Kyushu Expressway
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Route information | |
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Part of | |
Length | 346.2 km[1] (215.1 mi) |
Existed | 1971–present |
Major junctions | |
From | Moji Interchange in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka |
To | Kagoshima Junction in Kagoshima, Kagoshima |
Location | |
Country | Japan |
Major cities | Fukuoka, Dazaifu, Tosu, Kurume, Kumamoto, Yatsushiro, Kirishima |
Highway system | |
Kyushu Expressway (九州自動車道, Kyūshū Jidōsha-dō) (Asian Highway Network AH 1) is one of the Expressways of Japan from Kitakyūshū (and the bridge to Honshū) to west of Kagoshima linking with the Higashikyushu 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 346.2 km. It does not cover Ōita or Nagasaki.
History
- 30 June 1971, a section from Ueki to Kumamoto was opened to traffic
- 21 October 1972, a section from Nankan to Ueki opened to traffic
- 16 November 1973, Tosu Interchange and Junction to Nankan was opened to traffic
- 13 December 1973, Kajiki Interchange to Satsuma-Yoshida was opened to traffic
- 13 March 1975, Koga Interchange to Tosu Junction was opened to traffic
- 4 March 1976, Ebuno Junction with the Miyazaki Expressway to Ebuno Interchange was opened.
- 26 November 1976, The section was opened to traffic from Kumatoto to Mifune Interchanges
- 29 November 1976, a section from Mizobe Kagoshimna Airport to Kajiki Interchanges was opened
- 21 July 1977, a section from Wakamiya to Koga was open to traffic
- 15 November 1977, a section from Satsuma-Yoshida to Kagoshima-Kita Interchanges was opened
- 15 December 1978, a section from Mifune to Matsubase Interchanges was opened
- 8 March 1979, a section from Wakamiya to Yahata Interchanges was opened
- 12 March 1980, a section from Matsubase to Yatsushiro Interchanges was opened
- 22 March 1980 a section from Kurino to Mizobe-Kagoshima Airport was opened
- 1 October 1981, a section from Ebuno Junction to Kurino Interchange opened made that section ran from Ebuno to Kagoshima-Kita interchanges that time
- 27 March 1984, a section from Moji to Kokura-Higashi was opened which made access to the bridge with Honshū
- 28 March 1985, the Tosu Junction in the west was opened.
- 5 February 1987, the Tosu Junction in the east was opened.
- 29 March 1988, a section from Kagoshima-Kita to Kagoshima was opened with an interchange with the expressway.
- 31 March 1988, a section from Kokura-Higashi to Yahata was opened to traffic
- 19 October 1988, a section in the Kagoshima Interchange with the Minami Kyushu Expressway was opened
- 7 December 1989, a section from Yatsushiro to Hitoyoshi was opened to traffic
- 25 March 1992, a section in the Kajiki Interchange with the road was opened
- 31 March 1993, the Shin-Moji Interchange was opened
- 27 July 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.
- 20 April 1998, the Yatsushiro Junction was opened to traffic with another freeway
- 19 December 2001, Kajiki Junction was opened to traffic
- 12 December 2004, the tunnel from Hitoyoshi to Ebino Interchanges which made Kyushu Expressway with four lanes now being connected with no gaps
- 26 February 2006, Kitakyushu Junction was opened to traffic with another freeway
- 29 March 2009, the Miyama-Yanagawa Interchange was opened
- 19 February 2011, the Kurate Interchange was opened
- 14 April 2016, Many sections of the expressway were damaged during the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.
