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. The expressway is numbered E32 between Kawanoe Junction and Kōchi Interchange and E56 between Kōchi and Kuroshio-Ōgata Interchanges under the MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering.


Overview

The first section of the expressway was opened to traffic in 1992. As of March 2008 the expressway incomplete in many areas. The next section is scheduled to open in 2009 (Susaki-Higashi Interchange to Shinshōgawa-bashi East Interchange). After this, all future sections will be 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 Susaki-Higashi Interchange and Kuroshio-Ōgata Interchange operates according to this principle. The expressway is 4 lanes from Kawanoe Junction to Kōchi Interchange, and 2 lanes for all remaining sections.


List of interchanges and features

* IC - interchange, SIC -
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Takamatsu Expressway The is an expressway in the Shikoku region of Japan. The expressway is numbered E11. Overview The expressway is an important route connecting the greater Osaka area with Takamatsu, the capital of Kagawa Prefecture. Beyond Takamatsu, the rout ...

Matsuyama Expressway The is a national expressway in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The expressway is numbered E11 between Kawanoe Junction and Matsuyama Interchange and E56 between Matsuyama and Uwajima-Kita Interchanges under the MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of ...
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Kōchi-Tōbu Expressway The is an incomplete two-lane national expressway in Kōchi Prefecture. It is owned and operated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). The route is signed as an auxiliary route of National Route 55 as well E55 un ...
, rowspan="2" style="text-align:right; ", 114.7 , style="background-color:#ffdead; text-align:center;", , style="background-color:#ffdead;", Expected to open in 2020 , rowspan="2", Kōchi , - , Kōchi IC , Pref. Route 44 (Kōchi Kita Kanjō Route) , , , - ! style="background:#bfb;", 12 , Ino IC , National Route 33 ( Kōchi-Nishi Bypass) , style="text-align:right;", 125.0 , style="text-align:center;", , , Ino , - ! style="background:#bfb;", 13 , Tosa IC , National Route 56 ( Tosa-shi Bypass) , style="text-align:right;", 134.0 , style="text-align:center;", , , rowspan="2", Tosa , - !style="background-color:#BFB;", 13-1 , Tosa PA/SIC , , style="text-align:right;", 139.5 , style="text-align:center;", , SIC: Kōchi-bound
Open 06:00-22:00 , - !style="background-color: #BFB;", TB , Susaki-Higashi TB , style="background-color:#dcdcfe;", , style="background-color:#dcdcfe; text-align:right; ", 148.5 , style="background-color:#dcdcfe;", , style="background-color:#dcdcfe;", , rowspan="5", Susaki , - ! style="background:#bfb;", 14 , Susaki-Higashi IC , style="background-color:#ffdddd;", National Route 56 , style="background-color:#ffdddd; text-align:right;", 148.9 , style="background-color:#ffdddd; text-align:center;", , style="background-color:#ffdddd;", Kuroshio-bound exit, Kōchi-bound entrance only , - ! style="background:#bfb;", 15 , Susaki-Chūō IC , style="background-color:#ffdddd;", National Route 56
Pref. Route 310 (Susaki Teishajō Route) , style="background-color:#ffdddd; text-align:right;", 152.2 , style="background-color:#ffdddd; text-align:center;", , style="background-color:#ffdddd;", Kuroshio-bound exit, Kōchi-bound entrance only , - !style="background-color: #BFB;", , style="background-color:#CCC;", Shinshōgawa-bashi East Temporary Interchange , style="background-color:#CCC;", National Route 56 , style="background-color:#CCC; text-align:right; ", 153.4 , style="background-color:#CCC; text-align:center; ", , style="background-color:#CCC;", abandoned on March 5, 2011 , - ! style="background:#bfb;", 16 , Susaki-Nishi IC , National Route 56 , style="text-align:right;", 153.8 , style="text-align:center;", , , - ! style="background:#bfb;", 17 , Nakatosa IC , National Route 56 , style="text-align:right;", 160.6 , style="text-align:center;", , , Nakatosa , - ! style="background:#bfb;", 18 , Shimantochō-Higashi IC , style="background-color:#ffdddd;", Pref. Route 387 (Shimantochō-Higashi Inter Route) , style="background-color:#ffdddd; text-align:right;", 169.2 , style="background-color:#ffdddd; text-align:center;", , style="background-color:#ffdddd;", Kuroshio-bound exit, Kōchi-bound entrance only , rowspan="2", Shimanto , - !style="background-color:#BFB;", 19 , Shimantochō-Chūō IC , National Route 56 , style="text-align:right;", 175.3 , style="text-align:center;", , , - , - , colspan="8" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffdead;", Planned route
Through to National Route 56 , - ! style="background:#bfb;", 20 , Shimantochō-Nishi IC , style="background-color:#ffdddd;", National Route 56 , style="background-color:#ffdddd; text-align:right;", 180.7 , style="background-color:#ffdddd; text-align:center;", , style="background-color:#ffdddd;", Shimanto-bound exit, Kuroshio-bound entrance only , Shimanto , rowspan="5" style="width:1em;", Kōchi , - ! style="background:#bfb;", 21 , Kuroshio-Okobushinokawa IC , style="background-color:#ffdddd;", National Route 56 , style="background-color:#ffdddd; text-align:right;", 186.3 , style="background-color:#ffdddd; text-align:center;", , style="background-color:#ffdddd;", Shimanto-bound entrance only , rowspan="5",
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References


External links


West Nippon Expressway Company
{{Expressways of Japan Expressways in Japan Roads in Ehime Prefecture Roads in Kōchi Prefecture