Daini-Shinmei Road

Daini-Shinmei Road
第二神明道路 (Daini Shinmei Dōro)
Route information
Maintained by West Nippon Expressway Company
Length	24.3 km (15.1 mi)
Existed	1964–present
Component highways	National Route 2
Major junctions
East end	Hanshin Expressway Kobe Route in Suma-ku, Kobe
West end	Akashi-nishi Interchange National Route 2 (Kakogawa Bypass) in Akashi, Hyogo
Location
Country	Japan
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

The Daini-Shinmei Road (第二神明道路, Daini-Shinmei Dōro) is a toll road in Kobe and Akashi, Japan. It is owned and operated by West Nippon Expressway Company and is signed as E93 under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's (MLIT) "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."

Route description

The Daini-Shinmei Road has two lanes in each direction. The speed limit is 70 km/h along the entirety of the road.

History

• Myōdani interchange to Ōkuradani interchange opened in 1964
• Suma (Tsukimiyama) interchange to Myōdani interchange opened in 1969
• Ōkuradani interchange to Akashi-nishi interchange opened in 1970

The opening was timed to coincide with the Expo '70 in Osaka.

Future

MLIT is in the process of acquiring right of way to build a 7.1 km (4.4 mi) extension of the Kitasen Road to link up with the Daini-Shinmei Road at an interchange in the Ishigatani area of Akashi.

Junction list

The entire expressway is in Hyōgo Prefecture. PA= parking area, SA= service area, TB= toll gate.

Location	km	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Suma-ku, Kobe	0.0	0.0			Hanshin Expressway Kobe Route	Eastern terminus; expressway continues east as the Kobe Route of the Hanshin Expressway
	0.9	0.56	1	Suma	Hyogo Prefecture Route 65	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance; expressway continues east as the Kobe Route of the Hanshin Expressway
	1.7	1.1	TB	Suma
Tarumi-ku, Kobe	3.2	2.0	PA	Tarumi		Access to westbound traffic only
	4.9	3.0	2	Myōdani	Hanshin Expressway Bayshore Route / Hyogo Prefecture Route 21	No eastbound exit, no westbound entrance for the Hanshin Expressway; eastern end of Prefecture Route 21 concurrency
	6.7	4.2	3	Takamaru	Unnamed roads
Kobe/Akashi border	9.7	6.0	4	Ōkuradani	Hyogo Prefecture Route 21	Western end of Prefecture Route 21 concurrency
Nishi-ku, Kobe	11.9	7.4	5	Ikawadani	Hanshin Expressway Kita-Kobe Route / unnamed road	Eastbound entrance, westbound exit
	15.2	9.4	6	Tamatsu	National Route 175
Akashi			–	Ishigatani	Kitasen Road	Land acquisition is under way
	18.2	11.3	SA	Akashi
	19.6	12.2	7	Ōkubo	Hyogo Prefecture Route 148
	24.1	15.0	TB	Akashi-nishi
	24.3	15.1	8	Akashi-nishi	Hyogo Prefecture Route 514
Through to National Route 2 (Kakogawa Bypass)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Route transition       Unopened

See also

• West Nippon Expressway Company
• National Route 2