is a national

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in the Kinki region of

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. It is owned and operated by

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 ...

. The route is signed E91 under Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."

Route description

Minami-Hanna Road passes through

Mihara-ku, Sakai is a ward of the city of Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The ward has an area of 13.24 km² and a population of 39,230. The population density is 2,960 per square kilometer. The wards of Sakai were established when Sakai became a city desi ...

, Sakai, Habikino, back into Mihara-ku, Sakai, and Habikino, back into Mihara-ku, Sakai, Habikino, and finally

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Osaka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture ...

. It then crosses into Katsuragi in

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, Wakayama P ...

Naming

Hanna is a

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of two characters. The first character represents

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(大阪) and the second character represents

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(奈良). Minami (南) means south.

History

Construction on the toll road was completed on 28 March 2004. After opening, the road was managed by the

Osaka Prefecutural Road Public Corporation 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 2.7 ...

and

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. On 1 April 2018, the Osaka Prefecutural Road Public Corporation transferred ownership between Mihara Junction and Habikino Interchange and the tolling of the road to NEXCO West Japan.

Junction list

TB= Toll booth

References

External links

West Nippon Expressway Company

Osaka Prefecutural Road Public Corporation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Minami-Hanna Road Toll roads in Japan Regional High-Standard Highways in Japan Roads in Nara Prefecture Roads in Osaka Prefecture