The is an expressway in the

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of Japan. The expressway is numbered E11.

Overview

The expressway is an important route connecting the greater

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area with

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, the capital of Kagawa Prefecture. Beyond Takamatsu, the route follows a westerly course parallel to the Seto Inland Sea to its terminus with

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and Kōchi Expressway in Shikokuchūō. The speed limit is 80 km/h along the majority of the route, there are some 100 km/h sections between Naruto Junction and Tsuda-Higashi Interchange and Takamatsu-Nishi Interchange and Kawanoe Junction.

History

The first section of the Takamatsu Expressway to open was between Zentsuji and Mishima-Kawanoe interchanges on 16 December 1987. The final section of the expressway (9.1 km between Takamatsu-Chūō and Takamatsu-Nishi Interchanges) was opened on 30 March 2003. The long Takamatsu-higashi Road was incorporated into the Takamatsu Expressway on 21 November 2017.

List of interchanges and features

* IC - interchange, SIC -

smart interchange A is a feature of Japanese expressways that provides exclusive access to and from the expressway for vehicles equipped with electronic toll collection (ETC). The feature increases accessibility to and from the expressway in less-populated areas ...

, JCT - junction, SA -

service area Service area may refer to: * Rest area A rest area is a public facility located next to a large thoroughfare such as a motorway, expressway, or highway, at which drivers and passengers can rest, eat, or refuel without exiting onto secondary r ...

, PA -

parking area A parking lot (American English) or car park (British English), also known as a car lot, is a cleared area intended for parking vehicles. The term usually refers to an area dedicated only for parking, with a durable or semi-durable surface ...

, BS - bus stop, TN -

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, TB -

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Naruto TB - Takamatsu-Nishi IC

Due to open the expressway from Takamatsu towards Matsuyama, kilometer markers between Naruto Toll Gate and Takamatsu-Nishi Interchange show the distance from Naruto Toll Gate plus 100 (the marker at Naruto Toll Gate is 100.0 while the marker at Takamatsu-Nishi Interchange is 165.4). Therefore, the exit numbers continue from the sequence of the Takamatsu-Nishi Interchange, starting at 7. {, class="wikitable" , - !style="border-bottom:3px solid green;", No. !style="border-bottom:3px solid green;", Name !style="border-bottom:3px solid green;", Connections !style="border-bottom:3px solid green;", Dist. from
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Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway , - !style="background-color: #BFB;", TB , Naruto TB , style="background-color:#dcdcfe;", , style="background-color:#dcdcfe; text-align:right; ", 100.0 , style="background-color:#dcdcfe;", , style="background-color:#dcdcfe;", Sakaide-bound entrance only , rowspan="4",

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Tokushima Expressway , style="text-align:right;", 101.6 , style="text-align:center;", , , - !style="background-color:#BFB;", PA , Naruto-Nishi PA , , style="text-align:right;", 108.2
108.5 , style="text-align:center;", ○ , Sakaide-bound
Naruto-bound , - ! style="background:#bfb;", 8 , Itano IC , Pref. Route 229 (Itano Inter Route) , style="text-align:right;", 110.5 , style="text-align:center;", , , Itano , - ! style="background:#bfb;", 9 , Hiketa IC , Pref. Route 40 (Shirotori Hiketa Route) , style="text-align:right;", 123.3 , style="text-align:center;", ○ , , rowspan="3", Higashikagawa , rowspan="14" style="width:1em;",

