Okinawa Expressway
{{short description|Expressway on Okinawa Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan}}
{{Infobox road
|country= JPN
|type= Expressway
|route= Okinawa
|alternate_name= File:JP Expressway E58.svg {{Nihongo2|沖縄自動車道}}
|map =
|length_km= 57.3
|length_ref=
|established= 1975
|terminus_a= Naha Interchange in Naha, Okinawa
Prefectural Route 82
|junction= {{jct|country=JPN|Route|330}}
{{jct|country=JPN|Route|329}}
{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E58|dab1=Airport}}
|terminus_b= Kyoda Interchange in Nago, Okinawa
{{jct|country=JPN|Route|58}}
|cities= Naha, Urasoe, Ginowan, Okinawa, Uruma
}}
The {{Nihongo|Okinawa Expressway|沖縄自動車道|Okinawa Jidōsha-dō}} is an expressway on Okinawa Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The expressway has a length of {{convert|57.3|km|mi|sp=us}}. The West Nippon Expressway Company is the owner and operator of this expressway. It is signed E58 under the "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}}
Route description
=Tolls=
The toll from end to end is 1020 yen for normal-sized cars and 840 yen for kei cars.{{cite web|title=Okinawa Expressway and ETC|url=https://okinawahai.com/okinawa-expressway/|publisher=Okinawa Hai|date=23 May 2016|access-date=4 September 2020}} For comparison, the Tōmei and Tōhoku Expressways radiating from Tokyo have tolls of about 1650 yen for similar distances.{{cite web|title=Tōhoku Expressway fare Urawa to Sano-Fujioka|url=https://en.driveplaza.com/dp/SearchQuickEN?startPlaceKana=URAWA+%28For+SENDAI%29&arrivePlaceKana=SANO-FUJIOKA&searchHour=10&searchMinute=20&kind=1&carType=1&priority=2&keiyuPlaceKana=&keiyuPlaceKana2=&keiyuPlaceKana3=&searchYear=2020&searchMonth=9&searchDay=4&selectickindflg=0|publisher=East Nippon Expressway Company|date=4 September 2020|access-date=4 September 2020}}
=Utilization=
{{Unreferenced section|date=September 2020}}
In 2002, an average of 23,910 vehicles per day used the expressway. This was a 5.6% increase from the previous year. This is the only expressway in Japan having more than 20% kei car traffic; the national average is 7.3%.
Junction list
The entire expressway is in Okinawa Prefecture.
{{JPNinttop|exit|name|nopref=yes|length_ref={{google maps |title=Okinawa Expressway|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/26.5453996,127.9653284/26.2119055,127.7238791/@26.5432528,127.9603386,17z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|access-date=3 September 2020}}}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Naha
|km=0
|exit=1
|name=Naha
|road=File:Japanese National Route Sign 0058.svg{{jct|country=MEX|extra=airport}} Okinawa Prefecture Route 82 – to National Route 58, Naha Airport, Prefectural Office, Shuri Castle, Shuri
|notes=Southern terminus; partially signaled intersection
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Nishihara
|km=2.4
|type=incomplete
|exit=1-1
|name=Nishihara
|road={{jct|country=MEX|extra=airport}}{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E58|dab1=Airport}} – Naha Airport, Haebaru-kita
|notes=Southbound exit, northbound entrance
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Urasoe
|km=5.6
|exit=2
|name=Nishihara
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|330}} – Nishihara, Urasoe
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Nakagusuku
|km=10.2
|exit=PA
|name=Nakagusuku Parking Area
|road=
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Kitanakagusuku
|lspan=2
|km=12.0
|exit=3
|name=Kitanakagusuku
|road=Okinawa Prefecture Route 29 – Ginowan, Kitanakagusuku
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=13.4
|type=etc
|exit=3-1
|name=Kishaba
|road=Okinawa Prefecture Route 81
|notes=Southbound entrance only
Access only for vehicles equipped with ETC
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Okinawa
|lspan=2
|km=17.8
|exit=4
|name=Okinawa-minami
|road=Okinawa Prefecture Route 85 – Okinawa, Kadena, Chatan
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=22.9
|exit=5
|name=Okinawa-kita
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|329}} – Nago, Ishikawa, Naha, Yonabaru
Okinawa Prefecture Route 36 east – Uruma
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Uruma
|km=31.4
|exit=6
|name=Ishikawa
|road=File:Japanese National Route Sign 0058.svgFile:Japanese National Route Sign 0329.svg Okinawa Prefecture Route 73 – to National Route 58, National Route 329, Nago, Kin, Nakadomari, Onna
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Kin
|lspan=3
|km=34.1
|type=incomplete
|exit=7
|name=Yaka
|road=Okinawa Prefecture Route 88 – Ishikawa, Nago
|notes=Southbound entrance, northbound exit
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=36.7
|exit=SA
|name=Igei Service Area
|road=
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=39.9
|exit=8
|name=Kin
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|329}} – Kin, Yaka
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Ginoza
|km=48.1
|exit=9
|name=Ginoza
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|329|name1=Ginoza Bypass}} – Ocean Expo Park (Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium), Nago, Okinawa, Uruma
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Nago
|km=57.3
|exit=10
|name=Kyoda
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|58}} – Cape Busena, Inbu, Kyoda, Nago, Motobu
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
{{Jctbtm|exit|keys=etc,incomplete|col=8}}
References
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{{Commonscat|Okinawa Expressway}}
{{West Nippon Expressway Company}}
{{Expressways of Japan}}