Hiroshima Expressway (West Nippon Expressway Company)
File:JP Expressway Hiroshima.svg Hiroshima | |
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 広島自動車道 | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 17.2 km (10.7 mi) |
| Existed | 1983–present |
| Major junctions | |
| From | Hiroshima Junction in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima Sanyō Expressway |
| To | Hiroshima-kita Junction in Asakita-ku, Hiroshima Chūgoku Expressway |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Major cities | Hiroshima |
| Highway system | |
The Hiroshima Expressway (広島自動車道, Hiroshima Jidōsha-dō) is a national expressway in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is owned and operated by West Nippon Expressway Company.
Naming
The expressway is officially referred to as the Chūgoku-Ōdan Expressway Hiroshima Hamada Route. The Chūgoku-Ōdan Expressway Hiroshima Hamada Route is the official designation for the Sanyō Expressway between Hiroshima Interchange and Hiroshima Junction, the Hiroshima Expressway between Hiroshima Junction and Hiroshima-kita Junction, the Chūgoku Expressway between Hiroshima-kita Junction and Chiyoda Junction, and the Hamada Expressway between Chiyoda Junction and Hamada Interchange (concurrent with the Chūgoku-Ōdan Expressway Hiroshima Hamada Route).
Overview
The expressway is a short connector route linking Chūgoku Expressway with the Sanyō Expressway.
Although the route officially originates at Hiroshima Junction, the southern terminus and terminates at Hiroshima-kita Junction, the northern terminus, exit numbers and kilometer markings originate from Hiroshima-kita Junction.
List of interchanges and features
 | This article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which should be presented in a properly formatted junction table. |
- IC - interchange, SIC - smart interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area, BS - bus stop, TN - tunnel, BR - bridge
| No. | Name | Connections | Dist. from Origin |
Bus Stop | Notes | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (26) | Hiroshima-kita JCT | Chūgoku Expressway
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0.0 | Asakita-ku, Hiroshima | |||
| 1 | Hiroshima-kita IC |  National Route 191 National Route 261 Hiroshima-kita Road (planning)
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2.8 | ○ | |||
| PA | Kuchi PA | 10.5 | |||||
| BS | Kuchi BS | 11.7 | ○ | ||||
| 2 | Hiroshima Seifū Shinto IC | 13.2 | opened on July 6, 2001 | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima | |||
| (3) | Hiroshima JCT | Sanyō Expressway
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17.2 | ||||
External links
- (in Japanese) West Nippon Expressway Company
