Kyushu Expressway
Kyushu Expressway | |
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九州自動車道 | |
Route information | |
Part of | |
Length: | 346.4 km[1] (215.2 mi) |
Existed: | 1971 – present |
Major junctions | |
From: |
Moji Interchange in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Kita-Kyushu Expressway |
To: |
Kagoshima Junction in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Minami-Kyushu Expressway Ibusuki Skyline |
Location | |
Major cities: | Fukuoka, Dazaifu, Tosu, Kurume, Kumamoto, Yatsushiro, Kirishima |
Highway system | |
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan |
Kyushu Expressway (九州自動車道 Kyūshū Jidōsha-dō) (Asian Highway Network ) is one of the Expressways of Japan from Kitakyūshū (and the bridge to Honshū) to west of Kagoshima linking with the Higashi Kyushu Expressway and the Ibusuki Skyline. It runs through the prefectures of Fukuoka, the eastern half of the Saga, Kumamoto, Miyazaki (Ebino only) and the Kagoshima prefectures. The freeway runs entirely on the island of Kyūshū. The total length is 346.4 km. It does not cover Ōita or Nagasaki.
History
- June 30, 1971, a section from Ueki to Kumamoto was opened to traffic
- October 21, 1972, a section from Nankan to Ueki opened to traffic
- November 16, 1973, Tosu Interchange and Junction to Nankan was opened to traffic
- December 13, 1973, Kajiki Interchange to Satsuma-Yoshida was opened to traffic
- March 13, 1975, Koga Interchange to Tosu Junction was opened to traffic
- March 4, 1976, Ebuno Junction with the Miyazaki Expressway to Ebuno Interchange was opened.
- November 26, 1976, The section was opened to traffic from Kumatoto to Mifune Interchanges
- November 29, 1976, a section from Mizobe Kagoshimna Airport to Kajiki Interchanges was opened
- July 21, 1977, a section from Wakamiya to Koga was open to traffic
- November 15, 1977, a section from Satsuma-Yoshida to Kagoshima-Kita Interchanges was opened
- December 15, 1978, a section from Mifune to Matsubase Interchanges was opened
- March 8, 1979, a section from Wakamiya to Yahata Interchanges was opened
- March 12, 1980, a section from Matsubase to Yatsushiro Interchanges was opened
- March 22, 1980 a section from Kurino to Mizobe-Kagoshima Airport was opened
- October 1, 1981, a section from Ebuno Junction to Kurino Interchange opened made that section ran from Ebuno to Kagoshima-Kita interchanges that time
- March 27, 1984, a section from Moji to Kokura-Higashi was opened which made access to the bridge with Honshū
- March 28, 1985, the Tosu Junction in the west was opened.
- February 5, 1987, the Tosu Junction in the east was opened.
- March 29, 1988, a section from Kagoshima-Kita to Kagoshima was opened with an interchange with the expressway.
- March 31, 1988, a section from Kokura-Higashi to Yahata was opened to traffic
- October 19, 1988, a section in the Kagoshima Interchange with the Minami Kyushu Expressway was opened
- December 7, 1989, a section from Yatsushiro to Hitoyoshi was opened to traffic
- March 25, 1992, a section in the Kajiki Interchange with the road was opened
- March 31, 1993, the Shin-Moji Interchange was opened
- July 27, 1995, a section from Hitoyoshi to Ebuno was opened to traffic which made the Kyushu Expressway from Moji to Kagoshima fully accessible with no gaps.
- April 20, 1998, the Yatsushiro Junction was opened to traffic with another freeway
- December 19, 2001, Kajiki Junction was opened to traffic
- December 12, 2004, the tunnel from Hitoyoshi to Ebino Interchanges which made Kyushu Expressway with four lanes now being connected with no gaps
- February 26, 2006, Kitakyushu Junction was opened to traffic with another freeway
- March 29, 2009, the Miyama-Yanagawa Interchange was opened
- February 19, 2011, the Kurate Interchange was opened
List of interchanges and features
- IC - interchange, SIC - smart interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area, BS - bus stop, TN - tunnel, TB - toll gate, BR - bridge
- Bus stops labeled "○" are currently in use; those marked "◆" are closed.