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, - ! style="background:#bfb;", 10 , Shirotori-Hiketa IC , Pref. Route 41 (Shirotori-Hiketa Inter Route) , style="text-align:right;", 128.5 , style="text-align:center;", , , - !style="background-color:#BFB;", BS , Ōchi BS , , style="text-align: right;", 130.2 , style="text-align: center;", ○ , , - ! style="background:#bfb;", 11 , Tsuda-Higashi IC , National Route 11 , style="text-align:right;", 136.2 , style="text-align:center;", , , rowspan="5", Sanuki , - !style="background-color:#BFB;", SA , Tsuda-no-matsubara SA/BS , , style="text-align: right;", 137.3 , style="text-align: center;", ○ , , - ! style="background:#bfb;", 12 , Tsuda-Samukawa IC , Pref. Route 37 (Miki Tsuda Route) , style="text-align:right;", 141.4 , style="text-align:center;", , , - ! style="background:#bfb;", 13 , Shido IC , Pref. Route 141 (Ishida Higashishido Route) , style="text-align:right;", 144.8 , style="text-align:center;", , , - !style="background-color:#BFB;", BS , Shido BS , , style="text-align: right;", 146.4 , style="text-align: center;", ○ , , - ! style="background:#bfb;", 14 , Sanuki-Miki IC , style="background-color:#ffdddd;", National Route 11 ( Takamatsu-Higashi Bypass)
Pref. Route 38 (Miki Mure Route) , style="background-color:#ffdddd; text-align:right;", 149.5 , style="background-color:#ffdddd; text-align:center;", , style="background-color:#ffdddd;", Sakaide-bound exit, Naruto-bound entrance only , rowspan="2", Miki , - !style="background-color:#BFB;", BS , Shishi-no-sato Miki BS , , style="text-align: right;", 150.9 , style="text-align: center;", ○ , , - !style="background:#bfb;", 15 , Takamatsu-Higashi IC , style="background-color:#ffdddd;", National Route 11 ( Takamatsu-Higashi Bypass) , style="background-color:#ffdddd; text-align:right;", 152.4 , style="background-color:#ffdddd; text-align:center;", , style="background-color:#ffdddd;", Naruto-bound exit, Sakaide-bound entrance only , rowspan="4",

, - ! style="background:#bfb;", 16 , Takamatsu-Chūō IC , Pref. Route 43 (Chūtoku Mitani Takamatsu Route) , style="text-align:right;", 156.3 , style="text-align:center;", △ , , - !style="background:#bfb;", 17 , Takamatsu-Danshi IC , style="background-color:#ffdddd;", National Route 11 ( Takamatsu-Minami Bypass) , style="background-color:#ffdddd; text-align:right;", 162.9 , style="background-color:#ffdddd; text-align:center;", , style="background-color:#ffdddd;", Sakaide-bound exit, Naruto-bound entrance only , - !style="background:#bfb;", 1 , Takamatsu-Nishi IC , style="background-color:#ffdddd;", Pref. Route 12 (Miki Kokubunji Route) , style="background-color:#ffdddd; text-align:right;", 165.4 , style="background-color:#ffdddd; text-align:center;", , style="background-color:#ffdddd;", Naruto-bound exit, Sakaide-bound entrance only , -

Takamatsu-Nishi IC - Kawanoe JCT

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49.5 , style="text-align:center;", ◆ , Sakaide-bound
Kawanoe-bound , - ! style="background:#bfb;", 6 , Kawanoe JCT , E11 Expressway (Japan)

Kōchi Expressway , style="text-align:right;", 56.8 , style="text-align:center;", , , Shikokuchūō , style="width:1em;",

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Sakaide Route

) , - , colspan="8" style="text-align:center;", Through to Seto-Chūō Expressway , - !style="background-color: #BFB;", TB , Sakaide TB , style="background-color:#dcdcfe;", , style="background-color:#dcdcfe; text-align:right; ", 500.0 , style="background-color:#dcdcfe;", , style="background-color:#dcdcfe;", Sakaide-bound entrance only , rowspan="3", Sakaide , - !style="background-color:#BFB;", 5 , Sakaide IC , National Route 11 ( Sakaide-Marugame Bypass) , style="text-align:right;", 500.0 , style="text-align:center;", ◆ , , - !style="background-color:#BFB;", 2 , Sakaide JTC , for

, Shikokuchūō ( Main Route) , style="text-align:right;", 502.0 , style="text-align:center;", , , - , colspan="8" style="text-align:center;", Through to

*To prevent confusion with the main route, kilometer markers along the Sakaide Route show the distance from Sakaide Junction plus 500 (the marker at Sakaide Interchange is 500.0 while the marker at Sakaide Junction is 502.0).

References

External links

West Nippon Expressway Company
{{Expressways of Japan Expressways in Japan