Kyushu Expressway

Kyushu Expressway
九州自動車道
Route information
Part of AH1
Length	346.2 km[1] (215.1 mi)
Existed	1971–present
Major junctions
From	in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka AH1 Kanmon Bridge
To	in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Minami-Kyushu Expressway Ibusuki Skyline
Location
Major cities	Fukuoka, Dazaifu, Tosu, Kurume, Kumamoto, Yatsushiro, Kirishima
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

Kumamoto,Japan

Kyushu Expressway (九州自動車道, Kyūshū Jidōsha-dō) (Asian Highway Network AH1) 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[]

• June 30, 1971, a section from Ueki to Kumamoto was opened to traffic
• October 21, 1972, a section from Nankan to Ueki opened to traffic
• November 16, 1973, Tosu Interchange and Junction to Nankan was opened to traffic
• December 13, 1973, Kajiki Interchange to Satsuma-Yoshida was opened to traffic
• March 13, 1975, Koga Interchange to Tosu Junction was opened to traffic
• March 4, 1976, Ebuno Junction with the Miyazaki Expressway to Ebuno Interchange was opened.
• November 26, 1976, The section was opened to traffic from Kumatoto to Mifune Interchanges
• November 29, 1976, a section from Mizobe Kagoshimna Airport to Kajiki Interchanges was opened
• July 21, 1977, a section from Wakamiya to Koga was open to traffic
• November 15, 1977, a section from Satsuma-Yoshida to Kagoshima-Kita Interchanges was opened
• December 15, 1978, a section from Mifune to Matsubase Interchanges was opened
• March 8, 1979, a section from Wakamiya to Yahata Interchanges was opened
• March 12, 1980, a section from Matsubase to Yatsushiro Interchanges was opened
• March 22, 1980 a section from Kurino to Mizobe-Kagoshima Airport was opened
• October 1, 1981, a section from Ebuno Junction to Kurino Interchange opened made that section ran from Ebuno to Kagoshima-Kita interchanges that time
• March 27, 1984, a section from Moji to Kokura-Higashi was opened which made access to the bridge with Honshū
• March 28, 1985, the Tosu Junction in the west was opened.
• February 5, 1987, the Tosu Junction in the east was opened.
• March 29, 1988, a section from Kagoshima-Kita to Kagoshima was opened with an interchange with the expressway.
• March 31, 1988, a section from Kokura-Higashi to Yahata was opened to traffic
• October 19, 1988, a section in the Kagoshima Interchange with the Minami Kyushu Expressway was opened
• December 7, 1989, a section from Yatsushiro to Hitoyoshi was opened to traffic
• March 25, 1992, a section in the Kajiki Interchange with the road was opened
• March 31, 1993, the Shin-Moji Interchange was opened
• July 27, 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.
• April 20, 1998, the Yatsushiro Junction was opened to traffic with another freeway
• December 19, 2001, Kajiki Junction was opened to traffic
• December 12, 2004, the tunnel from Hitoyoshi to Ebino Interchanges which made Kyushu Expressway with four lanes now being connected with no gaps
• February 26, 2006, Kitakyushu Junction was opened to traffic with another freeway
• March 29, 2009, the Miyama-Yanagawa Interchange was opened
• February 19, 2011, the Kurate Interchange was opened
• April 14, 2016, Many sections of the expressway were damaged during the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.
• April 29, 2016, The expressway reopened.^[2]

