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Kyushu Expressway

{{Short description|Expressway in Kyushu, Japan}}

{{Infobox road

|country=JPN

|type=Expressway

|route=Kyushu

|alternate_name=File:JP Expressway E3.svg {{Nihongo2|九州自動車道}}

|map = {{Highway system OSM map|frame-lat=32.653|frame-long=130.992|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|zoom=7|lengt=|plain=yes|stroke-width=3}}

|map_custom=yes

|length_km= 346.2

|length_ref={{cite web| url= http://www.qsr.mlit.go.jp/kyukan/roadtime/kyusyu-do.html | title= Road Timetable |author= Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Kyushu Regional Development Bureau | access-date= 2008-08-31 }}

|established=1971

|terminus_a= Moji Interchange in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
20px Kita-Kyushu Expressway
File:JP Expressway E2A.svg {{Jct|country=JPN|AH|1}} Kanmon Bridge

|cities= Fukuoka, Dazaifu, Tosu, Kurume, Kumamoto, Yatsushiro, Kirishima

|terminus_b= Kagoshima Junction in Kagoshima, Kagoshima
File:JP Expressway E3A.svg Minami-Kyushu Expressway
20px Ibusuki Skyline

|ahn={{Jct|country=JPN|AH|1}}

}}

Image:Kyushu EXP Kumamoto Shirakawa.jpg

{{nihongo|Kyushu Expressway|九州自動車道|Kyūshū Jidōsha-dō}} (Asian Highway Network {{Jct|country=JPN|AH|1}}) is one of the Expressways of Japan from Kitakyūshū (and the bridge to Honshū) to west of Kagoshima linking with the Higashikyushu Expressway and the Ibusuki Skyline. It runs through the prefectures of Fukuoka, the eastern half of the Saga, Kumamoto, Miyazaki (Ebino only) and the Kagoshima prefectures. The freeway runs entirely on the island of Kyūshū. The total length is 346.2 km. It does not cover Ōita or Nagasaki.

History

  • June 30, 1971, a section from Ueki to Kumamoto was opened to traffic
  • October 21, 1972, a section from Nankan to Ueki opened to traffic
  • November 16, 1973, Tosu Interchange and Junction to Nankan was opened to traffic
  • December 13, 1973, Kajiki Interchange to Satsuma-Yoshida was opened to traffic
  • March 13, 1975, Koga Interchange to Tosu Junction was opened to traffic
  • March 4, 1976, Ebuno Junction with the Miyazaki Expressway to Ebuno Interchange was opened.
  • November 26, 1976, The section was opened to traffic from Kumatoto to Mifune Interchanges
  • November 29, 1976, a section from Mizobe Kagoshimna Airport to Kajiki Interchanges was opened
  • July 21, 1977, a section from Wakamiya to Koga was open to traffic
  • November 15, 1977, a section from Satsuma-Yoshida to Kagoshima-Kita Interchanges was opened
  • December 15, 1978, a section from Mifune to Matsubase Interchanges was opened
  • March 8, 1979, a section from Wakamiya to Yahata Interchanges was opened
  • March 12, 1980, a section from Matsubase to Yatsushiro Interchanges was opened
  • March 22, 1980 a section from Kurino to Mizobe-Kagoshima Airport was opened
  • October 1, 1981, a section from Ebuno Junction to Kurino Interchange opened made that section ran from Ebuno to Kagoshima-Kita interchanges that time
  • March 27, 1984, a section from Moji to Kokura-Higashi was opened which made access to the bridge with Honshū
  • March 28, 1985, the Tosu Junction in the west was opened.
  • February 5, 1987, the Tosu Junction in the east was opened.
  • March 29, 1988, a section from Kagoshima-Kita to Kagoshima was opened with an interchange with the expressway.
  • March 31, 1988, a section from Kokura-Higashi to Yahata was opened to traffic
  • October 19, 1988, a section in the Kagoshima Interchange with the Minami Kyushu Expressway was opened
  • December 7, 1989, a section from Yatsushiro to Hitoyoshi was opened to traffic
  • March 25, 1992, a section in the Kajiki Interchange with the road was opened
  • March 31, 1993, the Shin-Moji Interchange was opened
  • July 27, 1995, a section from Hitoyoshi to Ebuno was opened to traffic which made the Kyushu Expressway from Moji to Kagoshima fully accessible with no gaps.
  • April 20, 1998, the Yatsushiro Junction was opened to traffic with another freeway
  • December 19, 2001, Kajiki Junction was opened to traffic
  • December 12, 2004, the tunnel from Hitoyoshi to Ebino Interchanges which made Kyushu Expressway with four lanes now being connected with no gaps
  • February 26, 2006, Kitakyushu Junction was opened to traffic with another freeway
  • March 29, 2009, the Miyama-Yanagawa Interchange was opened
  • February 19, 2011, the Kurate Interchange was opened
  • April 14, 2016, Many sections of the expressway were damaged during the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.
  • April 29, 2016, The expressway reopened.{{cite web|url=http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160429/p2g/00m/0dm/080000c|title=Major highway reopens in quake-hit Kumamoto|author=|date=29 April 2016|website=mainichi.jp|publisher=Mainichi Japan|access-date=30 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603091322/http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160429/p2g/00m/0dm/080000c|archive-date=3 June 2016}}

