Chūgoku Expressway
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Chūgoku Expressway | |
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中国自動車道 | |
Route information | |
Part of AH1 | |
Length | 540.1 km (335.6 mi) |
Existed | 1970–present |
Major junctions | |
From | in Suita, Osaka Meishin Expressway Kinki Expressway |
To | in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Kyushu Expressway |
Location | |
Major cities | Takarazuka, Kobe, Tsuyama, Niimi, Miyoshi, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi |
Highway system | |
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan |
The Chūgoku Expressway (中国自動車道, Chūgoku Jidōsha-dō) (part of Asian Highway Network AH1) is an expressway in Japan, which extends from Suita, Osaka to Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi. It connects Kansai and Chūgoku regions in western Honshu, Japan's main island. Other major cities along the expressway are Tsuyama, Kobe, and Hiroshima. It was opened in 1970, and has a total length of 540.1 kilometers (335.6 mi).[citation needed]
It is connected with many other expressways, including the Meishin Expressway at Suita Junction and Kanmon Bridge at Shimonoseki Interchange through to the Kyushu Expressway.
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 Origin (km) | Bus Stop | Notes | Location | |
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(35) | Meishin Expressway Kinki Expressway |
0.0 | Chugoku Expwy←→Nishinomiya: no access | Suita | Osaka | ||
1 | (Osaka Chūō Loop Road) |
1.0 | eastbound exit, westbound entrance | ||||
2 | Osaka Prefectural Route 2 (Osaka Chūō Loop Road) |
8.3 | westbound exit, eastbound entrance | Toyonaka | |||
National Route 176 (Bypass) | 10.5 | eastbound exit, westbound entrance | Ikeda | ||||
3 | National Route 176 (Bypass) |
16.6 | ○ | Takarazuka | Hyōgo | ||
- | - | 18.3 | |||||
- | - | 20.1 | |||||
- | - | 24.1 | ◆ | Nishinomiya | |||
4 | Kita-Kobe Route | 27.1 | westbound exit, eastbound entrance | ||||
5 | 29.8 | ○ | |||||
5-1 | Shin-Meishin Expressway Sanyō Expressway |
31.6 | for Shin-Meishin Expwy:opening in 2017 | Kita-ku, Kobe | |||
- | - | 33.6 | ○ | ||||
5-2 | 36.7 | ||||||
- | - | 38.4 | |||||
6 | Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway | 40.3 | Miki | ||||
7 | National Route 428 |
43.7 | ○ | ||||
7-1 | 47.7 | Katō | |||||
- | - | 49.7 | ○ | ||||
- | - | 55.8 | ○ | ||||
8 | National Route 175 (Yashiro Bypass) |
59.4 | ○ | ||||
- | - | 66.6 | ○ | Kasai | |||
8-1 | 69.1 | ○ | |||||
- | - | 72.2 | ○ | ||||
- | - | 75.6 | |||||
Fukusaki | |||||||
9 | Bantan Renraku Road | 79.2 | ○ | ||||
9-1 | 86.0 | ○ | Himeji | ||||
- | - | 94.5 | ○ | ||||
10 | National Route 29 | 99.6 | ○ | Shiso | |||
- | Harima Expressway (planned) | 103.3 | planned for 2020 | ||||
- | - | 103.9 | abandoned on December 20, 2004 | ||||
- | - | 106.6 | |||||
- | - | 110.2 | ○ | ||||
- | - | 113.8 | ○ | Sayō | |||
10-1 | Tottori Expressway | 117.2 | |||||
11 | National Route 373 | 119.2 | ○ | ||||
- | - | 125.7 | ○ | ||||
- | - | ||||||
Mimasaka | Okayama | ||||||
11-1 | 131.3 | ||||||
- | - | 133.9 | ○ | ||||
- | - | 136.4 | |||||
12 | 139.4 | ○ | |||||
12-1 | 141.8 | ||||||
- | - | 144.0 | ○ | Shōō | |||
- | - | 145.3 | |||||
13 | National Route 53 | 150.7 | ○ | Tsuyama | |||
- | - | 156.0 | ○ | ||||
- | - | 159.1 | |||||
14 | National Route 179 |
161.1 | ○ | ||||
- | - | 166.5 | ○ | ||||
- | - | 173.9 | ○ | Maniwa | |||
15 | Yonago Expressway | 175.0 | |||||
16 | National Route 313 | 181.6 | ○ | ||||