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 Moji(Km)	Bus Stop	Notes	Location
Through to Kanmon Bridge
1		Pref. Route 72 (Kurokawa Shiranoe Higashihonmachi Route)	0.0			Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū	Fukuoka
-		-	4.1	◆
1-1		Pref. Route 71 (Shin-Moji Port Dairi Route)	4.4		Only accessible for Fukuoka
-		-	6.2
-		-	11.2	◆		Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū
2		National Route 10（Sone Bypass）	13.4
2-1	Kitakyushu JCT	Higashikyushu Expressway	16.5
3		National Route 322	20.2	○
4		Kitakyushu Expressway 4 National Route 200（Nogata Bypass）	31.4	○	Kitakyushu Expressway←→Hiroshima: no access	Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū
-		-	34.9	○	Only accessible for Hiroshima	Nogata
4-1		Pref. Route 472 (Nogata Kurate Route)	36.1			Kurate
-		-	36.3		Only accessible for Fukuoka
4-2		Pref. Route 9 (Muroki Shimoariki Wakamiya Route) via Miyawaka city road	42.1		Only accessible for Fukuoka	Miyawaka
5		Pref. Route 9 (Muroki Shimoariki Wakamiya Route)	45.2	○
-		-	54.5			Koga
6		National Route 3（Kashii Bypass） Pref. Route 35 (Chikushino Koga Route)	57.7
-		-	58.7	○
-		-	62.9	○		Shingu
						Hisayama
7		National Route 201	68.3	◆		Higashi-ku, Fukuoka
7-1		Pref. Route 91 (Shime Sue Route)	73.4	◆		Sue
-		-	75.4	○		Umi
8		National Route 3（Fukuoka-Minami Bypass）	80.1	◆		Dazaifu
-		-	84.9	○		Chikushino
8-1		Pref. Route 7 (Chikushino Interchange Route)	86.9
-	Kiyama PA	-	90.8	○		Kiyama	Saga
9	Tosu JCT/IC	Nagasaki Expressway Ōita Expressway National Route 3 / National Route 34	96.1			Tosu
-					Planned	Ogōri	Fukuoka
-		-	102.5	○		Kurume
10		National Route 3（Tosu Kurume Road） National Route 322	105.4	○
10-1		Pref. Route 84 (Hirokawa Jōyō Route)	113.2	○	Bus stop: northbound only	Hirokawa
-		-	113.6	○	Bus stop: southbound only Hirokawa IC←→SA: no access
11		National Route 442 (Yame Chikugo Bypass)	118.4	○		Yame
						Chikugo
-		-	122.4	○		Miyama
11-1		Pref. Route 775 (Motoyoshi Ogawa Route)	125.6
-		-	128.0	○
12		Pref. Route 5 (Omuta Nankan Route) Pref. Route 10 (Nankan Omuta-Kita Route)	135.0			Nankan	Kumamoto
-		-	138.8	○
-		-	142.7
13		Pref. Route 16 (Tamana Yamaga Route)	146.6	○		Nagomi
-		-	153.6	○		Yamaga
14		National Route 3	157.3	○		Kita-ku, Kumamoto
14-1		Pref. Route 30 (Ozu Ueki Route) via Kumamoto city road	162.0
-		-	162.2
-		-	165.7	○		Kōshi
-		-	169.0	○		Kita-ku, Kumamoto
15		National Route 57（Kumamoto-Higashi Bypass）	171.2			Higashi-ku, Kumamoto
-		-	174.3
15-1		Pref. Route 36 (Kumamoto Mashiki Ozu Route)	176.4			Mashiki
-		-	177.5	○
15-2		Kyushu Chūō Expressway	180.7			Mifune
16		National Route 445	183.1	◆
-		-	186.7			Minami-ku, Kumamoto
						Kōsa
16-1		Pref. Route 38 (Uto Kōsa Route)	189.0	○		Minami-ku, Kumamoto
17		National Route 218	195.1	◆		Uki
17-1		National Route 3 via Hikawa town road	204.0	◆		Hikawa
-		-	208.8	○
18		National Route 3	213.5	○		Yatsushiro
18-1	Yatsushiro JCT	Minamikyushu Expressway	214.6		Only accessible for Fukuoka
-		-	222.1	◆
-		-	230.2	◆
-		-			Length 6,340m Dangerous goods forbidden
						Yamae
-		-	242.4	◆
-		-	248.0	◆
19		Pref. Route 54 (Hitoyoshi Interchange Route)	252.0	○
						Hitoyoshi
-		-	252.1		Abandoned on July 27, 1995
19-1		National Route 219	256.2	-	incl. Hitoyoshi-Minami Bus Stop BS location TBD
-		National Route 219	256.2		Abandoned on July 27, 1995
-		-	256.4	◆	closed by replacement
-		-			Length 6,264m Dangerous goods forbidden
						Ebino	Miyazaki
-		-	271.9
20		National Route 268	274.3	○
21	Ebino JCT	Miyazaki Expressway	276.4
-		-	281.6	○		Yūsui	Kagoshima
22		Pref. Route 55 (Kurino Kajiki Route)	290.0
23		Pref. Route 55 (Kurino Kajiki Route)	296.0			Kirishima
-		-	302.7
-		-	308.6	○
24		National Route 504	309.8
25-1 25	Kajiki JCT	Higashikyushu Expressway National Route 10（Kajiki Bypass） Pref. Route 55 (Kurino Kajiki Route)	317.5			Aira
-		-	322.2	○
25-2			323.6		SIC:Only accessible for Kagoshima
26		Pref. Route 57 (Fumoto Shigetomi Teishajō Route)	326.2
-		-	330.6	◆		Kagoshima
27		Pref. Route 16 (Kagoshima Yoshida Route)	334.8
-		-	336.7
28		National Route 3 Pref. Route 18 (Kagoshima-Kita Interchange Route)	341.9
-		-	342.0	○
29	Kagoshima IC	Minamikyushu Expressway National Route 3（Kagoshima Bypass）	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[]

External links[]

• NEXCO West-Japan official website(in Japanese)

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