Hanshin Expressway

Highway network in Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto in Japan

Hanshin Expressway

Highway markers for the Loop Route, the Kobe Route, and the Shin-Kobe Tunnel

The Hanshin Expressway network in Keihanshin

System information
Maintained by Hanshin Expressway Company, Limited
Length| 239.3 km (148.7 mi)
Formed| 1 May 1962 (1962-05-01)
Highway names
System links

* National highways of Japan

* Expressways of Japan

The Loop Route of the Hanshin Expressway at Shinanobashi, Osaka Hanshin Expressway in Osaka Gate Tower Building, with the Ikeda Route of the Hanshin Expressway going through the 5th-7th floors

The Hanshin Expressway (阪神高速道路, Hanshin Kōsoku Dōro; Japanese pronunciation: [haɰ̃.ɕiŋ koː.so.kɯ doꜜː.ɾo][1]) is a 239.3-kilometer-long (148.7 mi) network of expressways surrounding Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, Japan.

## History

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Operated by Hanshin Expressway Company, Limited (阪神高速道路株式会社, Hanshin Kōsoku-dōro Kabushiki-gaisha), it opened in 1962.

Portions of the Hanshin Expressway about 400 meters (1,300 ft) east of Fukae Station collapsed during the Kobe earthquake on 17 January 1995. These sections were rebuilt with more modern standards by 1996. Portions of the Osaka highway are featured in Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3, and the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune video games from 3 onwards.

## Routes

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* 1 - Loop Route (Central Osaka)
* 2 - Yodogawa-Sagan Route (Hokko-kita - Universal Studios Japan)
* 3 - Kobe Route (Nishi-Nagahori - Amagasaki \- Nishinomiya \- Kobe)
* 4 - Bayshore Route (Osakako \- Rinku Town, Kansai Airport)
* 5 - Bayshore Route (Osakako - Rokko Island)
* 6 - Yamatogawa Route (Sakai \- Matsubara)
* 7 - Kita-Kobe Route (Igawadani - Shirakawa - Minotani - Arima \- Nishinomiya-Yamaguchi)
* 11 - Ikeda Route (Umeda \- Toyonaka \- Osaka Airport \- Kawanishi \- Ikeda)
* 12 - Moriguchi Route (Kitahama - Moriguchi)
* 13 - Higashi-Osaka Route (Central Osaka - Higashi-Osaka)
* 14 - Matsubara Route (Namba \- Hirano \- Matsubara)
* 15 - Sakai Route (Sumiyoshi \- Suminoe \- Sakai)
* 16 - Ōsakakō Route (Nishi-Nagahori - Osakako)
* 17 - Nishi-Osaka Route (Bentencho - Sumiyoshi)
* 31 - Kobe-Yamate Route (Kobe - Shirakawa)
* 32 - Shin-Kobe Tunnel (National Highway Route 2 - Minotani)

### Former Hanshin route

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* 8 - Kyoto Route (Fushimi \- Yamashina) (transferred to West Nippon Expressway Company and Kyoto City, renamed to E89 Second Keihan Highway southwest of Kamogawa-Higashi interchange, and Shinjūjōdōri (Japanese: 新十条通) east of same IC (also free opened))[2]

## See also

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* Japan portal
* Roads portal

## References

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1. ^ Kindaichi, Haruhiko; Akinaga, Kazue, eds. (10 March 2025). 新明解日本語アクセント辞典 (in Japanese) (2nd ed.). Sanseidō.
2. ^ West Nippon Expressway Company (2019-01-28). "平成31年春からの近畿圏の新たな高速道路料金について". Retrieved 11 May 2019.