- | - | 184.6 | |||||
17 | Okayama Expressway | 190.8 | |||||
18 | National Route 313 | 193.4 | |||||
- | - | 196.5 | ○ | ||||
- | - | 205.5 | ○ | Niimi | |||
18-1 | 209.5 | ○ | SIC: Open 06:00-24:00 | ||||
- | - | 215.6 | ○ | ||||
19 | National Route 180 | 221.6 | △ | ||||
- | - | 228.8 | ◆ | ||||
- | - | 237.9 | ○ | ||||
20 | National Route 182 | 246.4 | △ | Shōbara | Hiroshima | ||
- | - | 248.6 249.5 |
For Hiroshima, Kitakyūshū for Yonago, Osaka | ||||
- | - | 259.7 | ○ | ||||
- | - | 265.9 267.0 |
For Hiroshima, Kitakyūshū for Yonago, Osaka | ||||
21 | National Route 432 | 276.6 | ○ | ||||
- | - | 283.1 283.2 |
For Hiroshima, Kitakyūshū for Yonago, Osaka | ||||
- | - | 286.5 | ○ | Miyoshi | |||
21-1 | Matsue Expressway Onomichi Expressway |
288.6 | |||||
22 | National Route 375 |
293.6 | ○ | ||||
- | - | 299.1 302.0 |
For Yonago, Osaka for Hiroshima, Kitakyūshū | ||||
- | - | 308.3 | ○ | Akitakata | |||
23 | 313.8 | ||||||
- | - | 315.8 | ○ | ||||
- | - | 317.9 322.2 |
For Yonago, Osaka for Hiroshima, Kitakyūshū | ||||
24 | 328.9 | ○ | Kitahiroshima | ||||
25 | Hamada Expressway | 330.9 | |||||
- | - | 339.9 340.4 |
For Yamaguchi, Hiroshima for Hamada, Osaka |
Asakita-ku, Hiroshima | |||
26 | Hiroshima Expressway | 343.0 | |||||
- | - | 345.8 | Ōsaka-bound 3,573 m Kitakyūshū-bound 3,558 m | ||||
26-1 | National Route 191 | 355.9 | ○ | westbound exit, eastbound entrance | Akiōta | ||
27 | National Route 186 National Route 191 |
360.4 | |||||
- | - | 363.2 | ○ | ||||
- | - | ||||||
Hatsukaichi | |||||||
28 | National Route 186 | 376.6 | |||||
- | - | 379.1 | ○ | ||||
- | - | Ōsaka-bound 2,140 m Kitakyūshū-bound 2,198 m | |||||
Iwakuni | Yamaguchi | ||||||
- | Usa BS/CB | - | 387.4 | ◆ | |||
- | - | 395.5 | ○ | ||||
29 | National Route 187 | 403.6 | ◆ | Yoshika | Shimane | ||
- | - | 408.5 | ◆ | ||||
- | - | Ōsaka-bound 3,154 m Kitakyūshū-bound 3,260 m | |||||
Shūnan | Yamaguchi | ||||||
30 | National Route 315 | 430.6 | ◆ | ||||
- | - | 432.2 432.8 |
For Kitakyūshū for Hiroshima | ||||
- | - | 439.7 | ◆ | Yamaguchi | |||
31 | National Route 489 | 447.4 | ◆ | ||||
- | - | 455.7 | |||||
- | - | 460.6 | ◆ | ||||
32 | National Route 262 | 467.4 | ◆ | ||||
- | - | 473.3 | ◆ | SIC opening in 2020 | |||
(33) | San'yō Expressway | 475.4 | |||||
34 34-1 |
National Route 9 |
480.1 | ◆ | ||||
- | - | 487.5 487.7 |
For Kitakyūshū for Hiroshima |
Mine | |||
- | - | 489.5 | ◆ | ||||
34-2 | 490.5 | ||||||
35 | National Route 435 | 498.2 | ○ | ||||
- | - | 505.5 | |||||
35-1 | 511.7 | ◆ | |||||
35-2 | Sanyō Expressway Ube-Shimonoseki Route | 519.0 | ◆ | Shimonoseki | |||
- | - | 524.0 | ○ | ||||
- | Sanin Expressway (planned) | - | |||||
36 | National Route 491 | 524.6 | ○ | ||||
- | - | 529.1 | |||||
- | - | 535.9 | ◆ | ||||
37 | 540.1 | ||||||
Through to Kanmon Bridge |
Accidents[]
On 5 October 2013, comedian and singer Yakkun Sakurazuka died in an accident on the Chugoku Expressway in Mine, Yamaguchi, while en route to a concert in Kumamoto Prefecture. He was hit by another car and killed after exiting his car following a crash.[1]
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chugoku Expressway. |
- ^ "Comedian Yakkun killed on highway". The Japan Times. Japan: The Japan Times Limited. 7 October 2013. p. 2. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- AH1
- Expressways in Japan
- Roads in Hiroshima Prefecture
- Roads in Hyōgo Prefecture
- Roads in Okayama Prefecture
- Roads in Osaka Prefecture
- Roads in Shimane Prefecture
- Roads in Yamaguchi Prefecture