List of interchanges and features

{{RJL|date=November 2021}}

class="wikitable"
style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Number

!style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Name

!style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Connections

!style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Distance from
Moji(Km)

!style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Bus Stop

!style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Notes

!colspan="2" style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Location

colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|Through to File:JP Expressway E2A.svg Kanmon Bridge
style="background-color:#BFB;"|1

|Moji IC

|20px Kitakyushu Expressway 4
Pref. Route 72 (Kurokawa Shiranoe Higashihonmachi Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|0.0

|

|

|rowspan="4"|Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū

|rowspan="25" style="width:1em;"|Fukuoka

style="background-color:#BFB;"
style="background-color:#CCC;"|Hata BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|4.1

|style="text-align:center;"|◆

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|1-1

|Shin-Moji Interchange

|Pref. Route 71 (Shin-Moji Port Dairi Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|4.4

|

|Only accessible for Fukuoka

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Kishi PA

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|6.2

|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"
style="background-color:#CCC;"|Kuzuhara BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|11.2

|style="text-align:center;"|◆

|

|rowspan="4"|Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū

style="background-color:#BFB;"|2

|Kokura-Higashi IC

|20px Kitakyushu Expressway 1
{{jct|country=JPN|Route|10}} (Sone Bypass)

|style="text-align:right;"|13.4

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|2-1

|Kitakyushu JCT

|25px Higashikyushu Expressway

|style="text-align:right;"|16.5

|

|

style="background-color: #BFB;"|3

|Kokura-Minami IC

|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|322}}

|style="text-align:right;"|20.2

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|4

|Yahata IC

|20px Kitakyushu Expressway 4
{{jct|country=JPN|Route|200}} (Nogata Bypass)

|style="text-align:right;"|31.4

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|Kitakyushu Expressway←→Hiroshima: no access

|Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Nogata PA

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|34.9

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|Only accessible for Hiroshima

|Nogata

style="background-color:#BFB;"|4-1

|style="background-color:"|Kurate IC

|Pref. Route 472 (Nogata Kurate Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|36.1

|

|

|rowspan="2"|Kurate

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Kurate PA

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|36.3

|style="text-align:center;"|

|Only accessible for Fukuoka

style="background-color:#BFB;"|4-2

|style="background-color:#eda5ff;"|Miyata SIC

|style="background-color:#eda5ff;"|Pref. Route 9 (Muroki Shimoariki Wakamiya Route) via Miyawaka city road

|style="text-align:right;"|42.1

|style="text-align:center;"|

|Only accessible for Fukuoka

|rowspan="2"|Miyawaka

style="background-color:#BFB;"|5

|Wakamiya IC

|Pref. Route 9 (Muroki Shimoariki Wakamiya Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|45.2

