Kyushu Expressway

Expressway in Kyushu, Japan

Kyushu Expressway

九州自動車道

Route information
Part of  AH1
Length| 346.2 km[1] (215.1 mi)
Existed| 1971–present
Major junctions
From| Moji Interchange in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
Kita-Kyushu Expressway
AH1 Kanmon Bridge
To| Kagoshima Junction in Kagoshima, Kagoshima
Minami-Kyushu Expressway
Ibusuki Skyline
Location
Country| Japan
Major cities| Fukuoka, Dazaifu, Tosu, Kurume, Kumamoto, Yatsushiro, Kirishima
Highway system

* National highways of Japan

* Expressways of Japan

Kumamoto, Japan

Kyushu Expressway (九州自動車道, Kyūshū Jidōsha-dō) (Asian Highway Network AH1) is one of the Expressways of Japan from Kitakyūshū (and the bridge to Honshū) to west of Kagoshima linking with the Higashikyushu 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 346.2 km. It does not cover Ōita or Nagasaki.

## History

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* June 30, 1971, a section from Ueki to Kumamoto was opened to traffic
* October 21, 1972, a section from Nankan to Ueki opened to traffic
* November 16, 1973, Tosu Interchange and Junction to Nankan was opened to traffic
* December 13, 1973, Kajiki Interchange to Satsuma-Yoshida 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 Satsuma-Yoshida to Kagoshima-Kita Interchanges was opened
* December 15, 1978, a section from Mifune to Matsubase Interchanges was opened
* March 8, 1979, a section from Wakamiya to Yahata Interchanges was opened
* March 12, 1980, a section from Matsubase to Yatsushiro 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-Kita interchanges that time
* March 27, 1984, a section from Moji to Kokura-Higashi was opened which made access to the bridge with Honshū
* March 28, 1985, the Tosu Junction in the west was opened.
* February 5, 1987, the Tosu Junction in the east was opened.
* March 29, 1988, a section from Kagoshima-Kita to Kagoshima was opened with an interchange with the expressway.
* March 31, 1988, a section from Kokura-Higashi to Yahata was opened to traffic
* October 19, 1988, a section in the Kagoshima Interchange with the Minami Kyushu Expressway was opened
* 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 Shin-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 12, 2004, the tunnel from Hitoyoshi to Ebino Interchanges which made Kyushu Expressway with four lanes now being connected with no gaps
* February 26, 2006, Kitakyushu Junction was opened to traffic with another freeway
* March 29, 2009, the Miyama-Yanagawa Interchange was opened
* February 19, 2011, the Kurate Interchange was opened
* April 14, 2016, Many sections of the expressway were damaged during the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.
* April 29, 2016, The expressway reopened.[2]

## List of interchanges and features

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This article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which should be presented in a properly formatted junction table. Please consult this guideline for information on how to create one. Please improve this article if you can. (November 2021)

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* IC - interchange, SIC - smart interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area, BS - bus stop, TN - tunnel, TB - toll gate, BR - bridge
* Bus stops labeled "○" are currently in use; those marked "◆" are closed.

Number  | Name  | Connections  | Distance from
Moji(Km)  | Bus Stop  | Notes  | Location

