The Higashikyushu Expressway (東九州自動車道, Higashi-Kyūshū jidōshadō) is one of the expressways of Japan from Kitakyūshū (and the bridge to Honshū) to east of Kagoshima linking with the Kyushu Expressway. It runs north to south, through the prefectures of Fukuoka, Oita, Miyazaki and the Kagoshima prefectures. The freeway runs entirely on the island of Kyūshū. The total length is 500 km.
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  東九州自動車道 | |
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| Route information | |
| Length | 500 km (310 mi) |
| Existed | 1999–present |
| Major junctions | |
| From | Kitakyushu Junction in Kyushu Expressway |
| To | Kajiki Junction in Aira Kyushu Expressway |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Major cities | Oita, Nobeoka, Miyazaki Kanoya, Kirishima |
| Highway system | |
Overview
editThe first section of the expressway was opened to traffic in 1999. As of March 2009 the expressway is incomplete in many areas. The section between Soo Yagorō Interchange and Sueyoshi Takarabe Interchange opened in 2010. Most of the incomplete areas were built according to the New Direct Control System, whereby the burden for construction costs will be shared by the national and local governments and no tolls will be collected. Currently the section between Saiki Interchange and Nobeoka Minami Interchange, and Kanoya Kushira Junction and Sueyoshi Takarabe Interchange operates according to this principle.
The expressway is 4 lanes from Kitakyushu Junction to Kanda Kitakyushu-kūkō Interchange and Hiji Junction to Ōita Miyagawachi Interchange, and 2 lanes for all remaining sections.
The route parallels the Nippō Main Line of Kyushu Railway Company and National Route 10 for much of its length.
History
edit- December 15, 1994, a section from Hiji Junction to Hayami Interchange was opened to traffic.
- November 27, 1999, a section from Oita Mera to Oita Miyagawachi Interchanges was opened to traffic.
- March 4, 2000, a section from Kokubu to Hayato Higashi Interchange was opened to traffic with another freeway.
- March 25, 2000, a section from Miyazaki Nishi Interchange to Kiyotake Junction was opened to traffic.
- March 31, 2001, a section from Saito to Miyazaki Nishi Interchange was opened to traffic.
- April 18, 2001, the Oita Nogyo Bunka Koen Interchange was opened.
- December 19, 2001, the Kajiki Junction was opened to traffic with another freeway.
- December 27, 2001, a section from Oita Miyagawachi to Tsukumi Interchanges was opened to traffic.
- March 2, 2002, a section from Sueyoshi Takarabe to Kokubu Interchanges was opened to traffic.
- March 30, 2002, the Hiji Junction was opened to traffic with another freeway.
- February 26, 2006, a section from Kitakyushu Junction to Kanda Kitakyushu Airport Interchange was opened to traffic.
- June 28, 2008, a section from Tsukumi to Saiki Interchange was opened to traffic.
- March 14, 2010, a section from Soo Yagoro to Sueyoshi Takarabe Interchange was opened to traffic.
- July 17, 2010, a section from Takanabe to Saito Interchange was opened to traffic.
- December 14, 2010, a section from Kadogawa to Hyuga Interchange was opened to traffic with another freeway.
- December 15, 2012, a section from Sumie to Kitagawa Interchange was opened to traffic.
- December 22, 2012, a section from Tsuno to Takanabe Interchange was opened to traffic.
- February 16, 2013, a section from Kamae to Kitaura Interchange was opened to traffic.
- March 23, 2013, a section from Kiyotake Junction to Kiyotake Minami Interchange was opened to traffic.
- March 8, 2014, a section from Kitaura to Sumie Interchange was opened to traffic.
- March 16, 2014, a section from Hyuga to Tsuno Interchange was opened to traffic.
- March 23, 2014, a section from Kanda Kitakyushu Airport to Yukuhashi Interchange was opened to traffic.
- December 13, 2014, a section from Yukuhashi to Miyako Toyotsu Interchange was opened to traffic with another freeway.
- December 13, 2014, the Shiida Minami Interchange was opened.
- December 21, 2014, a section from Kanoya Kushira Junction to Soo Yagoro Interchange was opened to traffic.
- December 21, 2014, the Kanoya Kushira Junction was opened to traffic with another freeway.
- March 1, 2015, a section from Buzen to Usa Interchanges was opened to traffic with another freeway.
- March 21, 2015, a section from Saiki to Kamae Interchanges was opened to traffic.
- April 28, 2015, the Imagawa Parking Area and the Yukuhashi Imagawa Bus Stop was opened.
- April 24, 2016, a section from Shiida Minami to Buzen Interchange was opened to traffic which made the Higashikyushu Expressway from Kitakyushu to Miyazaki fully accessible with no gaps.
