Hanwa Expressway
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阪和自動車道   | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 128.4 km (79.8 mi) |
| Existed | 1974–present |
| Major junctions | |
| From | in Matsubara, Osaka Kinki Expressway Nishi-Meihan Expressway Hanshin Expressway Route 14 Matsubara Route |
| To | in Tanabe Kisei Expressway |
| Location | |
| Major cities | Sakai, Wakayama |
| Highway system | |
| National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan | |
The Hanwa Expressway (阪和自動車道, Hanwa Jidōsha-dō) is a national expressway in the Kinki region of Japan. It is owned and operated by West Nippon Expressway Company.
Naming[]
Hanwa is a kanji acronym of two characters. The first character represents Osaka (大阪) and the second character represents Wakayama (和歌山).
Officially, the route is designated as the Kinki Expressway Matsubara Nachikatsuura Route, however this designation does not appear on any signage.
Overview[]
The expressway is an important route connecting the greater Osaka area with Wakayama, the capital of Wakayama Prefecture. Beyond Wakayama, the route follows a southerly course parallel to the Pacific Ocean to its terminus with National Route 42 in Tanabe.
The first section of the expressway was opened to traffic in 1974. The final section of the expressway (5.8 km between and ) was opened on November 11, 2007.
The expressway is 6 lanes from to , 4 lanes from Sakai Junction to and the remainder is 2 lanes. Construction to expand the route to 4 lanes is currently underway on the section between Arida Interchange and . The speed limit is 80 km/h on 4 to 6-laned sections and 70 km/h on 2-laned sections.
List of interchanges and features[]
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Through to Kinki Expressway
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| 10 | Nishi-Meihan Expressway Hanshin Expressway Route 14 Matsubara Route
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0.0 | Matsubara | Osaka | |||
| 11 | Pref. Route 2 (Osaka Chūō Kanjōsen) | 0.9 | Northbound entrance only | ||||
| 12 | Pref. Route 36 (Izumiotsu Mihara Route) | 3.9 | Tanabe-bound exit, Matsubara-bound entrance only | Sakai | |||
| 12-1 |  Minami-Hanna Road
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4.4 | |||||
| 13 | Pref. Route 36 (Izumiotsu Mihara Route) | 6.1 | Matsubara-bound exit, Tanabe-bound entrance only | ||||
| Matsubara-bound only | |||||||
| 14 |  Sakai Senboku Road
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12.4 | Tanabe-bound exit, Matsubara-bound entrance only | ||||
| 15 | Pref. Route 61 (Sakai Katsuragi Route) | 13.2 | |||||
| 16 | Pref. Route 230 (Haruki Kishiwada Route) | 23.3 | Matsubara-bound exit, Tanabe-bound entrance only | Izumi | |||
| Tanabe-bound only | Kishiwada | ||||||
| SA | 28.2 | ||||||
| 17 | Pref. Route 40 (Kishiwada Ushitakiyama Kaizuka Route) | 32.4 | Kaizuka | ||||
| 18 |  Kansai-Kūkō Expressway
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38.7 | Izumisano | ||||
| 19 | Pref. Route 63 (Izumisano Iwade Route) | 44.6 | Tanabe-bound exit, Matsubara-bound entrance only | Sennan | |||
| 20 | Pref. Route 256 (Higashi-Tottori Nankai Route) Pref. Route 257 (Jinenda Tottorinoshō Teishajō Route) |
46.3 | X | Bus Stop Closed | Hannan | ||
| 20-1 |  Keinawa Expressway (planned)
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52.6 | Matsubara-bound only | Wakayama | Wakayama | ||
| SA | 55.0 | Wakayama JCT←→SA: no access | |||||
| 20-1 | Wakayama JCT | Keinawa Expressway Kitan Connecting Road (planned)
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55.8 | Tanabe-bound only | |||
| BS | X | Closed | |||||
| 20-2 | Pref. Route 139 (Azushima Funadokoro Route) | 58.7 | Tanabe-bound exit, Matsubara-bound entrance only | ||||
| 21 |  National Route 24 ()
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60.6 | |||||
| BS | S | ||||||
| BS | X | Closed | |||||
| 21-1 | Pref. Route 13 (Wakayama Hashimoto Route) | 65.0 | |||||
| 22 | Pref. Route 18 (Kainan Kanaya Route) | 70.8 | Tanabe-bound exit, Matsubara-bound entrance only | Kainan | |||
| BS | X | Closed | |||||
| 23 |  National Route 42
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73.6 | |||||
| 24 | Pref. Route 166 (Oki Kamogō Teishajō Route) | 75.9 | Tanabe-bound exit, Matsubara-bound entrance only | ||||
| 25 | Pref. Route 22 (Kibi Kanaya Route) National Route 42
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83.0 | Matsubara-bound entrance only | Aridagawa | |||
| 26 | 84.0 | Matsubara-bound exit, Tanabe-bound entrance only | |||||
| PA | 85.6 | ||||||
| 27 | 86.6 | Tanabe-bound exit, Matsubara-bound entrance only | Yuasa | ||||
| 28 | National Route 42
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89.1 | Hirogawa | ||||
| 28-1 | Pref. Route 176 (Iseki Gobō Route) | 93.6 | Tanabe-bound exit, Matsubara-bound entrance only | ||||
| 29 | Pref. Route 190 (Gengo Komatsubaru Route) | 97.5 | Tanabe-bound exit, Matsubara-bound entrance only | Hidakagawa | |||
| 30 | Pref. Route 27 (Hidaka Inami Route) | 101.7 | Gobō | ||||
| 31 | Pref. Route 25 (Gobō Nakatsu Route) | 103.1 | Matsubara-bound exit, Tanabe-bound entrance only | ||||
| 32 | Pref. Route 28 (Inami Harainami Route) | 111.5 | Inami | ||||
| BS | 113.9 | S | |||||
| 33 |  National Route 424
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123.1 | Minabe | ||||
| 34 | National Route 42 ()
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128.9 | Tanabe | ||||
| Through to Kisei Expressway
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External links[]
- (in English) West Nippon Expressway Company
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hanwa Expressway. |
- Expressways in Japan