasayamaguchi IC Pref. Route 94 (Tannan-Sasayamaguchi Inter Route) 22.5 ◆
- Nishiki SA 25.6 ◆
- Nakayama Bus Stop ◆ Tamba
3 Kasuga IC/JCT Kita-Kinki Toyooka Expressway
National Route 175		 36.5 ○
- Ichijima Bus Stop ◆
- Mutsube PA 49.8
49.9		 ◆ For Yokawa, Toyooka
for Kyoto, Tsuruga		 Fukuchiyama Kyoto
4 Fukuchiyama IC National Route 9 53.5 △
5 Ayabe IC Pref. Route 77 (Ayabe Inter Route) 63.9 Ayabe
6 Ayabe JCT Kyoto Jūkan Expressway 68.2
- Ayabe PA 70.7
7 Maizuru-nishi IC National Route 27
Pref. Route 27 (Ikeuchi Kyōda Route)		 76.3 Maizuru
8 Maizuru-higashi IC Pref. Route 28 (Ogura Nishi-Maizuru Route) 87.0
- Maizuru PA 89.8
9 Ōi-Takahama IC Pref. Route 16 (Sakamoto Takahama Route) 100.0 Ōi Fukui
10 Obama-nishi IC National Route 27 111.5 Obama
- Kato PA 112.8
11 Obama IC Pref. Route 24 (Obama Kaminaka Route)
Pref. Route 267 (Obama Inter Route)		 122.8
12 Wakasa-Kaminaka IC Pref. Route 22 (Kaminaka Tagarasu Route) 132.4 Wakasa
- Mikatagoko PA/SIC 139.4 SIC opening in 2017
13 Wakasa-Mikata IC National Route 27 141.6
14 Wakasa-Mihama IC National Route 27
(Mihama-higashi Bypass)		 148.8 Mihama
- Tsuruga-minami SIC 155.1 SIC opening in 2016 Tsuruga
3-1 Tsuruga JCT Hokuriku Expressway 161.8
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