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The is a 104.9-km-long (65.2 mile) north–south (physically northeast–southwest) National Highway with access control (一般国道自動車専用道路 ''Ippan-kokudō jidōsha-sen-yō-dōro'') in the
West Nippon Expressway Company
{{Expressways of Japan Expressways in Japan Roads in Kyoto Prefecture Roads in Nara Prefecture Roads in Wakayama Prefecture
Kinki region
The or the , lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metropolit ...
of Japan
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that connects Kyoto Prefecture to Wakayama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 944,320 () and has a geographic area of . Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefecture ...
via Nara Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the northwest, Wakaya ...
. It is numbered "E24" under Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
The , abbreviated MLIT, is a ministry of the Japanese government.国土交通省設置法 ...
's "Expressway Numbering Systemg."
Route description
The Keinawa Expressway generally follows the path of Japan National Route 24 from Kyoto to Wakayama. It begins at an interchange with the Shin-Meishin Expressway nearKyoto 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 ...
. From Kyoto the expressway travels south through Kansai Science City
is an unincorporated city located in the , a border region between Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara Prefectures in Kansai region, Japan. The name is commonly shortened to or . The name Keihanna is constructed by extracting a representative kanji from ...
and Nara Prefecture, then crosses into Wakayama where it runs along the southern side of the Kisen Alps while travelling southwest towards Wakayama where it comes to an end at a junction with the Hanwa Expressway
The is a national expressway in the Kinki region of Japan. It is owned and operated by West Nippon Expressway Company.
Naming
Hanwa is a kanji acronym of two characters. The first character represents Osaka (大阪) and the second character re ...
.
There are some gaps in the expressway that are linked by the previously named national highway. The purpose of this route is to serve as a high-speed route from Kyoto to Wakayama, bypassing 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 ...
to the west.
Naming
The name ''Keinawa'' is a Sino-Japanese pronunciation of a three-character kanji acronym for Kyoto, Nara, and Wakayama (京奈和) that are the names of the three prefectures in the Kinki region that the Keinawa Expressway links. The first character of the three-character kanji that represents Kyoto (京都) is pronounced as ''kei,'' whereas the second character of the kanji that represents Nara (奈良) and the third character of it represents Wakayama (和歌山) are pronounced as ''na'' and ''wa'' respectively.History
The highway was first proposed in 1973 as bypasses in the Kinki region that were not connected. The first section of the expressway connectingJōyō, Kyoto
is a city located in Kyoto Prefecture, Kansai, Japan. It is halfway between Kyoto and Nara. It contains historical sites including the Shibagahara Tomb and Mito shrine. The city was founded on May 3, 1972. As of October 2020, the city has an est ...
and Kyotanabe, Kyoto was opened in 1988. The most recent section to open as of May 2018 was between the southern terminus with the Hanwa Expressway and Iwade-Negoro in Wakayama.
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See also
*Transport in Keihanshin Transport in the Keihanshin metropolitan region is much like that of Tokyo: it includes public and private rail and highway networks; airports for international, domestic, and general aviation; buses; motorcycle delivery services, walking, bicycling ...
West Nippon Expressway Company
{{Expressways of Japan Expressways in Japan Roads in Kyoto Prefecture Roads in Nara Prefecture Roads in Wakayama Prefecture