Kitasen Road
{{Short description|Road in Hyogo prefecture, Japan}}
{{Infobox road
|country=JPN
|type=National
|maint=West Nippon Expressway Company
| name =Kitasen Road
|alternate_name=File:JP Expressway E94.svg {{Nihongo|第二神明道路北線|Daini Shinmei Dōro-Kitasen}}
| marker_image =File:Dainishinmei-Kitasen Route Sign.svg
| map =
| length_mi =
| length_km =5.6
| length_round =
| length_ref =
| established =1998
| allocation ={{jct|country=JPN|Route|2|name1=Kobe Nishi Bypass}}
| direction_a =East
| terminus_a =Tarumi Junction
{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E28}} in Tarumi-ku, Kobe
| junction =
| direction_b =West
| terminus_b =Nagaidani Junction
File:Hanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0007.svg Hanshin Expressway Kita-Kobe Route in Nishi-ku, Kobe
}}
The {{nihongo|Kitasen Road|北線道路|Kitasen Dōro}} or {{nihongo|Daini Shinmei Road Kitasen Route|第二神明道路北線|Daini Shinmei Dōro-Kitasen}} is an expressway that links the wards Tarumi-ku and Nishi-ku of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is owned and operated by West Nippon Expressway Company and is signed as E94 under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's (MLIT) "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."{{cite web|url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/road/sign/numbering/en/list/index.html|title=Japan's Expressway Numbering System|website=www.mlit.go.jp}}
History
In 1998, the Kitasen Road was opened in conjunction with the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway.{{cite web|title=完成まで「１５０年かかる」はずが… 着工２７年のバイパス新展開|url=https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/sougou/201803/0011075599.shtml|language=ja|work=Kobe ShimbunNEXT|date=17 March 2018|accessdate=8 July 2019}}|
Future
MLIT is in the process of acquiring right of way to build a {{convert|7.1|km|mi|abbr=on}} extension of the Kitasen Road to link up with the Daini-Shinmei Road in the neighboring city, Akashi.
Junction list
The entire expressway is in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture.{{JPNinttop|exit|name|nopref=yes}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Tarumi-ku, Kobe
|lspan=2
|km=0.0
|exit=3
|name=Tarumi
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E28}}
|notes=Eastern terminus
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=2.3
|exit=11
|type=incomplete
|name=Gakuen-minami
|road=Hyogo Prefecture Route 488
|notes=Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Nishi-ku, Kobe
|lspan=2
|km=3.0
|type=incomplete
|exit=12
|name=Nagasaka
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|2|name1=Kobe Nishi Bypass}}
|notes=Eastbound entrance, westbound exit
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=5.6
|exit=7-02
|name=Nagaidani
|road=File:Hanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0007.svg Hanshin Expressway Kita-Kobe Route
|notes=Current western terminus
}}
|colspan="8" style="text-align: center;"|Through to {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E93}} (under construction)
{{Jctbtm|exit|keys=incomplete|col=8}}
References
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See also
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{{West Nippon Expressway Company}}