The , signed as Route 5, is one of the routes of the
Hanshin Expressway
The is a network of expressways surrounding Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, Japan. Operated by , it opened in 1962.
Portions of the Hanshin Expressway about east of Fukae Station collapsed during the Kobe earthquake on 17 January 1995. These section ...
system serving the
Keihanshin
is a metropolitan region in the Kansai region of Japan encompassing the metropolitan areas of the cities of Kyoto in Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka in Osaka Prefecture and Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture. The entire region has a population () of 19,302,746 o ...
area. It is an intercity route that travels in an east to west direction from
Suminoe-ku, Osaka
is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan, stretching along the south-west border of the city. It borders the wards of Minato-ku, Taisho-ku and Nishinari-ku to the north, and Sumiyoshi-ku to the east. It is the largest land area of all wards in Osak ...
to
Tarumi-ku, Kobe
is one of nine wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 26.89 km², and a population of 219,958 (2008).
Tarumi is a suburban area in western Kobe, providing residential towns for commuters to downtown Kobe and even Osaka. The Akashi Kaikyō ...
. It has a total length of .
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{{Hanshin Expressway
Roads in Hyōgo Prefecture
Roads in Osaka Prefecture
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1991 establishments in Japan