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Koga SA

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|54.5

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

|rowspan="3"|Koga

style="background-color:#BFB;"|6

|Koga IC

|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|3}} (Kashii Bypass)
Pref. Route 35 (Chikushino Koga Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|57.7

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Aoyagi BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|58.7

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

rowspan="2" style="background-color:#BFB;"
rowspan="2"|Tachibanayama BS

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"

rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|62.9

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|○

|rowspan="2"|

|Shingu

Hisayama
style="background-color:#BFB;"|7

|Fukuoka IC

|20px Fukuoka Expressway 4
{{jct|country=JPN|Route|201}}

|style="text-align:right;"|68.3

|style="text-align:center;"|◆

|

|Higashi-ku, Fukuoka

style="background-color:#BFB;"|7-1

|style="background-color:#eda5ff;"|Sue PA/SIC

|style="background-color:#eda5ff;"|Pref. Route 91 (Shime Sue Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|73.4

|style="text-align:center;"|◆

|

|Sue

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Umi BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|75.4

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

|Umi

style="background-color:#BFB;"|8

|Dazaifu IC

|20px Fukuoka Expressway 2
{{jct|country=JPN|Route|3}} (Fukuoka-Minami Bypass)

|style="text-align:right;"|80.1

|style="text-align:center;"|◆

|

|Dazaifu

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Chikushino BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|84.9

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

|rowspan="2"|Chikushino

style="background-color:#BFB;"|8-1

|Chikushino IC

|Pref. Route 7 (Chikushino Interchange Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|86.9

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Kiyama PA

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|90.8

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|Kiyama

|rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|Saga

style="background-color:#BFB;"|9

|Tosu JCT/IC

|File:JP Expressway E34.svg Nagasaki Expressway
File:JP Expressway E34.svg Ōita Expressway
{{jct|country=JPN|Route|3|Route|34}}

|style="text-align:right;"|96.1

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

|Tosu

style="background-color:#BFB;"
style="background-color:#CCC;"|Ajisaka SIC

|style="background-color:#CCC;"|

|style="text-align:right;"|

|

|Planned

|Ogōri

|rowspan="10" style="width:1em;"|Fukuoka

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Miyanojin BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|102.5

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

|rowspan="2"|Kurume

style="background-color:#BFB;"|10

|Kurume IC

|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|3}} (Tosu Kurume Road)
{{jct|country=JPN|Route|322}}

|style="text-align:right;"|105.4

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|10-1

|Hirokawa IC

|Pref. Route 84 (Hirokawa Jōyō Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|113.2

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|Bus stop: northbound only

|rowspan="2"|Hirokawa

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Hirokawa SA

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|113.6

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|Bus stop: southbound only
Hirokawa IC←→SA: no access

rowspan="2" style="background-color:#BFB;"|11

|rowspan="2"|Yame IC

|rowspan="2"|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|442}} (Yame Chikugo Bypass)

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|118.4

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|○

|rowspan="2"|

|Yame

Chikugo
style="background-color:#BFB;"
Setaka BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|122.4

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

|rowspan="3"|Miyama

style="background-color:#BFB;"|11-1

|Miyama-Yanagawa IC

|Pref. Route 775 (Motoyoshi Ogawa Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|125.6

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Yamakawa PA

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|128.0

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|12

|Nankan IC

|Pref. Route 5 (Omuta Nankan Route)
Pref. Route 10 (Nankan Omuta-Kita Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|135.0

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

|rowspan="3"|Nankan

|rowspan="37" style="width:1em;"|Kumamoto

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Kobaru BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|138.8

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Tamana PA

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|142.7

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|13

|Kikusui IC

|Pref. Route 16 (Tamana Yamaga Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|146.6

