Kyushu Chūō Expressway

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Kyushu Chūō Expressway
JP Expressway E77.svg九州中央自動車道
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Length95 km (59 mi)
Existed2006–present
Major junctions
West endKashima Junction
JP Expressway E3.svg Kyushu Expressway
in Kashima, Kumamoto
East endNobeoka Interchange
JP Expressway E10.svg Higashikyushu Expressway
Japanese National Route Sign 0010.svg National Route 10
in Nobeoka, Miyazaki
Location
Country Japan
Highway system

The Kyushu Chūō Expressway (九州中央自動車道, Kyūshū-Chūō Jidōsha-dō) is an incomplete two-lane national expressway in that crosses the island of Kyushu, namely in Kumamoto Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture. It is owned and operated primarily by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), but has a short section maintained and tolled by the West Nippon Expressway Company at its western terminus at the Kyushu Expressway. The route is signed E77 under MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering." [1]

Contents

Interchanges

No.NameConnectionsDist.
from
Origin
Bus
stop
NotesLocation
15-2 Kashima JCT JP Expressway E3.svg Kyushu Expressway 0.0 Kumamoto Kashima
TB Mashiki TB 0.9 Mashiki
1 Oike-Takayama IC Japanese National Route Sign 0443.svg National Route 443 (Tsuchiyama Bypass)1.8 Mifune
2 Ueno-Yoshimuta IC Pref. Route 221 (Tashiro Mifune Route)
3 Yamato Nakashima-Nishi IC Japanese National Route Sign 0445.svg National Route 445 12.6 Yamato
- Kita-Nakashima IC Japanese National Route Sign 0445.svg National Route 445
Pref. Route 152 (Inanoo Kōsa Route)
Planned
- Yabe IC Japanese National Route Sign 0218.svg National Route 218 23.0Planned
18 km gap in the expressway, connection is made by Japanese National Route Sign 0218.svg National Route 218
- Soyō IC -Planned
- Gokase-Nishi IC -Planned Miyazaki Gokase
- Gokase-Higashi IC Japanese National Route Sign 0218.svg National Route 218 (Gokase Takachiho Road)0.0Planned
northbound exit, southbound entrance
- Takachiho IC Japanese National Route Sign 0218.svg National Route 218 (Gokase Takachiho Road)9.2Planned Takachiho
Planned
- Makado Intersection Japanese National Route Sign 0218.svg National Route 218 (Takachiho Hinokage Road)
Pref. Route 7 (Ogata Takachiho Route)
Planned
Beginning of concurrency with Takachiho Hinokage Road.
0.6 km gap in the expressway, connection is made by Japanese National Route Sign 0218.svg National Route 218
Unkai-bashi Intersection 0.0South end of concurrency with Takachiho Hinokage Road.
Hinokage-Fukasumi IC 2.8 Hinokage
- Hirasoko Intersection Japanese National Route Sign 0218.svg National Route 218 (Takachiho Hinokage Road)5.1
16 km gap in the expressway, connection is made by Japanese National Route Sign 0218.svg National Route 218
Kurata Intersection Japanese National Route Sign 0218.svg National Route 218 (Kitakata Nobeoka Road)0.0 Nobeoka
Kitagata IC Pref. Route 242 (Kitagata Interchange Route)4.6
Maino IC Japanese National Route Sign 0218.svg National Route 218 11.0northbound exit, southbound entrance
22 Nobeoka JCT/IC JP Expressway E10.svg Higashikyushu Expressway
Japanese National Route Sign 0010.svg National Route 10 (Nobeoka Road)
Nobeoka Interchange Road
13.1

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References

  1. "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.