Kyushu Expressway

Kyushu Expressway
九州自動車道
Route information
Part of
Length:	346.4 km[1] (215.2 mi)
Existed:	1971 – present
Major junctions
From:	Moji Interchange in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Kita-Kyushu Expressway
To:	Kagoshima Junction 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 ) is one of the Expressways of Japan from Kitakyūshū (and the bridge to Honshū) to west of Kagoshima linking with the Higashi Kyushu 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 346.4 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	Moji IC	Kitakyushu Expressway 4	0.0			Kitakyūshū	Fukuoka
-	Hata BS	-	4.0	◆
1-1	Shin-Moji Interchange		4.4		Only exit for Fukuoka
-	Kishi PA	-	6.2
-	Kuzuhara BS	-	11.1	◆
2	Kokura-Higashi IC	Kitakyushu Expressway 1 Route 10（Sone Bypass）	13.3
2-1	Kitakyushu JCT	Higashikyushu Expressway	16.4
3	Kokura-Minami IC	Route 322	20.2	○
4	Yahata IC	Kitakyushu Expressway 4 Route 200（Nogata Bypass）	31.3	○
-	Nogata PA	-	34.9	○	Only accessible for Hiroshima	Nogata
4-1	Kurate IC		36.1			Kurate
-	Kurate PA	-	36.3		Only accessible for Fukuoka
-	Miyata SIC					Miyawaka
5	Wakamiya IC		45.2	○
-	Koga SA	-	54.5			Koga
6	Koga IC	Route 3（Kashii Bypass）	57.7
-	Aoyagi BS	-	58.5	○
-	Tachibanayama BS	-	62.7	○		Shingu
						Hisayama
7	Fukuoka IC	Fukuoka Expressway 4 Route 201	68.5	○		Fukuoka
7-1	Sue PA/SIC		73.6	○		Sue
-	Umi BS	-	75.5	○		Umi
8	Dazaifu IC	Fukuoka Expressway 2 Route 3（Fukuoka-Minami Bypass）	80.2	○		Dazaifu
-	Chikushino BS	-	85.0	○		Chikushino
8-1	Chikushino IC		87.1
-	Kiyama PA	-	91.0	○		Kiyama	Saga
9	Tosu JCT/IC	Nagasaki Expressway Ōita Expressway Route 3 Route 34	96.2			Tosu
-	Miyanojin BS	-	102.6	○		Kurume	Fukuoka
10	Kurume IC	Route 322	105.6	○
10-1	Hirokawa IC/SA		113.6	○		Hirokawa
11	Yame IC	Route 442	118.6	○		Yame
						Chikugo
-	Setaka BS	-	122.5	○		Miyama
11-1	Miyama-Yanagawa IC		125.5	-
-	Yamakawa PA	-	128.2	○
12	Nankan IC		135.2			Nankan	Kumamoto
-	Kobaru BS	-	138.9	○
-	Tamana PA	-	142.9
13	Kikusui IC		146.8	○		Nagomi
-	Kaou BS	-	153.7	○		Yamaga
14	Ueki IC	Route 3	157.5	○		Kumamoto
-	Kita-Kumamoto SA	-	162.3
-	Nishi-Kōshi BS	-	165.8	○		Kōshi
-	Musashigaoka BS	-	169.1	○		Kumamoto
15	Kumamoto IC	Route 57（Kumamoto-Higashi Bypass）	171.4
-	Takuma PA	-	174.5
15-1	Mashiki-Kumamoto Airport IC		176.6			Mashiki
-	Mashiki BS	-	177.5	○
-	Kashima JCT	Kyushu Odan Expressway（Future）	180.9			Mifune
16	Mifune IC	Route 445	183.3	○
-	Midorikawa PA	-	186.9			Kumamoto
						Kōsa
-	Jōnan BS	-	189.1	○		Kumamoto
17	Matsubase IC	Route 218	195.3	○		Uki
-	Ogawa BS/SIC	-	204.0	○
-	Miyahara SA	-	209.0	○		Hikawa
18	Yatsushiro IC	Route 3	213.7	○		Yatsushiro
18-1	Yatsushiro JCT	Minami-Kyūshū Expressway	214.8		Only accessible for Fukuoka
-	Sakamoto PA	-	222.4	○
-	Ayugaeri BS	-	230.3	○
-	Higo TN	-			Length 6,300m
						Yamae
-	Koduru BS	-	242.5	○
-	Yamae SA	-	248.5	○
19	Hitoyoshi IC		252.2	○
						Hitoyoshi
-	Hitoyoshi-Minami BS	-	256.6	○
-	Kakutō TN	-			Length 6,300m
						Ebino	Miyazaki
-	Ebino PA	-	272.0
20	Ebino IC	Route 268	274.5	○
21	Ebino JCT	Miyazaki Expressway	276.5
-	Yoshimatsu PA	-	281.9	○		Yūsui	Kagoshima
22	Kurino IC		290.3
23	Yokogawa IC		296.3			Kirishima
-	Mizobe PA	-	303.0
-	Kagoshima Airport-Minami BS	-	308.8	○
24	Mizobe-Kagoshima Airport IC	Route 504	310.1
25-1 25	Kajiki JCT Kajiki IC	Higashikyushu Expressway Route 10（Kajiki Bypass）	317.8			Aira
-	Chōsa BS	-	322.3	○
-	Sakurajima SA	-	323.8
26	Aira IC		326.5
-	Honjō BS	-	330.7	◆		Kagoshima
27	Satsuma-Yoshida IC		335.1
-	Kagoshima TB	-	337.0		Toll Barrier
28	Kagoshima-KitaIC/Ishiki BS	Route 3	341.7	○
29	Kagoshima IC	Minami-Kyushu Expressway Route 3（Kagoshima Bypass）	346.4
Through to Ibusuki Skyline

Lanes

• 6-lane, Dazaifu to Kurume Interchanges
• 4-lane, Moji to Dazaifu Interchange and from Kurume to Kagoshima Interchanges

References

1. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Kyushu Regional Development Bureau. "Road Timetable". Retrieved 2008-08-31.
2. "Major highway reopens in quake-hit Kumamoto". mainichi.jp. Mainichi Japan. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

External links

• NEXCO West-Japan official website(in Japanese)