Higashi-Osaka Route
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{short description|Expressway in Osaka, Japan}}
{{infobox road|country=JPN
| name = Hanshin Expressway Route 13 Higashi-Osaka Route
阪神高速13号東大阪線
| marker_image = 80px
|map={{Highway system OSM map
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| frame-lat = 34.67
| frame-long = 135.57
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|map_custom=yes
| map_notes=The Higashi-Osaka Route highlighted in red
| maint= Hanshin Expressway Company, Limited
| length_mi =
| length_km = 12.5
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| established = 1970
| allocation =
| direction_a = West
| terminus_a = {{ill|Nishisenba Junction|ja|西船場ジャンクション}} in Chūō-ku, Osaka
24px Ōsakakō Route / 24px Loop Route
| junction ={{plainlist}}* 24px Loop Route
* {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E26|dab1=K}}{{endplainlist}}
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b = {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E92}}
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The {{Nihongo|Higashi-Osaka Route|東大阪線|Higashi-Osaka-sen}}, signed as Route 13, is one of the tolled routes of the Hanshin Expressway system serving the Keihanshin area in Kansai, Japan. It travels in a west to east direction from the Chūō ward of Osaka, beginning at a junction with the Loop Route and Ōsakakō Route, to the Daini Hanna Road in the city of Higashiōsaka. The expressway has a total length of {{Convert|12.5|km|mi|sp=us}}.
Route description
File:Miyaato-PedestrianBridge on Chuo-odori Osaka Japan.jpg
The Higashi-Osaka Route travels in a west to east direction from the Chūō ward of Osaka, beginning as a one-way highway at a junction with the Loop Route and Ōsakakō Route on the western side of the Loop Route. Its next junction is a second interchange with the Loop Route on that highway's eastern side.{{cite web|title=Expressway Map|url=https://www.hanshin-exp.co.jp/english/drive/toll-roadways/map.html|publisher=Hanshin Expressway Company|accessdate=12 November 2020}} Heading east towards Higashiōsaka and Nara, the expressway is an elevated highway running directly over the Yumehanna rail line.{{cite web|title=ゆめはんな線|trans-title=Yumehanna Line|url=https://www.kintetsu.jp/kouhou/Rireki/A40020.html|language=ja|publisher=Kintetsu Railway|date=2020|accessdate=12 November 2020}}
When utilized with the Daini Hanna Road at the eastern end of the Higashi-Osaka Route, the combined expressways function as the most direct road connection between the city centers of Osaka and Nara.{{cite web|title=E92 第二阪奈道路、阪神高速13号東大阪線（水走～宝来IC）で夜間通行止めを実施いたします―夜間通行止めの時間帯は、阪奈道路等へのう回をお願いいたします|trans-title=E92 Daini Hanna Road, Hanshin Expressway No. 13 Higashi-Osaka Route (Mizurun-Horai IC) will be closed at night. Please use the Hanna Road, etc. during the nighttime closures|url=https://corp.w-nexco.co.jp/corporate/release/kansai/r1/0920/|language=ja|publisher=West Nippon Expressway Company|date=20 September 2019|accessdate=12 November 2020}}
History
Construction of the Higashi-Osaka Route began in 1967 in preparation for the Expo '70 held in the nearby city of Suita. The first section of the expressway was completed after three years of construction in 1970.{{cite web|title=第７話 万国博覧会の成功へ、供用延長を一挙４倍|trans-title=Episode 7: For the success of the World Expo, the extension of service is quadrupled at once.|url=https://hanshin-exp.co.jp/50th/short-story/past/story07.html|publisher=Hanshin Expressway Company|language=ja|date=9 May 2014|accessdate=11 November 2020}} The entire expressway was completed by 1976, with the exception of a short section between Osaka Castle and Naniwa Nagara-Toyosaki Palace that was left unbuilt until 1978.{{cite web|title=50年のあゆみ|trans-title=50 years of history|url=https://hanshin-exp.co.jp/50th/history/|language=ja|date=2013|accessdate=11 November 2020}}
This section's completion was delayed due to the discovery of a trace of a palace that was found along the expressway's route during a survey done in 1960. In order to preserve the archaeological site, the elevated expressway had to be built using a structure that did not require piles. A lightweight superstructure was used to elevate the road above the site, but the structure was deemed deficient after fractures developed in it after years of use. The structure was temporarily reinforced, but it has been determined by the Hanshin Expressway Company that it will need to be replaced with a stronger structure in the future.{{cite web|title=13号東大阪線 法円坂付近 〜1978年（昭和53年）開通〜|trans-title=Route 13 Higashi-Osaka Route near Hoenzaka - Opened in 1978 (Showa 53)|url=https://hanshin-exp.co.jp/company/torikumi/renewal/koshin/koshin02.html|publisher=Hanshin Expressway Company, Limited|language=ja|date=2016|accessdate=12 November 2020}}
List of interchanges
The entire expressway lies within Osaka Prefecture.
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{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Osaka
|lspan=4
|km=0.0
|type=trans
|exit=–
|name=Nishisenba
|road={{jct|country=MEX|extra=airport}}24px Loop Route – Osaka Airport
{{jct|country=MEX|extra=airport}}24px Ōsakakō Route – Kansai Airport, Tenpozan, Izumisano, Kobe
|notes=Western terminus; expressway continues as the Ōsakakō Route
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=1.1
|exit=–
|name=Higashisenba
|road=24px Loop Route
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=2.0
|exit=13-01
|type=incomplete
|name=Hōenzaka
|road=Chūō-dōri – Banbachō, Fukaebashi, Morinomiya Station, Osaka Museum of History, Remains of Naniwanomiya Palace
|notes=Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=2.6
|exit=13-02
|type=incomplete
|name=Morinomiya
|road=Chūō-dōri – Osaka Port, Honmachi, Uehonmachi-6, Banbachō
|notes=Eastbound entrance, westbound exit
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Higashiōsaka
|lspan=8
|km=5.9
|exit=13-03
|type=incomplete
|name=Takaida
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|308}}
|notes=Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=8.1
|exit=13-04
|type=incomplete
|name=Nagata
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|308}} – Ikeda, Ishikiri, Sakai
|notes=Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=9.0
|exit=13-05
|name=Higashiosaka
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E26|dab1=K}} – Suita, Ibaraki, Kyoto, Matsubara, Wakayama
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=9.4
|exit=13-06
|name=Higashiosaka Aramoto
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|308}} – Ikeda, Fukaebashi, Sakai, Nara, Ishikiri
Osaka Prefecture Route 2 – Sakai, Yao, Ikeda, Kadoma
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=10.1
|exit=13-07
|type=incomplete
|name=Nakano
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|308}} – Ishikiri
Osaka Prefecture Route 21 – Fujidera, Yao, Hirakata, Daitō
|notes=Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=11.6
|exit=13-08
|name=Mizuhai
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|308}} – Ishikiri, Osaka (Morinomiya)
{{jct|country=JPN|Route|170}} – Izumisano, Yao, Takatsuki, Neyagawa
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=12.5
|exit=13-09
|type=trans
|name=
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E92}} – Nara
|notes=Eastern terminus; expressway continues as the Daini Hanna Road
}}
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See also
- {{portal-inline|Japan}}
- {{portal-inline|Roads}}
References
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External links
- {{commons-inline|Category:Hanshin Expressway Route 13 Higashi-Osaka Route}}
{{Hanshin Expressway}}