## External links

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* Media related to Hanshin Expressway at Wikimedia Commons

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Hanshin Expressway

Routes|

* Loop Route
* Yodogawa-Sagan Route
* Kobe Route
* Bayshore Route
* Bayshore Route
* Yamatogawa Route
* Kita-Kobe Route
* Ikeda Route

Moriguchi Route
* Higashi-Osaka Route
* Matsubara Route
* Sakai Route
* Ōsakakō Route
* Nishi-Osaka Route
* Kobe-Yamate Route

Shin-Kobe Tunnel

Former Routes|

* Kyoto Route

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Expressways of Japan

East Nippon Expressway Company|

* C3 Tokyo Gaikan
* C4/E66 Ken-Ō
* CA Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line
* E4 Tōhoku
* E4A Aomori
* E4A Hachinohe
* E5 Dō-Ō
* E5A Sasson
* E5A Shiribeshi
* E6 Jōban
* E7 Nihonkai-Tōhoku
* E7/E46 Akita
* E8 Hokuriku
* E13 Tōhoku-Chūō
* E14 Tateyama
* E17 Kan-etsu
* E18 Jōshin-etsu
* E19 Nagano
* E38/E61 Dōtō
* E45 Sanriku
* E46 Kamaishi
* E48 Yamagata
* E49 Ban-etsu
* E50 Kita-Kantō
* E51 Higashi-Kantō
* E65 Shin-Kūkō

Central Nippon Expressway Company|

* C2 Mei-Nikan
* C3 Tōkai-Kanjō
* C4 Ken-Ō
* E1 Tōmei
* E1 Meishin
* E1A/E52/E69 Shin-Tōmei
* E1A Isewangan
* E1A Shin-Meishin
* E8 Hokuriku
* E19/E20/E68 Chūō
* E19 Nagano
* E23 Higashi-Meihan
* E23 Ise
* E27 Maizuru-Wakasa
* E41 Tōkai-Hokuriku
* E42 Kisei
* E52 Chūbu-Ōdan

West Nippon Expressway Company|

* E1 Meishin
* E1A Shin-Meishin
* E2 San'yō
* E2A Chūgoku
* E2A Kanmon Bridge
* E3 Kyushu
* E3A Minamikyushu
* E9 San'in
* E10/E78 Higashikyushu
* E10 Miyazaki
* E11/E32 Tokushima
* E11 Takamatsu
* E11/E56 Matsuyama
* E24 Keinawa
* E25 Nishi-Meihan
* E26 Kinki
* E26/E42 Hanwa
* E27 Maizuru-Wakasa
* E29 Harima
* E32/E56 Kōchi
* E34 Ōita
* E34 Nagasaki
* E35 Nishi-Kyūshū
* E54 Matsue
* E58 Okinawa
* E71 Kansai-Kūkō
* E73 Okayama
* E73 Yonago
* E74 Hamada
* E74 Hiroshima

Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company|

* E28 Kobe-Awaji-Naruto
* E30 Seto-Chūō
* E76 Nishiseto

MLIT|

* E4A Kamikita
* E5 Hakodate Shindō
* E5A Kuromatsunai Shindō
* E7 Akita
* E9 San'in Kinki
* E25 Meihan
* E29 Tottori
* E38 Dōtō
* E38/E44 Kushiro Sotokan
* E39 Asahikawa-Monbetsu
* E41 Nōetsu
* E41/E86 Noto-Satoyama
* E45 Hachinohe-Kuji
* E45 Sanriku
* E45 Sanriku-kita Jūkan
* E46 Kamaishi
* E54 Onomichi
* E55 Kōchi-Tōbu
* E55 Tokushima-Nanbu
* E58 Naha Airport
* E59 Hakodate-Esashi
* E60 Obihiro-Hiroo
* E61 Tokachi-Okhotsk
* E62 Fukagawa-Rumoi
* E63 Hidaka
* E64 Tsugaru
* E67 Chūbu-Jūkan
* E69 San-en Nanshin
* E70 Izu-Jūkan
* E72 Kitakinki-Toyooka
* E75 Higashihiroshima-Kure
* E77 Kyushu Chūō

Urban expressways|

* Fukuoka & Kitakyushu
* Hanshin
* Hiroshima
* Nagoya
* Shuto (Tokyo)

Prefecture-maintained routes|

* E4A Daini-Michinoku
* E4A Michinoku
* E80 Abukuma Kōgen
* E81 Nikkō Utsunomiya
* E87 Chitahantō
* E95 Bantan Renraku
* E97 Ōita Airport

Former expressways|

* D8 Tokyo Expressway

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* Japan

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