Number | Name | Connections | Distance from Moji(Km) |
Bus Stop | Notes | Location | |
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Through to Kanmon Bridge | |||||||
1 | Moji IC | Kitakyushu Expressway 4 | 0.0 | Kitakyūshū | Fukuoka | ||
- | Hata BS | - | 4.0 | ◆ | |||
1-1 | Shin-Moji Interchange | 4.4 | Only exit for Fukuoka | ||||
- | Kishi PA | - | 6.2 | ||||
- | Kuzuhara BS | - | 11.1 | ◆ | |||
2 | Kokura-Higashi IC | Kitakyushu Expressway 1 Route 10(Sone Bypass) |
13.3 | ||||
2-1 | Kitakyushu JCT | Higashikyushu Expressway | 16.4 | ||||
3 | Kokura-Minami IC | Route 322 | 20.2 | ○ | |||
4 | Yahata IC | Kitakyushu Expressway 4 Route 200(Nogata Bypass) |
31.3 | ○ | |||
- | Nogata PA | - | 34.9 | ○ | Only accessible for Hiroshima | Nogata | |
4-1 | Kurate IC | 36.1 | Kurate | ||||
- | Kurate PA | - | 36.3 | Only accessible for Fukuoka | |||
- | Miyata SIC | Miyawaka | |||||
5 | Wakamiya IC | 45.2 | ○ | ||||
- | Koga SA | - | 54.5 | Koga | |||
6 | Koga IC | Route 3(Kashii Bypass) | 57.7 | ||||
- | Aoyagi BS | - | 58.5 | ○ | |||
- | Tachibanayama BS | - | 62.7 | ○ | Shingu | ||
Hisayama | |||||||
7 | Fukuoka IC | Fukuoka Expressway 4 Route 201 |
68.5 | ○ | Fukuoka | ||
7-1 | Sue PA/SIC | 73.6 | ○ | Sue | |||
- | Umi BS | - | 75.5 | ○ | Umi | ||
8 | Dazaifu IC | Fukuoka Expressway 2 Route 3(Fukuoka-Minami Bypass) |
80.2 | ○ | Dazaifu | ||
- | Chikushino BS | - | 85.0 | ○ | Chikushino | ||
8-1 | Chikushino IC | 87.1 | |||||
- | Kiyama PA | - | 91.0 | ○ | Kiyama | Saga | |
9 | Tosu JCT/IC | Nagasaki Expressway Ōita Expressway Route 3 Route 34 |
96.2 | Tosu | |||
- | Miyanojin BS | - | 102.6 | ○ | Kurume | Fukuoka | |
10 | Kurume IC | Route 322 | 105.6 | ○ | |||
10-1 | Hirokawa IC/SA | 113.6 | ○ | Hirokawa | |||
11 | Yame IC | Route 442 | 118.6 | ○ | Yame | ||
Chikugo | |||||||
- | Setaka BS | - | 122.5 | ○ | Miyama | ||
11-1 | Miyama-Yanagawa IC | 125.5 | - | ||||
- | Yamakawa PA | - | 128.2 | ○ | |||
12 | Nankan IC | 135.2 | Nankan | Kumamoto | |||
- | Kobaru BS | - | 138.9 | ○ | |||
- | Tamana PA | - | 142.9 | ||||
13 | Kikusui IC | 146.8 | ○ | Nagomi | |||
- | Kaou BS | - | 153.7 | ○ | Yamaga | ||
14 | Ueki IC | Route 3 | 157.5 | ○ | Kumamoto | ||
- | Kita-Kumamoto SA | - | 162.3 | ||||
- | Nishi-Kōshi BS | - | 165.8 | ○ | Kōshi | ||
- | Musashigaoka BS | - | 169.1 | ○ | Kumamoto | ||
15 | Kumamoto IC | Route 57(Kumamoto-Higashi Bypass) | 171.4 | ||||
- | Takuma PA | - | 174.5 | ||||
15-1 | Mashiki-Kumamoto Airport IC | 176.6 | Mashiki | ||||
- | Mashiki BS | - | 177.5 | ○ | |||
- | Kashima JCT | Kyushu Odan Expressway(Future) | 180.9 | Mifune | |||
16 | Mifune IC | Route 445 | 183.3 | ○ | |||
- | Midorikawa PA | - | 186.9 | Kumamoto | |||
Kōsa | |||||||
- | Jōnan BS | - | 189.1 | ○ | Kumamoto | ||
17 | Matsubase IC | Route 218 | 195.3 | ○ | Uki | ||
- | Ogawa BS/SIC | - | 204.0 | ○ | |||
- | Miyahara SA | - | 209.0 | ○ | Hikawa | ||
18 | Yatsushiro IC | Route 3 | 213.7 | ○ | Yatsushiro | ||
18-1 | Yatsushiro JCT | Minami-Kyūshū Expressway | 214.8 | Only accessible for Fukuoka | |||
- | Sakamoto PA | - | 222.4 | ○ | |||
- | Ayugaeri BS | - | 230.3 | ○ | |||
- | Higo TN | - | Length 6,300m | ||||
Yamae | |||||||
- | Koduru BS | - | 242.5 | ○ | |||
- | Yamae SA | - | 248.5 | ○ | |||
19 | Hitoyoshi IC | 252.2 | ○ | ||||
Hitoyoshi | |||||||
- | Hitoyoshi-Minami BS | - | 256.6 | ○ | |||
- | Kakutō TN | - | Length 6,300m | ||||
Ebino | Miyazaki | ||||||
- | Ebino PA | - | 272.0 | ||||
20 | Ebino IC | Route 268 | 274.5 | ○ | |||
21 | Ebino JCT | Miyazaki Expressway | 276.5 | ||||
- | Yoshimatsu PA | - | 281.9 | ○ | Yūsui | Kagoshima | |
22 | Kurino IC | 290.3 | |||||
23 | Yokogawa IC | 296.3 | Kirishima | ||||
- | Mizobe PA | - | 303.0 | ||||
- | Kagoshima Airport-Minami BS | - | 308.8 | ○ | |||
24 | Mizobe-Kagoshima Airport IC | Route 504 | 310.1 | ||||
25-1 25 |
Kajiki JCT Kajiki IC |
Higashikyushu Expressway Route 10(Kajiki Bypass) |
317.8 | Aira | |||
- | Chōsa BS | - | 322.3 | ○ | |||
- | Sakurajima SA | - | 323.8 | ||||
26 | Aira IC | 326.5 | |||||
- | Honjō BS | - | 330.7 | ◆ | Kagoshima | ||
27 | Satsuma-Yoshida IC | 335.1 | |||||
- | Kagoshima TB | - | 337.0 | Toll Barrier | |||
28 | Kagoshima-KitaIC/Ishiki BS | Route 3 | 341.7 | ○ | |||
29 | Kagoshima IC | Minami-Kyushu Expressway Route 3(Kagoshima Bypass) |
346.4 | ||||
Through to Ibusuki Skyline |
Lanes
- 6-lane, Dazaifu to Kurume Interchanges
- 4-lane, Moji to Dazaifu Interchange and from Kurume to Kagoshima Interchanges
References
- ↑ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Kyushu Regional Development Bureau. "Road Timetable". Retrieved 2008-08-31.
External links
- NEXCO West-Japan Official website(in Japanese)
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