- 29 April 2016, The expressway reopened.[2]
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, 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 | |||||||
1 | Moji IC | Pref. Route 72 (Kurokawa Shiranoe Higashihonmachi Route) |
0.0 | Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū | Fukuoka | ||
- | Hata BS | - | 4.1 | ◆ | |||
1-1 | Shin-Moji Interchange | Pref. Route 71 (Shin-Moji Port Dairi Route) | 4.4 | Only accessible for Fukuoka | |||
- | Kishi PA | - | 6.2 | ||||
- | Kuzuhara BS | - | 11.2 | ◆ | Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū | ||
2 | Kokura-Higashi IC | 13.4 | |||||
2-1 | Kitakyushu JCT | 16.5 | |||||
3 | Kokura-Minami IC | 20.2 | ○ | ||||
4 | Yahata IC | 31.4 | ○ | Kitakyushu Expressway←→Hiroshima: no access | Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū | ||
- | Nogata PA | - | 34.9 | ○ | Only accessible for Hiroshima | Nogata | |
4-1 | Kurate IC | Pref. Route 472 (Nogata Kurate Route) | 36.1 | Kurate | |||
- | Kurate PA | - | 36.3 | Only accessible for Fukuoka | |||
4-2 | Miyata SIC | Pref. Route 9 (Muroki Shimoariki Wakamiya Route) via Miyawaka city road | 42.1 | Only accessible for Fukuoka | Miyawaka | ||
5 | Wakamiya IC | Pref. Route 9 (Muroki Shimoariki Wakamiya Route) | 45.2 | ○ | |||
- | Koga SA | - | 54.5 | Koga | |||
6 | Koga IC | Pref. Route 35 (Chikushino Koga Route) |
57.7 | ||||
- | Aoyagi BS | - | 58.7 | ○ | |||
- | Tachibanayama BS | - | 62.9 | ○ | Shingu | ||
Hisayama | |||||||
7 | Fukuoka IC | 68.3 | ◆ | Higashi-ku, Fukuoka | |||
7-1 | Sue PA/SIC | Pref. Route 91 (Shime Sue Route) | 73.4 | ◆ | Sue | ||
- | Umi BS | - | 75.4 | ○ | Umi | ||
8 | Dazaifu IC | 80.1 | ◆ | Dazaifu | |||
- | Chikushino BS | - | 84.9 | ○ | Chikushino | ||
8-1 | Chikushino IC | Pref. Route 7 (Chikushino Interchange Route) | 86.9 | ||||
- | Kiyama PA | - | 90.8 | ○ | Kiyama | Saga | |
9 | Tosu JCT/IC | 96.1 | Tosu | ||||
- | Ajisaka SIC | Planned | Ogōri | Fukuoka | |||
- | Miyanojin BS | - | 102.5 | ○ | Kurume | ||
10 | Kurume IC | 105.4 | ○ | ||||
10-1 | Hirokawa IC | Pref. Route 84 (Hirokawa Jōyō Route) | 113.2 | ○ | Bus stop: northbound only | Hirokawa | |
- | Hirokawa SA | - | 113.6 | ○ | Bus stop: southbound only Hirokawa IC←→SA: no access | ||
11 | Yame IC | 118.4 | ○ | Yame | |||
Chikugo | |||||||
- | Setaka BS | - | 122.4 | ○ | Miyama | ||
11-1 | Miyama-Yanagawa IC | Pref. Route 775 (Motoyoshi Ogawa Route) | 125.6 | ||||
- | Yamakawa PA | - | 128.0 | ○ | |||
12 | Nankan IC | Pref. Route 5 (Omuta Nankan Route) Pref. Route 10 (Nankan Omuta-Kita Route) |
135.0 | Nankan | Kumamoto | ||
- | Kobaru BS | - | 138.8 | ○ | |||
- | Tamana PA | - | 142.7 | ||||
13 | Kikusui IC | Pref. Route 16 (Tamana Yamaga Route) | 146.6 | ○ | Nagomi | ||
- | Kaou BS | - | 153.6 | ○ | Yamaga | ||
14 | Ueki IC | 157.3 | ○ | Kita-ku, Kumamoto | |||
14-1 | Kita-Kumamoto SIC | Pref. Route 30 (Ozu Ueki Route) via Kumamoto city road | 162.0 | ||||
- | Kita-Kumamoto SA | - | 162.2 | ||||
- | Nishi-Kōshi BS | - | 165.7 | ○ | Kōshi | ||
- | Musashigaoka BS | - | 169.0 | ○ | Kita-ku, Kumamoto | ||
15 | Kumamoto IC | 171.2 | Higashi-ku, Kumamoto | ||||
- | Takuma PA | - | 174.3 | ||||