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

|Nagomi

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Kaou BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|153.6

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

|Yamaga

style="background-color:#BFB;"|14

|Ueki IC

|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|3}}

|style="text-align:right;"|157.3

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

|rowspan="3"|Kita-ku, Kumamoto

style="background-color:#BFB;"|14-1

|style="background-color:#eda5ff;"|Kita-Kumamoto SIC

|style="background-color:#eda5ff;"|Pref. Route 30 (Ozu Ueki Route) via Kumamoto city road

|style="text-align:right;"|162.0

|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Kita-Kumamoto SA

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|162.2

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Nishi-Kōshi BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|165.7

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

|Kōshi

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Musashigaoka BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|169.0

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

|Kita-ku, Kumamoto

style="background-color: #BFB;"|15

|Kumamoto IC

|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|57}} (Kumamoto-Higashi Bypass)

|style="text-align:right;"|171.2

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

|rowspan="2"|Higashi-ku, Kumamoto

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Takuma PA

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|174.3

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|15-1

|Mashiki-Kumamoto Airport IC

|Pref. Route 36 (Kumamoto Mashiki Ozu Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|176.4

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

|rowspan="2"|Mashiki

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Mashiki BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|177.5

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|15-2

|Kashima JCT

|File:JP Expressway E77.svg Kyushu Chūō Expressway

|style="text-align:right;"|180.7

|

|

|rowspan="2"|Mifune

style="background-color:#BFB;"|16

|Mifune IC

|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|445}}

|style="text-align:right;"|183.1

|style="text-align:center;"|◆

|

rowspan="2" style="background-color:#BFB;"
rowspan="2"|Midorikawa PA

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"

rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|186.7

|rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|

|Minami-ku, Kumamoto

Kōsa
style="background-color:#BFB;"|16-1

|style="background-color:#eda5ff;"|Jōnan BS/ SIC

|style="background-color:#eda5ff;"|Pref. Route 38 (Uto Kōsa Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|189.0

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

|Minami-ku, Kumamoto

style="background-color:#BFB;"|17

|Matsubase IC

|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|218}}

|style="text-align:right;"|195.1

|style="text-align:center;"|◆

|

|Uki

style="background-color:#BFB;"|17-1

|style="background-color:#eda5ff;"|Hikawa Takatsuka BS/Uki Hikawa SIC

|style="background-color:#eda5ff;"|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|3}} via Hikawa town road

|style="text-align:right;"|204.0

|style="text-align:center;"|◆

|

|rowspan="2"|Hikawa

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Miyahara SA

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|208.8

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|18

|Yatsushiro IC

|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|3}}

|style="text-align:right;"|213.5

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

|rowspan="5"|Yatsushiro

style="background-color:#BFB;"|18-1

|Yatsushiro JCT

|File:JP Expressway E3A.svg Minamikyushu Expressway

|style="text-align:right;"|214.6

|

|Only accessible for Fukuoka

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Sakamoto PA

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|222.1

|style="text-align:center;"|◆

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"
style="background-color:#CCC;"|Ayugaeri BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|230.2

|style="text-align:center;"|◆

|

rowspan="2" style="background-color:#BFB;"
rowspan="2"|Higo TN

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"

rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|

|rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|Length 6,340m
Dangerous goods forbidden

rowspan="4"|Yamae
style="background-color:#BFB;"
style="background-color:#CCC;"|Koduru BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|242.4

|style="text-align:center;"|◆

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Yamae SA

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|248.0

|style="text-align:center;"|◆

|

rowspan="2" style="background-color:#BFB;"|19

|rowspan="2"|Hitoyoshi IC

|rowspan="2"|Pref. Route 54 (Hitoyoshi Interchange Route)

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|252.0

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|○

|rowspan="2"|

rowspan="6"|Hitoyoshi
style="background-color:#BFB;"
style="background-color:#CCC;"|Hitoyoshi TB

