Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway

The Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway (神戸淡路鳴門自動車道, Kōbe-Awaji-Naruto Jidōsha-dō, shortened to Shintanmei-dō (神淡鳴道)) is a tolled expressway that connects Hyōgo and Tokushima prefectures in Japan by crossings of the Akashi Strait and Naruto Strait. Built between 1970 and 1998, it is one of the three routes of the Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company connecting Honshū and Shikoku islands. The route is signed E28 under Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[1]

Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway sign
Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway
E28 神戸淡路鳴門自動車道
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Route information
Maintained by Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company
Length89.0 km (55.3 mi)
Existed1985–present
Component
highways
National Route 28
Major junctions
North endKobe-nishi Interchange
E2 AH1 San'yō Expressway
in Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo
South endSakaide Interchange
Takamatsu Expressway
in Naruto, Tokushima
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system

Route description

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The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge has the world's second-longest central span among suspension bridges. It is a vital part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway
 
The Ōnaruto Bridge connects Minamiawaji, Hyogo on Awaji Island with Naruto, Tokushima on Ōge Island

The expressway is 89.0 kilometres (55.3 mi) long with 24.3 kilometres (15.1 mi) of that stretch consisting of bridges, chiefly the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge and Ōnaruto Bridge. The expressway has four lanes along the entire route from Kobe to Naruto in Tokushima, with an exception along the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, were it has six lanes. The speed limit is 70 km/h between Awajishima-minami Interchange and Naruto-kita Interchange, 100 km/h between Awaji Interchange and Seidan-Mihara Interchange as well as between Kobe-Nishi Interchange and Tarumi Junction. The remainder of the expressway has a speed limit set at 80 km/h.[2]

History

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On 8 June 1985 the first sections of the expressway opened. These were between Tsuna-Ichinomiya Interchange and Sumoto Interchange and between Naruto-kita Interchange and the now defunct Seidan Interchange. The latter of the two sections includes the Ōnaruto Bridge. On 23 May 1987, the road was extended south from Naruto-kita Interchange to its southern terminus at Naruto Interchange. Next, on 8 October 1987, the highway between Sumoto IC and Seidan-Mihara Interchange was opened. The opening of Seidan-Mihara Interchange necessitated the closure of Seidan Interchange. On 5 April 1998 the highway between Kobe-Nishi Interchange and Tsuna-Ichinomiya Interchange was opened with the completion of the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge. The most recent development on the expressway came on 17 February 2018, when the ETC-only Awajishima-chuo Smart Interchange was opened.[3]

Junction list

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TB= Toll booth, SA= Service Area, PA= Parking Area

PrefectureLocationkmmiExitNameDestinationsNotes
Through to    AH1 San'yō Expressway
HyōgoNishi-ku, Kobe00.01/TBKobe-nishi   AH1 San'yō Expressway, Hyōgo Prefecture Route 22– Osaka, Okayama
5.03.12Fusehata  Hanshin Expressway Kita-Kobe Route
Tarumi-ku, Kobe8.85.53Tarumi  Kitasen Road
   Hanshin Expressway Bayshore RouteHimeji, Osaka, Kobe Airport
8.85.53TarumiHyōgo Prefecture Route 488
Akashi Kaikyō Bridge over the Akashi Strait
Awaji20.112.54/SAAwaji  National Route 28, Hyōgo Prefecture Route 31, Hyōgo Prefecture Route 157– Sumoto, Hokudan, NiiGas station available at the service area
25.515.85HigashiuraHyōgo Prefecture Route 460–   National Route 28
34.321.36HokudanHyōgo Prefecture Route 123
35.522.1PAMurozu
44.427.67Tsuna-IchinomiyaHyōgo Prefecture Route 66–   National Route 28, Goshiki, Central Awaji
Sumoto52.432.67-1Awajishima-chūōHyōgo Prefecture Route 46– Central Sumoto, GoshikiSmart Interchange; only vehicles equipped with ETC may use the exit
56.335.08Sumoto  National Route 28, Hyōgo Prefecture Route 472– Central Sumoto, Minamiawaji
Minamiawaji59.436.9PAMidori
65.840.99Seidan-MiharaHyōgo Prefecture Route 31, Hyōgo Prefecture Route 126– Seidan, Goshiki, Mihara, Nandan
74.646.410/PAAwajishima-minamiHyōgo Prefecture Route 25
Ōnaruto Bridge over the Naruto Strait
TokushimaNaruto81.750.8Naruto-kitaTokushima Prefecture Route 11– Central Naruto
Konaruto Bridge over the Konaruto Strait
89.055.312/TBNaruto  Takamatsu Expressway
  National Route 11– Central Naruto, Takamatsu, Tokushima
Through to   Takamatsu Expressway /   Tokushima Expressway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.
  2. ^ "E28 KOBE-AWAJI-NARUTO EXPWY". Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  3. ^ "E28 神戸淡路鳴門自動車道 淡路島中央スマートインターチェンジの開通について" [About the opening of the E28 Kobe Awaji Naruto Expressway Awaji Island Central Smart Interchange]. Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company (in Japanese). 11 January 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
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