The is a network of

expressways Expressway may refer to: *Controlled-access highway, the highest-grade type of highway with access ramps, lane markings, etc., for high-speed traffic. *Limited-access road, a lower grade of highway or arterial road. *Expressway, the fictional slide ...

surrounding

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...

and

Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the ci ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. Operated by , it opened in 1962. Portions of the Hanshin Expressway about east of

Fukae Station is a railway station in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is owned and operated by Private railway, private operator Hanshin Electric Railway. Layout This station consists of two opposed elevated side plat ...

collapsed during the

Kobe earthquake The , or Kobe earthquake, occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST (January 16 at 20:46:53 UTC) in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, including the region known as Hanshin. It measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and had ...

on 17 January 1995. These sections were rebuilt by 1996. Portions of the Osaka highway are featured in

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, and the

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video games from 3 onwards.

Routes

*1 -

Loop Route In road transportation in the United States, a special route is a road in a numbered highway system that diverts a specific segment of related traffic away from another road. They are featured in many highway systems; most are found in the Int ...

(Central Osaka) *2 - Yodogawa-Sagan Route (Hokko-kita -

Universal Studios Japan is a theme park located in Osaka, Japan. Opened on March 31, 2001, it is one of six Universal Parks & Resorts, Universal Studios theme parks worldwide and was the first to open outside the United States. The park is owned and operated by a whol ...

) *3 -

Kobe Route The , signed as Route 3, is one of the routes of the Hanshin Expressway system serving the Keihanshin area in Kansai, Japan. It is an intercity route that travels in an east to west direction from Osaka to Kobe, with a total length of . Rou ...

(Nishi-Nagahori -

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Nishinomiya 270px, Nishinomiya City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Nishinomiya city center 270px, Hirota Shrine is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 484,368 in 218948 households and a population density of 48 ...

- Kobe) *4 -

Bayshore Route The signed as Route B, is one of the routes of the tolled Shuto Expressway system in the Greater Tokyo Area. The Bayshore Route is a stretch of toll highway that runs from the Kanazawa ward of Yokohama in the west, northeast to the city of ...

( Osakako -

Rinku Town is a commercial development in Izumisano, Osaka, Japan, adjacent to Kansai International Airport. It was constructed in the early 1990s on reclaimed land, and opened in September 1995. Rinku Town is accessible from Osaka by the Nankai Main Line an ...

Kansai Airport Kansai International Airport ( ja, 関西国際空港, Kansai Kokusai Kūkō) commonly known as is the primary international airport in the Greater Osaka Area of Japan and the closest international airport to the cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and ...

) *5 -

(Osakako - Rokko Island) *6 -

Yamatogawa Route The , signed as Route 6, is one of the routes of the Hanshin Expressway system serving the Keihanshin area in Kansai, Japan. It travels in a west to east direction in Osaka Prefecture, from the Bayshore Route, in Sakai is a city located i ...

(

Sakai is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the medieval era. Sakai is known for its keyhole-shaped burial mounds, or kofun, which date from the fifth century and inclu ...

- Matsubara) *7 -

Kita-Kobe Route The , signed as Route 7, is one of the routes of the Hanshin Expressway system serving the Keihanshin area. It is an intercity route that travels in and west to east direction from Kobe to Nishinomiya 270px, Nishinomiya City Hall 270px, Aer ...

(Igawadani - Shirakawa - Minotani -

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- Nishinomiya-Yamaguchi) *11 -

Ikeda Route The , signed as Route 11, is one of the routes of the Hanshin Expressway system serving the Keihanshin area in Japan. It is a radial route that travels in a south to north direction from central Osaka to Itami Airport and Ikeda, Osaka, Ikeda, wi ...

(

Umeda is a major commercial, business, shopping and entertainment district in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, and the city's main northern railway terminus (Ōsaka Station, Umeda Station). The district's name means "plum field". History Umeda was historical ...

Toyonaka is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on October 15, 1936. Geography Climate Toyonaka has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The averag ...

- Osaka Airport - Kawanishi -

Ikeda Ikeda may refer to: * Ikeda (surname), a Japanese surname * Ikeda (comics), a character in ''Usagi Yojimbo'' * Ikeda clan, a Japanese clan * Ikeda map, chaotic attractor * ''Ikeda'' (annelid) a genus of the family Ikedidae Places * Ikeda, Osaka i ...

) *12 -

Moriguchi Route The , signed as Route 12, is one of the routes of the Hanshin Expressway system serving the Keihanshin area in Kansai, Japan. It travels in a southwest to northeast direction in Osaka and the neighboring city of Moriguchi, Osaka, Moriguchi, from ...

(Kitahama - Moriguchi) *13 - Higashi-Osaka Route (Central Osaka - Higashi-Osaka) *14 - Matsubara Route (

Namba is a district of Osaka, Japan. It is located in Chūō and Naniwa wards. Namba is regarded as the center of so-called ''Minami'' ("South") area of Osaka. Its name is one of variations on the former name of Osaka, '' Naniwa''. Namba is be ...

- Hirano - Matsubara) *15 - Sakai Route ( Sumiyoshi - Suminoe - Sakai) *16 -

Ōsakakō Route The , signed as Route 16, is one of the routes of the Hanshin Expressway system serving the Keihanshin area. It is a radial route that travels in an east to west direction from central Osaka, to Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Suminoe-ku, with a total length ...

(Nishi-Nagahori - Osakako) *17 - Nishi-Osaka Route (Bentencho - Sumiyoshi) *31 -

Kobe-Yamate Route The , signed as Route 31, 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 ...

(Kobe - Shirakawa) *32 - Shin-Kobe Tunnel (National Highway Route 2 - Minotani)

Former Hanshin route

*8 - Kyoto Route ( Fushimi - Yamashina) (transferred to

West Nippon Expressway Company The , abbreviated as , is one of the main operators of expressways and toll roads in Japan. It is headquartered on the 19th floor of Dojima Avanza in Kita-ku, Osaka. The company was established on October 1, 2005, as a result of the privatization o ...

and

Kyoto City Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the c ...

, renamed to E89

Second Keihan Highway The , also called as Daini-Keihan Road, is a national highway and 6-laned Regional High-Standard Highways (expressways of Japan, expressway) in Japan, leading from Fushimi-ku, Kyoto through Kansai Science City to Kadoma, Osaka. This road is a Bypas ...

southwest of Kamogawa-Higashi interchange, and Shinjūjōdōri ( ja, 新十条通) east of same IC (also free opened))

References

External links

* {{Authority control Expressways in Japan Roads in Hyōgo Prefecture Roads in Kyoto Prefecture Roads in Osaka Prefecture

Routes

Former Hanshin route

See also

References

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