Matsuyama Expressway

Matsuyama Expressway
松山自動車道
Route information
Length	222.3 km (138.1 mi)
Existed	1987–present
Major junctions
From	Shikokuchūō
To	Uwajima, Ehime
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

The Matsuyama Expressway (松山自動車道, Matsuyama Jidōsha-dō) is a national expressway in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The expressway is numbered E11 between Kawanoe Junction and Matsuyama Interchange and E56 between Matsuyama and Uwajima-Kita Interchanges under the MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering.^[1]

Overview[]

The first section of the Matsuyama Expressway to open was between Zentsuji and Mishima-Kawanoe interchanges on 16 December 1987. The final section of the expressway (16.3 km between Seiyo-Uwa and Uwajima-Kita interchanges) was opened on 10 March 2012. The route between Ōzu and Ōzu-Kitatada interchanges are officially designated as the , a bypass of National Route 56. These sections are not classified as national expressways but rather as national highways for motor vehicles only with national expressway concurrency (高速自動車国道に並行する一般国道自動車専用道路, Kōsoku Jidōsha Kokudō ni Heikōsuru Ippan Kokudō Jidōsha Senyō Dōro).

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

The entire expressway is in Ehime Prefecture. The expressway is a direct extension of the Takamatsu Expressway. Therefore, the distance and exit numbers continue from the sequence of the Takamatsu Expressway, starting at 56.8 kilometres (35.3 mi).

No.	Name	Connections	Dist. from Origin	Bus Stop	Notes	Location
Through to Takamatsu Expressway
6		Takamatsu Expressway Kōchi Expressway	56.8			Shikokuchūō
PA			59.0
7		National Route 11 () Pref. Route 333 (Mishima-Kawanoe Port Route)	60.0	○
8		National Route 11 Pref. Route 13 (Nyūgawa Niihama Noda Route)	71.0
PA			74.9
9		Pref. Route 47 (Niihama Besshiyama Route)	84.3			Niihama
10		National Route 11	93.1			Saijō
SA			106.8	◆	Known otherwise as “Michinoeki Komatsu Oasis”
11		Imabari-Komatsu Expressway	108.6
		National Route 11
PA			126.0			Tōon
12		National Route 11	130.0	○
					Expected to open in 2023
13		National Route 33 Pref. Route 190 (Kume Habu Route)	141.9			Matsuyama
SA			145.5 145.8		Uwajima-bound Kawanoe-bound	Iyo
14		National Route 56	151.9
			159.7		Expected to open in 2023
PA			172.7 172.9		Kawanoe-bound Uwajima-bound	Uchiko
15		National Route 56	175.9
TB			182.3			Ōzu
16		National Route 56 ()	183.2		Uwajima-bound exit, Matsuyama-bound entrance only
17		National Route 56	184.9		Matsuyama-bound exit, Uwajima-bound entrance only
18		National Route 197	186.4
19		Pref. Route 44 (Ōzu Nomura Route)	188.7
20		National Route 56	189.4		Uwajima-bound exit, Matsuyama-bound entrance only
21		(planned) National Route 197	190.8		Matsuyama-bound exit, Uwajima-bound entrance only
TB			193.1
22		Pref. Route 29 (Uwa Nomura Route) Pref. Route 45 (Uwa Akehama Route)	206.0			Seiyo
23		Pref. Route 31 (Uwa Mima Route) Pref. Route 283 (Hiromi Yoshida Route)	216.9			Uwajima
		National Route 56	222.3
Through to
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access       Tolled       Unopened

References[]

External links[]

• (in Japanese) West Nippon Expressway Company