The San'yō Expressway (山陽自動車道, San'yō Jidōshadō) (Asian Highway Network AH1) is an expressway in Japan, running from Kobe through Hiroshima along the Inland Sea and terminating in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The entire length of the expressway was opened in 1997. The main line has a total length of 405.6 kilometers.
San'yō Expressway | |
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山陽自動車道 | |
Route information | |
Part of AH1 | |
Length | 446.7 km (277.6 mi) |
Existed | 1982-1997–present |
Major junctions | |
From | Kobe JCT(Kobe 神戸, Hyōgo) |
To | Yamaguchi JCT(Yamaguchi 山口, Yamaguchi) Shimonoseki JCT(Shimonoseki 下関, Yamaguchi) |
Location | |
Country | Japan |
Major cities | Kobe, Himeji, Okayama, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi |
Highway system | |
List of interchanges and features
editThis article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which should be presented in a properly formatted junction table.(November 2021) |
- IC - interchange, SIC - smart interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area, BS - bus stop, TN - tunnel, TB - toll gate, BR - bridge
- Bus stops labeled "○" are currently in use; those marked "◆" are closed.
Main Route
editKimi Branch
editNumber | Name | Connections | Distance from Miki (km) | Notes | Location |
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2 | Miki JCT | Main Route | 0.0 | Miki | |
1 | Kōbe-Nishi IC/TB | Hyōgo Prefectural Route 22 | 9.6 | TB is on Miki-bound side | Nishi-ku, Kobe |
Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway for Tokushima |
Hayashima Branch
editNumber | Name | Connections | Distance from Kurashiki (km) | Bus Stop | Notes | Location |
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16 | Kurashiki JCT | for Hiroshima, Kōbe (Main Route) | 0.0 | - | Kurashiki | |
1 | Hayashima IC/TB | National Route 2 (Okayama Bypass) | 3.4 | ◆ | Toll gate is on Kōbe/Hiroshima-bound side | Hayashima, Tsukubo District |
Seto-Chūō Expressway for Kojima, Sakaide |
Ube-Shimonoseki Route
editNumber | Name | Connections | Distance from Ube (km) | Bus Stop | Location |
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42 | Ube JCT | Yamaguchi-Ube Road | 0.0 | - | Ube |
43 | Ube IC | National Route 490 | 3.1 | ○ | |
44 | Onoda IC | Yamaguchi Prefectural Route 71 | 13.2 | ○ | Sanyoonoda |
- | Suōnada PA | - | 20.6 | ○ | |
45 | Habe IC | National Route 2 (Asa-Habu Bypass) | 22.7 | ||
(35-2) | Shimonoseki JCT | Chūgoku Expressway | 28.1 | - | Shimonoseki |