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Through to  Kanmon Bridge
1  | Moji IC |  Kitakyushu Expressway 4
Pref. Route 72 (Kurokawa Shiranoe Higashihonmachi Route)  | 0.0  |  |  | Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū | Fukuoka
\-  | Hata BS | \-  | 4.1  | ◆  |
1-1  | Shin-Moji Interchange | Pref. Route 71 (Shin-Moji Port Dairi Route)  | 4.4  |  | Only accessible for Fukuoka
\-  | Kishi PA | \-  | 6.2  |  |
\-  | Kuzuhara BS | \-  | 11.2  | ◆  |  | Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū
2  | Kokura-Higashi IC |  Kitakyushu Expressway 1
National Route 10 (Sone Bypass)  | 13.4  |  |
2-1  | Kitakyushu JCT  |  Higashikyushu Expressway | 16.5  |  |
3  | Kokura-Minami IC |  National Route 322 | 20.2  | ○  |
4  | Yahata IC |  Kitakyushu Expressway 4
National Route 200 (Nogata Bypass)  | 31.4  | ○  | Kitakyushu Expressway←→Hiroshima: no access  | Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū
\-  | Nogata PA | \-  | 34.9  | ○  | Only accessible for Hiroshima  | Nogata
4-1  | Kurate IC | Pref. Route 472 (Nogata Kurate Route)  | 36.1  |  |  | Kurate
\-  | Kurate PA | \-  | 36.3  |  | Only accessible for Fukuoka
4-2  | Miyata SIC | Pref. Route 9 (Muroki Shimoariki Wakamiya Route) via Miyawaka city road  | 42.1  |  | Only accessible for Fukuoka  | Miyawaka
5  | Wakamiya IC | Pref. Route 9 (Muroki Shimoariki Wakamiya Route)  | 45.2  | ○  |
\-  | Koga SA | \-  | 54.5  |  |  | Koga
6  | Koga IC |  National Route 3 (Kashii Bypass)
Pref. Route 35 (Chikushino Koga Route)  | 57.7  |  |
\-  | Aoyagi BS | \-  | 58.7  | ○  |
\-  | Tachibanayama BS | \-  | 62.9  | ○  |  | Shingu
Hisayama
7  | Fukuoka IC |  Fukuoka Expressway 4
National Route 201 | 68.3  | ◆  |  | Higashi-ku, Fukuoka
7-1  | Sue PA/SIC | Pref. Route 91 (Shime Sue Route)  | 73.4  | ◆  |  | Sue
\-  | Umi BS | \-  | 75.4  | ○  |  | Umi
8  | Dazaifu IC |  Fukuoka Expressway 2
National Route 3 (Fukuoka-Minami Bypass)  | 80.1  | ◆  |  | Dazaifu
\-  | Chikushino BS | \-  | 84.9  | ○  |  | Chikushino
8-1  | Chikushino IC | Pref. Route 7 (Chikushino Interchange Route)  | 86.9  |  |
\-  | Kiyama PA | \-  | 90.8  | ○  |  | Kiyama | Saga
9  | Tosu JCT/IC  |  Nagasaki Expressway
Ōita Expressway
National Route 3 / National Route 34 | 96.1  |  |  | Tosu
\-  | Ajisaka SIC |  |  |  | Planned  | Ogōri | Fukuoka
\-  | Miyanojin BS | \-  | 102.5  | ○  |  | Kurume
10  | Kurume IC |  National Route 3 (Tosu Kurume Road)
National Route 322 | 105.4  | ○  |
10-1  | Hirokawa IC | Pref. Route 84 (Hirokawa Jōyō Route)  | 113.2  | ○  | Bus stop: northbound only  | Hirokawa
\-  | Hirokawa SA | \-  | 113.6  | ○  | Bus stop: southbound only
Hirokawa IC←→SA: no access
11  | Yame IC |  National Route 442 (Yame Chikugo Bypass)  | 118.4  | ○  |  | Yame
Chikugo
\-  | Setaka BS | \-  | 122.4  | ○  |  | Miyama
11-1  | Miyama-Yanagawa IC | Pref. Route 775 (Motoyoshi Ogawa Route)  | 125.6  |  |
\-  | Yamakawa PA | \-  | 128.0  | ○  |
12  | Nankan IC | Pref. Route 5 (Omuta Nankan Route)
Pref. Route 10 (Nankan Omuta-Kita Route)  | 135.0  |  |  | Nankan | Kumamoto
\-  | Kobaru BS | \-  | 138.8  | ○  |
\-  | Tamana PA | \-  | 142.7  |  |
13  | Kikusui IC | Pref. Route 16 (Tamana Yamaga Route)  | 146.6  | ○  |  | Nagomi
\-  | Kaou BS | \-  | 153.6  | ○  |  | Yamaga
14  | Ueki IC |  National Route 3 | 157.3  | ○  |  | Kita-ku, Kumamoto
