Matsubara Route
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{short description|Expressway in Osaka, Japan}}
{{infobox road|country=JPN
| name = Hanshin Expressway Route 14 Matsubara Route
阪神高速14号松原線
| marker_image = 80px
|map={{Highway system OSM map
| highway_system_qid = Q2478427
| frame-lat = 34.615
| frame-long = 135.54
| frame-width = 300
| frame-height = 300
| zoom = 11
| length =
| plain = yes
}}
|map_custom=yes
| map_notes=The Matsubara Route highlighted in red
| maint= Hanshin Expressway Company, Limited
| length_mi =
| length_km = 12.1
| length_round =
| length_ref =
| established = 1970
| allocation =
| direction_a = North
| terminus_a = {{ill|Ebisu Junction|ja|えびすジャンクション}} in Chūō-ku, Osaka
24px Loop Route
| junction ={{plainlist}}* {{jct|country=JPN|Route|479}}
* {{jct|country=JPN|Route|309}}
* 24px Yamatogawa Route{{endplainlist}}
| direction_b = South
| terminus_b = {{ill|Matsubara Junction|ja|松原ジャンクション}} in Matsubara
{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E25|dab1=NM}}
{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E26|dab1=K}} / Hanwa Expressway
}}
The {{Nihongo|Matsubara Route|松原線|Matsubara-sen}}, signed as Route 14, is one of the tolled routes of the Hanshin Expressway system serving the Keihanshin area in Kansai, Japan. It travels in a northwest to southeast direction from the Chūō ward of Osaka, beginning at a junction with the Loop Route, to a junction with the Hanwa Expressway, Kinki Expressway, and Nishi-Meihan Expressway in the city of Matsubara. The expressway has a total length of {{Convert|12.1|km|mi|sp=us}}.
Route description
The Matsubara Route travels in a northwest to southeast direction from the Chūō ward of Osaka, beginning at a junction with the Loop Route, to a junction with the Hanwa Expressway, Kinki Expressway, and Nishi-Meihan Expressway in the city of Matsubara. Serving as the primary expressway route from central Osaka to Matsubara and points beyond in eastern Osaka Prefecture and Nara Prefecture, the highway winds its way through the wards of Osaka. Much of this section of the expressway lies above the Tanimachi Line of the Osaka Metro between Abeno Station and Kire-Uriwari Station. After crossing over the Yamato River into Matsubara, the expressway has a junction with Yamatogawa Route that parallels the river from the junction to its end near Osaka Bay. Before ending at the junction with the Hanwa Expressway, Kinki Expressway, and Nishi-Meihan Expressway, the expressway briefly crosses back into the city of Osaka before returning into Matsubara where the junction lies.{{cite web|title=Expressway Map|url=https://www.hanshin-exp.co.jp/english/drive/toll-roadways/map.html|publisher=Hanshin Expressway Company|accessdate=17 November 2020}} The expressway has a total length of {{Convert|12.1|km|mi|sp=us}}.
History
The first section of the expressway near the Loop Route was completed in 1970. The majority of the expressway was completed by 1980 after the opening of an {{Convert|11.2|km|mi|sp=us|adj=mid|-long}} section.{{cite web|title=50年のあゆみ|trans-title=50 years of history|url=https://hanshin-exp.co.jp/50th/history/|publisher=Hanshin Expressway Company|language=ja|date=2013|accessdate=11 November 2020}} A mini parking area once operated between Miyake and Matsubara junctions,{{cite web|title=三宅ミニパーキングエリア|trans-title=Miyake Mini Parking Area|url=http://www.hanshin-exp.co.jp/drivers/douro/pa_guide/miyake.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051212065028/http://www.hanshin-exp.co.jp/drivers/douro/pa_guide/miyake.html|publisher=Hanshin Expressway Company|language=ja|date=December 2005|archive-date=12 December 2005|accessdate=11 November 2020}} it has since been removed.{{cite web|title=Hanshin Expressway parking area guide|url=https://hanshin-exp.co.jp/drivers/douro/files/hotto_202007.pdf|publisher=Hanshin Expressway Company|language=ja|date=June 2020|accessdate=11 November 2020}} On 21 March 2013, the expressway was linked to the Yamatogawa Route at Miyake Junction.{{cite web|title=阪神高速6号大和川線の三宅西出入口〜三宅中区間が新しく開通しました|trans-title=Miyake-nishi entrance and the Miyake Naka section of the Route 6 of the Hanshin Expressway the Yamatogawa Route has been opened.|url=https://hanshin-exp.co.jp/company/torikumi/building/yamatogawa/6gou.html|publisher=Hanshin Expressway Company|language=ja|date=2016|accessdate=25 November 2020}}
List of interchanges
The entire expressway lies within Osaka Prefecture.
