It is owned and operated primarily by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT).

It passes through the town of Iwaizumi and then enters the village Tanohata where it comes to a temporary end at the parallel Route 45.

Further north the expressway has another section, entirely within Tanohata, measuring just over four kilometers long.

Like the previous section, it is located entirely within the limits of the village, measuring just over four kilometers long before it rejoins the parallel Route 45.

The expressway is expected to be completed between Tanohata and Fudai by 2020 as part of a region-wide recovery effort from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.