Kyūshū Expressway

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highway_name = Kyushu Expressway (九州自動車道)
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length = 346.4 km [cite web| url= http://www.qsr.mlit.go.jp/kyukan/roadtime/kyusyu-do.html | title= Road Timetable |author= Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Kyushu Regional Development Bureau | accessdate= 2008-08-31 ]
established = 1995
first_open = 1971
starting_terminus = Moji Interchange in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka

cities = Fukuoka, Dazaifu, Tosu, Kurume, Kumamoto, Yatsushiro, Kirishima
ending_terminus = Kagoshima Junction in Kagoshima, Kagoshima

nihongo|Kyūshū Expressway|九州自動車道|Kyūshū Jidōsha-dō (Asian Highway Network AHN-AH|1) 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, near Kumamoto to Kumamoto Interchange opened
* October 21, 1972, from Nankan to north of Kumamoto opened
* November 16, 1973, Tosu Interchange and Junction to Nankan was open to traffic
* December 13, 1973, Satsuma Yoshida to Kajiki Interchange 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 Yoshida Satsuma to Kagoshima North Interchanges was opened
* December 15, 1978, a section from Mifune to Matsubase Interchanges was opened
* March 8, 1979, A section from Wakamiya to Koga Interchanges was opened
* March 12, 1980, a section from Matsubase to Yatsushiri 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 North interchanges that time
* March 27, 1984, a section from Moji to Kokura Higashi was opened which made access to the bridge with Honshū
* February 5, 1987, The Tosu Junction in the east was opened.
* March 29, 1988, a section from Kagoshima North to Kagoshima was opened with an interchange with the expressway.
* 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 New 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 18, 2004, the tunnel from Hitoyoshi to Ebino Interchanges which made Kyushu Expressway with four lanes now being connected with no gaps

Interchanges

* 1 - Moji Interchange with Kitakyūshū #4
* 1-1 - Shin-Moji　Interchange (Only exit for Hiroshima)
* 2 - Kokura Higashi Junction, Kitakyushu #1
* 2-1 - Kitakyushu Junction (Higashi-Kyushu Expressway)
* 3 Kokura Minami Interchange, Route 322
* 4 Yahata Interchange, with Route 200
* Future Chikuho Interchange
* 5 Wakamiya Interchange
* Koga Service Area
* 6 Koga Interchange
* 7 Fukuoka Interchange with Fukuoka Expressway 4 and Route 201
* Sue Parking Area
* 8 Dazaifu Interchange with Fukuoka Expressway 2 and Route 3
* 8-1 Chikushino Interchange, opened on March 31, 1998
* Kiyama Parking Area
* 9 Tosu Junction with the Nagasaki Expressway and with the Ōita Expressway and an Interchange with routes 3 and Route 34
* 10 Kurume Interchange with Route 332
* 10-1 Hirokawa Interchange, opened on March 23, 1998
* 11 Yame Interchange
*Future Setaka Interchange
*12 Nankan Interchange
*13 Kikusui Interchange
*Kao Bus Station
*14 Ueki Interchange with Route 3
*North Kumamoto Service Area
*15 Kumamoto, Kumamoto Interchange with Route 57
*15-1 Mashiki-Kumamoto Airport Interchange, opened on March 24, 1999
*Future Kashima Junction
*16 Mifune Interchange with Route 445
*17 Matsubase Interchange with Route 218
*Miyahara Service Area
*18 Yatsushiro Interchange
*18-1 Yatsushiro Junction
*Higo Tunnel "Higo Taneru"
*Yamae Service Area
*19 Hitoyoshi Interchange
*20 Ebino Interchange, with Route 268
*21 Ebino Junction with Miyazaki Expressway
*Yoshimatsu Parking area
*22 Kurino Interchange
*23 Yokogawa Interchange
* 24 Mizobe-Kagoshima Airport Interchange, with Route 504
* 25-1 Kajiki Junction - 25 Kajiki Interchange with Route 10
* Sakurajima Service Area
* 26 Aira Interchange (姶良IC)
* 27 Yoshima-Satsuma Interchange
* 28 Kagoshima North Interchange
* 29 Kagoshima Interchange, with Ibusuki Skyline, a superhighway and another expressway to the east

Lanes

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

External links

* [http://www.kyushu-jhnet.jp] (in Japanese)