Nishinomiya Interchange

Nishinomiya Interchange
Nishinomiya Interchange
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Location
	Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
Roads at; junction	Meishin Expressway; Hanshin Expressway Kobe Route
Construction
Maintained by	West Nippon Expressway Company

The Nishinomiya Interchange (西宮インターチェンジ) is an interchange of the Hanshin Expressway Kobe Route in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. This is the ending point of the Meishin Expressway.

When the Meishin Expressway was first opened, interchange numbers were assigned in order from Nishinomiya, and this interchange was number one.^[1]

A route connecting the Meishin Expressway and Hanshin Expressway Bayshore Route is planned as "Meishin-Wangan Connection Route [ja]", and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism proposes a route connecting this Interchange and Bayshore Route near Nishinomiya-hama Interchange [ja].^[2]

Roads

September 6, 1964: Nishinomiya Interchange opened on the Meishin Expressway
February 23, 1970: Hanshin Expressway Kobe Route between Maya Interchange and Nishimiya Interchange was opened and connected.
June 27, 1980: Hanshin Expressway Kobe Route between Awaza Junction and Nishinomiya was opened and connected.

^ 『高速道路と自動車』("Highways and cars") 1963
^ "名神湾岸連絡線計画段階評価第2回説明資料 (Meishin Gulf Contact Line Planning Stage Evaluation)" (PDF). 国土交通省近畿地方整備局(Kinki Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism). 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2015-09-21.