Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road

Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road
三陸北縦貫道路
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Length59.9 km (37.2 mi)
Existed2006–present
Component
highways
National Route 45
Major junctions
South endTarō-kita Interchange
Sanriku Expressway
National Route 45 in Miyako, Iwate
North endKuji Interchange
Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway
National Route 45
National Route 395 in Kuji, Iwate
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system

The Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road (三陸北縦貫道路, Sanriku-kita Jūkan Dōro) is an incompleted expressway in the coastal area of Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan. It is owned and operated primarily by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). It is routed concurrently with an alternate route of Japan National Route 45 and is numbered E45 under MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering" as an expressway running parallel to the aforementioned National Route 45.