14-1  | Kita-Kumamoto SIC | Pref. Route 30 (Ozu Ueki Route) via Kumamoto city road  | 162.0  |  |
\-  | Kita-Kumamoto SA | \-  | 162.2  |  |
\-  | Nishi-Kōshi BS | \-  | 165.7  | ○  |  | Kōshi
\-  | Musashigaoka BS | \-  | 169.0  | ○  |  | Kita-ku, Kumamoto
15  | Kumamoto IC |  National Route 57 (Kumamoto-Higashi Bypass)  | 171.2  |  |  | Higashi-ku, Kumamoto
\-  | Takuma PA | \-  | 174.3  |  |
15-1  | Mashiki-Kumamoto Airport IC | Pref. Route 36 (Kumamoto Mashiki Ozu Route)  | 176.4  |  |  | Mashiki
\-  | Mashiki BS | \-  | 177.5  | ○  |
15-2  | Kashima JCT |  Kyushu Chūō Expressway | 180.7  |  |  | Mifune
16  | Mifune IC |  National Route 445 | 183.1  | ◆  |
\-  | Midorikawa PA | \-  | 186.7  |  |  | Minami-ku, Kumamoto
Kōsa
16-1  | Jōnan BS/ SIC | Pref. Route 38 (Uto Kōsa Route)  | 189.0  | ○  |  | Minami-ku, Kumamoto
17  | Matsubase IC |  National Route 218 | 195.1  | ◆  |  | Uki
17-1  | Hikawa Takatsuka BS/Uki Hikawa SIC |  National Route 3 via Hikawa town road  | 204.0  | ◆  |  | Hikawa
\-  | Miyahara SA | \-  | 208.8  | ○  |
18  | Yatsushiro IC |  National Route 3 | 213.5  | ○  |  | Yatsushiro
18-1  | Yatsushiro JCT  |  Minamikyushu Expressway | 214.6  |  | Only accessible for Fukuoka
\-  | Sakamoto PA | \-  | 222.1  | ◆  |
\-  | Ayugaeri BS | \-  | 230.2  | ◆  |
\-  | Higo TN | \-  |  |  | Length 6,340m
Dangerous goods forbidden
Yamae
\-  | Koduru BS | \-  | 242.4  | ◆  |
\-  | Yamae SA | \-  | 248.0  | ◆  |
19  | Hitoyoshi IC | Pref. Route 54 (Hitoyoshi Interchange Route)  | 252.0  | ○  |
Hitoyoshi
\-  | Hitoyoshi TB | \-  | 252.1  |  | Abandoned on July 27, 1995
19-1  | Hitoyoshi-Kuma SIC |  National Route 219 | 256.2  | \-  | incl. Hitoyoshi-Minami Bus Stop
BS location TBD
\-  | Hitoyoshi Temporary Interchange |  National Route 219 | 256.2  |  | Abandoned on July 27, 1995
\-  | Hitoyoshi-Minami BS | \-  | 256.4  | ◆  | closed by replacement
\-  | Kakutō TN | \-  |  |  | Length 6,264m
Dangerous goods forbidden
Ebino | Miyazaki
\-  | Ebino PA | \-  | 271.9  |  |
20  | Ebino IC |  National Route 268 | 274.3  | ○  |
21  | Ebino JCT  |  Miyazaki Expressway | 276.4  |  |
\-  | Yoshimatsu PA | \-  | 281.6  | ○  |  | Yūsui | Kagoshima
22  | Kurino IC | Pref. Route 55 (Kurino Kajiki Route)  | 290.0  |  |
23  | Yokogawa IC | Pref. Route 55 (Kurino Kajiki Route)  | 296.0  |  |  | Kirishima
\-  | Mizobe PA | \-  | 302.7  |  |
\-  | Kagoshima Airport-Minami BS | \-  | 308.6  | ○  |
24  | Mizobe-Kagoshima Airport IC |  National Route 504 | 309.8  |  |
25-1
25  | Kajiki JCT
Kajiki IC |  Higashikyushu Expressway
National Route 10 (Kajiki Bypass)
Pref. Route 55 (Kurino Kajiki Route)  | 317.5  |  |  | Aira
\-  | Chōsa BS | \-  | 322.2  | ○  |
25-2  | Sakurajima SA/SIC |  | 323.6  |  | SIC:Only accessible for Kagoshima
26  | Aira IC | Pref. Route 57 (Fumoto Shigetomi Teishajō Route)  | 326.2  |  |
\-  | Honjō BS | \-  | 330.6  | ◆  |  | Kagoshima
27  | Satsuma-Yoshida IC | Pref. Route 16 (Kagoshima Yoshida Route)  | 334.8  |  |
\-  | Kagoshima TB | \-  | 336.7  |  | Toll Barrier
28  | Kagoshima-Kita IC |  National Route 3
Pref. Route 18 (Kagoshima-Kita Interchange Route)  | 341.9  |  |
\-  | Ishiki BS | \-  | 342.0  | ○  |
29  | Kagoshima IC  |  Minamikyushu Expressway
National Route 3 (Kagoshima Bypass)  | 346.2  |  |
Through to Ibusuki Skyline