- March 25, 2017, the Kadogawa Minami Smart Interchange was opened.
- March 11, 2018, a section from Nishinan Kitago to Nichinan Togo Interchanges was opened to traffic.
- August 5, 2018, a section from Hiji Junction to Oita Mera Interchange is incorporated as part of the Higashikyushu Expressway.
- August 5, 2018, the Beppuwan Smart Interchange was fully accessible.
- October 6, 2019, the Kunitomi Smart Interchange was opened.
Interchanges
editThis article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which should be presented in a properly formatted junction table. (November 2021) |
- IC - interchange, SIC - smart interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area, BS - bus stop, TN - tunnel, BR - bridge, TB - toll gate
- Bus stops labeled "○" are currently in use; those marked "◆" are closed.
Between Kitakyushu Junction and Aburatsu Interchange
edit| No. | Name | Connections | Dist. from Origin |
Bus stop |
Notes | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (2-1) | Kitakyushu JCT | 0.0 | Fukuoka | Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū | |||
| 1 | Kanda Kitakyushu Airport IC | Pref. Route 245 (Kitakyushu Airport Route) | 8.2 | Kanda | |||
| 2 | Yukuhashi IC | 16.8 | Yukuhashi | ||||
| PA/SIC | Imagawa PA/SIC | Pref. Route 34 (Yukuhashi Soeda Route) via Yukuhashi city road | 19.1 | ○ | |||
| 3 | Miyako Toyotsu IC | 24.2 | Miyako | ||||
| 4 | Tsuiki IC | Pref. Route 237 (Sawada Shimobefu Route) | 26.4 | Chikujō | |||
| - | Shiida TB | - | 27.1 | Abandoned on December 13, 2014 | |||
| 5 | Shiida IC | Pref. Route 231 (Kurohira Shiida Route) | 31.5 | ||||
| 6 | Shiida Minami IC | 33.1 | For Kitakyushu only | ||||
| 7 | Buzen IC | Pref. Route 32 (Saigawa Buzen Route) | 40.3 | Buzen | |||
| PA/SIC | Kōge PA/SIC | 45.5 | Kōge | ||||
| 8 | Nakatsu IC | Nakatsu Hita Road | 52.5 | Oita | Nakatsu | ||
| 9 | Usa IC | 61.4 | Usa | ||||
| 9-1 | Innai IC/TB | 66.0 | For Oita only TB: Abandoned on September 16, 2014 | ||||
| 9-2 | Ajimu IC | Pref. Route 42 (Yamaga Innai Route) | 71.2 | ○ | |||
| 9-3 | Oita Nōgyō Bunka Kōen IC | Pref. Route 42 (Yamaga Innai Route) | 77.5 | ||||
| 9-4 | Hayami IC | Pref. Route 24 (Hiji Yamaga Route) |
83.8 | Hiji | |||
| 10 | Hiji JCT | 87.1 | |||||
| SA/SIC | Beppuwan SA/SIC | Pref. Route 218 (Beppu Yamaga Route) |
89.5 | ○ | Beppu | ||
| 11 | Beppu IC | Pref. Route 11 (Beppu Ichinomiya Route) | 94.3 | ◆ | |||
| BS | Hasama BS | 103.7 | ◆ | Yufu | |||
| 12 | Oita IC | Pref. Route 21 (Oita Usuki Route) | 109.1 | Oita | |||
| 13 | Oita Mitsuyoshi IC | 113.5 | |||||
| 14 | Oita Mera IC | Pref. Route 56 (Nakahanda Shimogori Route) |
116.9 | ||||
| PA | Oita Matsuoka PA | 119.8 | |||||
| 15 | Oita Miyagawachi IC | 123.1 | |||||
| 16 | Usuki IC | 137.1 | Usuki | ||||
| 17 | Tsukumi IC | Pref. Route 648 (Tsukumi Interchange Route) | 144.1 | Tsukumi | |||
| PA | Yayoi PA | Scheduled to be opened in 2021 | Saiki | ||||
| TB | Saiki TB | Toll Barrier | |||||
| 18 | Saiki IC | Pref. Route 36 (Saiki Tsukumi Route) | 157.1 | ||||
| 18-1 | Saiki Katata IC | Pref. Route 603 (Akagi Fukihara Saiki Route) | 162.2 | ||||
| 19 | Kamae IC | 177.5 | |||||
| 19-1 | Kamae Hatōzu IC | Pref. Route 122 (Furue Maruichibi Route) | 186.3 | ||||
