The Daini-Shinmei Road (第二神明道路, Daini-Shinmei Dōro) is a toll road in Kobe and Akashi, Japan. It is owned and operated by West Nippon Expressway Company and is signed as E93 under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's (MLIT) "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[1]
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 第二神明道路 (Daini Shinmei Dōro) | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by West Nippon Expressway Company | |
| Length | 24.3 km (15.1 mi) |
| Existed | 1964–present |
| Component highways |  National Route 2 |
| Major junctions | |
| East end |  Hanshin Expressway Kobe Route in Suma-ku, Kobe |
| West end | Akashi-nishi Interchange National Route 2 (Kakogawa Bypass) in Akashi, Hyogo |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Highway system | |
Route description
editThe Daini-Shinmei Road has two lanes in each direction. The speed limit is 70 km/h along the entirety of the road.
History
edit- Myōdani interchange to Ōkuradani interchange opened in 1964
- Suma (Tsukimiyama) interchange to Myōdani interchange opened in 1969
- Ōkuradani interchange to Akashi-nishi interchange opened in 1970
Future
editMLIT is in the process of acquiring right of way to build a 7.1 km (4.4 mi) extension of the Kitasen Road to link up with the Daini-Shinmei Road at an interchange in the Ishigatani area of Akashi.[2]
Junction list
editThe entire expressway is in Hyōgo Prefecture. PA= parking area, SA= service area, TB= toll gate.
| Location | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Suma-ku, Kobe | 0.0 | 0.0 | Hanshin Expressway Kobe Route | Eastern terminus; expressway continues east as the Kobe Route of the Hanshin Expressway | |||
| 0.9 | 0.56 | 1 | Suma | Hyogo Prefecture Route 65 | Eastbound exit, westbound entrance; expressway continues east as the Kobe Route of the Hanshin Expressway | ||
| 1.7 | 1.1 | TB | Suma | ||||
| Tarumi-ku, Kobe | 3.2 | 2.0 | PA | Tarumi | Access to westbound traffic only | ||
| 4.9 | 3.0 | 2 | Myōdani |  Hanshin Expressway Bayshore Route / Hyogo Prefecture Route 21 | No eastbound exit, no westbound entrance for the Hanshin Expressway; eastern end of Prefecture Route 21 concurrency | ||
| 6.7 | 4.2 | 3 | Takamaru | Unnamed roads | |||
| Kobe/Akashi border | 9.7 | 6.0 | 4 | Ōkuradani | Hyogo Prefecture Route 21 | Western end of Prefecture Route 21 concurrency | |
| Nishi-ku, Kobe | 11.9 | 7.4 | 5 | Ikawadani |  Hanshin Expressway Kita-Kobe Route / unnamed road | Eastbound entrance, westbound exit | |
| 15.2 | 9.4 | 6 | Tamatsu |  National Route 175 | |||
| Akashi | – | Ishigatani |  Kitasen Road | Land acquisition is under way | |||
| 18.2 | 11.3 | SA | Akashi | ||||
| 19.6 | 12.2 | 7 | Ōkubo | Hyogo Prefecture Route 148 | |||
| 24.1 | 15.0 | TB | Akashi-nishi | ||||
| 24.3 | 15.1 | 8 | Akashi-nishi | Hyogo Prefecture Route 514 | |||
| Through to National Route 2 (Kakogawa Bypass)
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.
- ^ "完成まで「１５０年かかる」はずが… 着工２７年のバイパス新展開". Kobe ShimbunNEXT (in Japanese). 17 March 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2019.|
See also
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