* The section between Yatsushiro Junction and Ebino Interchange consists of tunnels that run in the mountainous areas; vehicles carrying dangerous goods are forbidden from travelling through these tunnels and must use alternate routes.

## Lanes

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

## References

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1. ^ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Kyushu Regional Development Bureau. "Road Timetable". Retrieved 2008-08-31.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ^ "Major highway reopens in quake-hit Kumamoto". mainichi.jp. Mainichi Japan. 29 April 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

## External links

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* NEXCO West-Japan official website(in Japanese)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kyushu Expressway.

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West Nippon Expressway Company

National Expressways|

* E1 Meishin
* E1A Shin-Meishin
* E2 San'yō
* E2A Chūgoku
* E2A Kammon Bridge
* E3 Kyushu
* E9 San-in
* E10/E78 Higashikyushu
* E10 Miyazaki
* E11 Takamatsu
* E11/E56 Matsuyama
* E11/E32 Tokushima
* E25 Nishi-Meihan
* E26 Kinki
* E26/E42 Hanwa
* E27 Maizuru-Wakasa
* E29 Harima
* E29 Tottori
* E32/E56 Kōchi
* E34 Nagasaki
* E34 Ōita
* E54 Matsue
* E58 Okinawa
* E71 Kansai-Kūkō
* E73 Okayama
* E73 Yonago
* E74 Hiroshima
* E74 Hamada
* E77 Kyushu Chūō

Toll Roads|

* E2 Hiroshima-Iwakuni Road
* E3A Minamikyushu
* E9 Kyoto-Jūkan
* E10 Usa-Beppu Road
* E10 Nobeoka-Minami Road
* E24 Keinawa
* E31 Hiroshima-Kure Road
* E35 Nishi-Kyūshū
* E42 Yuasa Gobō Road
* E71 Sky Gate Bridge R
* E76 Imabari-Komatsu
* E78 Hayato Road
* E88 Keiji Bypass
* E89 Daini-Keihan Road
* E90 Sakai Senboku Road
* E91 Minami-Hanna Road
* E92 Daini Hanna
* E93 Daini-Shimmei
* E94 Kitasen Road
* E96 Nagasaki Bypass
* E97 Hiji Bypass
* Kanmon Roadway Tunnel

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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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