Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway
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 神戸淡路鳴門自動車道 | |
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by Hyōgo | |
| South end | Sakaide Interchange Takamatsu Expresswayin Naruto, Tokushima |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Highway system | |
The Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway (神戸淡路鳴門自動車道, Kōbe-Awaji-Naruto Jidōsha-dō, shortened to Shintanmei-dō (神淡鳴道)) is a tolled
Route description
The expressway is 89.0 kilometres (55.3 mi) long with 24.3 kilometres (15.1 mi) of that stretch consisting of bridges, chiefly the
History
On 8 June 1985 the first sections of the expressway opened. These were between Tsuna-Ichinomiya Interchange and Sumoto Interchange and between Naruto-kita Interchange and the now defunct Seidan Interchange. The latter of the two sections includes the Ōnaruto Bridge. On 23 May 1987, the road was extended south from Naruto-kita Interchange to its southern terminus at Naruto Interchange. Next, on 8 October 1987, the highway between Sumoto IC and Seidan-Mihara Interchange was opened. The opening of Seidan-Mihara Interchange necessitated the closure of Seidan Interchange. On 5 April 1998 the highway between Kobe-Nishi Interchange and Tsuna-Ichinomiya Interchange was opened with the completion of the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge. The most recent development on the expressway came on 17 February 2018, when the ETC-only Awajishima-chuo Smart Interchange was opened.[3]
Junction list
TB= Toll booth, SA= Service Area, PA= Parking Area
| Prefecture | Location | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes |
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Through to   AH1 San'yō Expressway
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| Hyōgo | Nishi-ku, Kobe | 0 | 0.0 | 1/TB | Kobe-nishi | AH1 San'yō Expressway, Hyōgo Prefecture Route 22– Osaka, Okayama | |
| 5.0 | 3.1 | 2 | Fusehata |  Hanshin Expressway Kita-Kobe Route | |||
| Tarumi-ku, Kobe | 8.8 | 5.5 | 3 | Tarumi |  Kitasen Road  Hanshin Expressway Bayshore Route– Himeji, Osaka, Kobe Airport | ||
| 8.8 | 5.5 | 3 | Tarumi | Hyōgo Prefecture Route 488 | |||
Akashi Kaikyō Bridge over the Akashi Strait | |||||||
| Awaji | 20.1 | 12.5 | 4/SA | Awaji |  National Route 28, Hyōgo Prefecture Route 31, Hyōgo Prefecture Route 157– Sumoto, Hokudan, Nii | Gas station available at the service area | |
| 25.5 | 15.8 | 5 | Higashiura | Hyōgo Prefecture Route 460– National Route 28 | |||
| 34.3 | 21.3 | 6 | Hokudan | Hyōgo Prefecture Route 123 | |||
| 35.5 | 22.1 | PA | Murozu | ||||
| 44.4 | 27.6 | 7 | Tsuna-Ichinomiya | Hyōgo Prefecture Route 66– National Route 28, Goshiki, Central Awaji | |||
| Sumoto | 52.4 | 32.6 | 7-1 | Awajishima-chūō | Hyōgo Prefecture Route 46– Central Sumoto, Goshiki | Smart Interchange; only vehicles equipped with ETC may use the exit | |
| 56.3 | 35.0 | 8 | Sumoto | National Route 28, Hyōgo Prefecture Route 472– Central Sumoto, Minamiawaji | |||
| Minamiawaji | 59.4 | 36.9 | PA | Midori | |||
| 65.8 | 40.9 | 9 | Seidan-Mihara | Hyōgo Prefecture Route 31, Hyōgo Prefecture Route 126– Seidan, Goshiki, Mihara, Nandan | |||
| 74.6 | 46.4 | 10/PA | Awajishima-minami | Hyōgo Prefecture Route 25 | |||
| Ōnaruto Bridge over the Naruto Strait | |||||||
| Tokushima | Naruto | 81.7 | 50.8 | Naruto-kita | Tokushima Prefecture Route 11– Central Naruto | ||
| Konaruto Bridge over the Konaruto Strait | |||||||
| 89.0 | 55.3 | 12/TB | Naruto | Tokushima | |||
Through to Takamatsu Expressway /  Tokushima Expressway
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| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.
- ^ "E28 KOBE-AWAJI-NARUTO EXPWY". Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "E28 神戸淡路鳴門自動車道 淡路島中央スマートインターチェンジの開通について" [About the opening of the E28 Kobe Awaji Naruto Expressway Awaji Island Central Smart Interchange]. Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company (in Japanese). 11 January 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