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|252.1

|

|Abandoned on July 27, 1995

style="background-color:#BFB;"|19-1

|style="background-color:#eda5ff;"|Hitoyoshi-Kuma SIC

|style="background-color:#eda5ff;"|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|219}}

|style="text-align:right;"|256.2

|style="text-align:center;"

incl. Hitoyoshi-Minami Bus Stop
BS location TBD
style="background-color:#BFB;"
style="background-color:#CCC;"|Hitoyoshi Temporary Interchange

|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|219}}

|style="text-align:right;"|256.2

|

|Abandoned on July 27, 1995

style="background-color:#BFB;"
style="background-color:#CCC;"|Hitoyoshi-Minami BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|256.4

|style="text-align:center;"|◆

|closed by replacement

rowspan="2" style="background-color:#BFB;"
rowspan="2"|Kakutō TN

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"

rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|

|rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|Length 6,264m
Dangerous goods forbidden

rowspan="4"|Ebino

|rowspan="4" style="width:1em;"|Miyazaki

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Ebino PA

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|271.9

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|20

|Ebino IC

|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|268}}

|style="text-align:right;"|274.3

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|21

|Ebino JCT

|25px Miyazaki Expressway

|style="text-align:right;"|276.4

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Yoshimatsu PA

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|281.6

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

|rowspan="2"|Yūsui

|rowspan="16" style="width:1em;"|Kagoshima

style="background-color:#BFB;"|22

|Kurino IC

|Pref. Route 55 (Kurino Kajiki Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|290.0

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|23

|Yokogawa IC

|Pref. Route 55 (Kurino Kajiki Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|296.0

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

|rowspan="4"|Kirishima

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Mizobe PA

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|302.7

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Kagoshima Airport-Minami BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|308.6

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|24

|Mizobe-Kagoshima Airport IC

|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|504}}

|style="text-align:right;"|309.8

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|25-1
25

|Kajiki JCT
Kajiki IC

|25px Higashikyushu Expressway
{{jct|country=JPN|Route|10}} (Kajiki Bypass)
Pref. Route 55 (Kurino Kajiki Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|317.5

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

|rowspan="4"|Aira

style="background-color:#BFB;"
Chōsa BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|322.2

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|25-2

|style="background-color:#eda5ff;"|Sakurajima SA/SIC

|style="background-color:#eda5ff;"|

|style="text-align:right;"|323.6

|style="text-align:center;"|

|SIC:Only accessible for Kagoshima

style="background-color:#BFB;"|26

|Aira IC

|Pref. Route 57 (Fumoto Shigetomi Teishajō Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|326.2

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style="background-color:#BFB;"
style="background-color:#CCC;"|Honjō BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|330.6

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|rowspan="6"|Kagoshima

style="background-color:#BFB;"|27

|Satsuma-Yoshida IC

|Pref. Route 16 (Kagoshima Yoshida Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|334.8

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|

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Kagoshima TB

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|336.7

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|Toll Barrier

style="background-color:#BFB;"|28

|Kagoshima-Kita IC

|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|3}}
Pref. Route 18 (Kagoshima-Kita Interchange Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|341.9

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

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Ishiki BS

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|342.0

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|29

|Kagoshima IC

|File:JP Expressway E3A.svg Minamikyushu Expressway
{{jct|country=JPN|Route|3}} (Kagoshima Bypass)

|style="text-align:right;"|346.2

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colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|Through to Ibusuki Skyline

  • The section between Yatsushiro Junction and Ebino Interchange consists of tunnels that run in the mountainous areas; vehicles carrying dangerous goods are forbidden from travelling through these tunnels and must use alternate routes.

Lanes

  • 6-lane, Dazaifu to Kurume Interchanges
  • 4-lane, Moji to Dazaifu Interchange and from Kurume to Kagoshima Interchanges

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.w-nexco.co.jp/|NEXCO West-Japan official website}}(in Japanese)

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