| 20 | Kitaura IC | 191.7 | Miyazaki | Nobeoka | |||
| 20-1 | Sumie IC | Pref. Route 243 (Sumie Interchange Route) | 198.1 | For Nobeoka only | |||
| 21 | Kitagawa IC | 203.7 | |||||
| 22 | Nobeoka JCT/IC | Pref. Route 241 (Nobeoka Interchange Route) |
216.5 | ○ | |||
| 23 | Nobeoka Minami IC | 223.5 | |||||
| TB | Kadogawa TB | 227.9 | Toll Barrier | Kadogawa | |||
| 24 | Kadogawa IC | Pref. Route 226 (Totoro Hyūga Route) |
228.0 | For Nobeoka only | |||
| BS | Kadogawa BS | ○ | |||||
| SIC | Kadogawa Minami SIC | Pref. Route 226 (Totoro Hyūga Route) via Kadogawa town road |
229.6 | For Miyazaki only | |||
| 25 | Hyūga IC | 241.9 | ○ | Hyūga | |||
| 26 | Tsuno IC | Pref. Route 303 (Tsuno Interchange Route) | 261.9 | Tsuno | |||
| PA | Kawaminami PA | 268.9 | Kawaminami | ||||
| 27 | Takanabe IC | Pref. Route 308 (Takanabe Interchange Route) | 274.8 | Takanabe | |||
| 28 | Saito IC | Pref. Route 321 (Saito Interchange Route) | 286.9 | ○ | Saito | ||
| BS | Kunitomi BS | 297.9 | ○ | Kunitomi | |||
| SIC | Kunitomi SIC | Pref. Route 26 (Miyazaki Suki Route) | 298.5 | ||||
| BS | Miyazaki BS | 302.6 | ○ | Miyazaki | |||
| 29 | Miyazaki Nishi IC | 303.7 | |||||
| PA | Miyazaki PA | 306.7 | |||||
| 30 | Kiyotake IC | Pref. Route 371 (Kiyotake Interchange Route) | 311.6 | ||||
| (4-1) | Kiyotake JCT | 313.8 | |||||
| TB | Kiyotake Minami TB | Toll Barrier | |||||
| 30-1 | Kiyotake Minami IC | Pref. Route 378 (Kiyotake Minami Interchange Route) | 315.0 | ||||
| Under Construction | |||||||
| 31 | Nichinan Kitagō IC | Pref. Route 28 (Nichinan Takaoka Route) Pref. Route 429 (Inohae Route) |
332.8 | Nichinan | |||
| 32 | Nichinan Togō IC | Pref. Route 434 (Kazeda Hoshikura Route) |
341.8 | ||||
| Aburatsu IC | 345.0 | Planned | |||||
| Planned route | |||||||
Between Aburatsu and Natsui Interchanges
editBetween Shibushi Interchange and Kajiki Junction
edit| No. | Name | Connections | Dist. from Origin |
Dist. from Terminus |
Bus stop |
Notes | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planned route | ||||||||
| Natsui IC | 0.0 | 85.5 | Planned | Kagoshima | Shibushi | |||
| 35 | Shibushi IC | Miyakonojō Shibushi Road (planned) Pref. Route 63 (Shibushi Fukuyama Route) |
3.7 | 81.8 | ||||
| 35-1 | Shibushi Ariake IC | 7.1 | 78.4 | |||||
| 36 | Ōsaki IC | Pref. Route 64 (Ōsaki Kihoku Route) | 13.4 | 72.1 | Ōsaki | |||
| 37 | Kanoya Kushira JCT | Ōsumi Jūkan Road Pref. Route 552 (Kanoya Kushira Interchange Route) |
22.9 | 62.6 | Kanoya | |||
| 37-1 | Nogata IC | Pref. Route 64 (Ōsaki Kihoku Route) | 29.4 | 56.1 | Ōsaki | |||
| 38 | Soo Yagorō JCT | Pref. Route 71 (Tarumizu Minaminogō Route) | 40.6 | 44.9 | Soo | |||
| 39 | Sueyoshi Takarabe IC | 51.7 | 33.8 | |||||
| Sueyoshi Takarabe TB | Toll Barrier | |||||||
| PA | Kokubu PA | 68.4 | 17.1 | Kirishima | ||||
| 40 | Kokubu IC | 74.2 | 11.3 | |||||
| 41 | Hayato Higashi IC | Pref. Route 58 (Hayato Port Route) |
79.0 | 6.5 | ||||
| 42 | Hayato Nishi IC | Pref. Route 471 (Kita-Naganoda Obama Route) | 82.6 | 2.9 | ||||
| (25) | Kajiki IC | Pref. Route 55 (Kurino Kajiki Route) |
85.1 | 0.4 | Aira | |||
| (25-1) | Kajiki JCT | 85.5 | 0.0 | |||||
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