15-1 | Mashiki-Kumamoto Airport IC | Pref. Route 36 (Kumamoto Mashiki Ozu Route) | 176.4 | Mashiki | |||
- | Mashiki BS | - | 177.5 | ○ | |||
15-2 | Kashima JCT | 180.7 | Mifune | ||||
16 | Mifune IC | 183.1 | ◆ | ||||
- | Midorikawa PA | - | 186.7 | Minami-ku, Kumamoto | |||
Kōsa | |||||||
16-1 | Jōnan BS/ SIC | Pref. Route 38 (Uto Kōsa Route) | 189.0 | ○ | Minami-ku, Kumamoto | ||
17 | Matsubase IC | 195.1 | ◆ | Uki | |||
17-1 | Hikawa Takatsuka BS/Uki Hikawa SIC | 204.0 | ◆ | Hikawa | |||
- | Miyahara SA | - | 208.8 | ○ | |||
18 | Yatsushiro IC | 213.5 | ○ | Yatsushiro | |||
18-1 | Yatsushiro JCT | 214.6 | Only accessible for Fukuoka | ||||
- | Sakamoto PA | - | 222.1 | ◆ | |||
- | Ayugaeri BS | - | 230.2 | ◆ | |||
- | Higo TN | - | Length 6,340m Dangerous goods forbidden | ||||
Yamae | |||||||
- | Koduru BS | - | 242.4 | ◆ | |||
- | Yamae SA | - | 248.0 | ◆ | |||
19 | Hitoyoshi IC | Pref. Route 54 (Hitoyoshi Interchange Route) | 252.0 | ○ | |||
Hitoyoshi | |||||||
- | Hitoyoshi TB | - | 252.1 | Abandoned on 27 July 1995 | |||
19-1 | Hitoyoshi-Kuma SIC | 256.2 | - | incl. Hitoyoshi-Minami Bus Stop BS location TBD | |||
- | Hitoyoshi Temporary Interchange | 256.2 | Abandoned on 27 July 1995 | ||||
- | Hitoyoshi-Minami BS | - | 256.4 | ◆ | closed by replacement | ||
- | Kakutō TN | - | Length 6,264m Dangerous goods forbidden | ||||
Ebino | Miyazaki | ||||||
- | Ebino PA | - | 271.9 | ||||
20 | Ebino IC | 274.3 | ○ | ||||
21 | Ebino JCT | 276.4 | |||||
- | Yoshimatsu PA | - | 281.6 | ○ | Yūsui | Kagoshima | |
22 | Kurino IC | Pref. Route 55 (Kurino Kajiki Route) | 290.0 | ||||
23 | Yokogawa IC | Pref. Route 55 (Kurino Kajiki Route) | 296.0 | Kirishima | |||
- | Mizobe PA | - | 302.7 | ||||
- | Kagoshima Airport-Minami BS | - | 308.6 | ○ | |||
24 | Mizobe-Kagoshima Airport IC | 309.8 | |||||
25-1 25 |
Kajiki JCT Kajiki IC |
Pref. Route 55 (Kurino Kajiki Route) |
317.5 | Aira | |||
- | Chōsa BS | - | 322.2 | ○ | |||
25-2 | Sakurajima SA/SIC | 323.6 | SIC:Only accessible for Kagoshima | ||||
26 | Aira IC | Pref. Route 57 (Fumoto Shigetomi Teishajō Route) | 326.2 | ||||
- | Honjō BS | - | 330.6 | ◆ | Kagoshima | ||
27 | Satsuma-Yoshida IC | Pref. Route 16 (Kagoshima Yoshida Route) | 334.8 | ||||
- | Kagoshima TB | - | 336.7 | Toll Barrier | |||
28 | Kagoshima-Kita IC | Pref. Route 18 (Kagoshima-Kita Interchange Route) |
341.9 | ||||
- | Ishiki BS | - | 342.0 | ○ | |||
29 | Kagoshima IC | 346.2 | |||||
Through to Ibusuki Skyline |
- The section between Yatsushiro Junction and Ebino Interchange consists of tunnels that run in the mountainous areas; vehicles carrying dangerous goods are forbidden from travelling through these tunnels and must use alternate routes.
Lanes
- 6-lane, Dazaifu to Kurume Interchanges
- 4-lane, Moji to Dazaifu Interchange and from Kurume to Kagoshima Interchanges
References
- ^ Kyushu Regional Development Bureau. "Road Timetable". Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
- ^ "Major highway reopens in quake-hit Kumamoto". mainichi.jp. Mainichi Japan. 29 April 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
External links
- NEXCO West-Japan official website(in Japanese)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kyushu Expressway.