{{JPNinttop|exit|name|nopref=yes|length_ref={{google maps |title=Matsubara Route|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/34.6557342,135.5085202/34.5899409,135.5756316/@34.6559716,135.5087829,19z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|accessdate=11 November 2020}}}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Osaka
|lspan=8
|km=0.0
|exit=–
|name=Ebisu
|road=24px Loop Route – Namba
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=0.6
|exit=14-01
|type=incomplete
|name=Tennōji
|road=Unnamed city street – Tanimachi-9, Terada-chō, Harima-chō
|notes=Southbound exit only
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=0.7
|exit=14-02
|type=incomplete
|name=Abeno
|road=Abiko-suji
|notes=Northbound entrance only
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=3.2
|exit=14-03
|type=incomplete
|name=Fuminosato
|road=Abiko-suji – Tennōji Station, Nagai Park
|notes=Southbound entrance, northbound exit
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=4.8
|exit=14-04
|type=incomplete
|name=Komagawa
|road=Nankō-dōri – Hirano, Nagai Park
|notes=Southbound exit, northbound entrance
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=6.9
|exit=14-05
|type=incomplete
|name=Hirano
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|479|name1=Uchikanjo Route}} – Fukaebashi Station
|notes=Southbound entrance, northbound exit
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=7.7
|exit=14-06
|type=incomplete
|name=Kire-Uriwari
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|309|name1=Nagai-kōen-dōri}} – Tondabayashi
{{jct|country=JPN|Route|479|name1=Uchikanjo Route}} – Fukaebashi, Nankō
|notes=Southbound exit, northbound entrance
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=9.2
|exit=–
|type=incomplete
|name=Uriwari Toll Booth
|road=
|notes=Toll gate is for northbound traffic only
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Matsubara
|lspan=3
|km=9.5
|exit=14-07
|type=incomplete
|name=Miyake
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|309|name1=Miyake Shinmichi}} – central Matsubara
|notes=Southbound exit, northbound entrance
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=10.1
|exit=–
|type=incomplete
|name=Miyake
|road=File:Hanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0006.png Yamatogawa Route – Miyake-nishi
|notes=Southbound entrance, northbound exit
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=
|exit=–
|type=former
|name=Miyake Mini Parking Area
|road=
|notes=Closed
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Osaka
|km=11.4
|exit=14-08
|type=incomplete
|name=Ōbori
|road=Osaka Prefecture Route 179
|notes=Southbound exit, northbound entrance
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Matsubara
|km=12.1
|exit=–
|type=trans
|name=Matsubara
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E25|dab1=NM}} – Tenri
File:JP Expressway E91.svg{{hairspace}}{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E26|dab1=K|dir1=north}} / Hanwa Expressway south – to Minami-Hanna Road, Suita, Wakayama
|notes=Southern terminus; expressway continues as the Nishi-Meihan Expressway
}}
{{Jctbtm|exit|keys=closed,incomplete,trans|col=8}}
See also
- {{portal-inline|Japan}}
- {{portal-inline|Roads}}
References
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External links
- {{commons-inline|Category:Hanshin Expressway Route 14 Matsubara Route}}
{{Hanshin Expressway}}