Kyushu Chūō Expressway

The Kyushu Chūō Expressway (九州中央自動車道, Kyūshū-Chūō Jidōsha-dō) is an incomplete two-lane national expressway in that crosses the island of Kyushu, namely in Kumamoto Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture. It is owned and operated primarily by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), but has a short section maintained and tolled by the West Nippon Expressway Company at its western terminus at the Kyushu Expressway. The route is signed E77 under MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[1]

Kyushu Chūō Expressway sign
Kyushu Chūō Expressway
E77 九州中央自動車道
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Length95 km (59 mi)
Existed2006–present
Major junctions
West endKashima Junction
E3 Kyushu Expressway
in Kashima, Kumamoto
East endNobeoka Interchange
E10 Higashikyushu Expressway
National Route 10
in Nobeoka, Miyazaki
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system

Interchanges

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No. Name Connections Dist.
from
Origin
Bus
stop
Notes Location
15-2 Kashima JCT   Kyushu Expressway 0.0 Kumamoto Kashima
TB Mashiki TB 0.9 Mashiki
1 Oike-Takayama IC   National Route 443 (Tsuchiyama Bypass) 1.8 Mifune
2 Ueno-Yoshimuta IC Pref. Route 221 (Tashiro Mifune Route)
3 Yamato Nakashima-Nishi IC   National Route 445 12.6 Yamato
- Kita-Nakashima IC   National Route 445
Pref. Route 152 (Inanoo Kōsa Route)
Planned
- Yabe IC   National Route 218 23.0 Planned
18 km gap in the expressway, connection is made by   National Route 218
- Soyō IC - Planned
- Gokase-Nishi IC - Planned Miyazaki Gokase
- Gokase-Higashi IC   National Route 218 (Gokase Takachiho Road) 0.0 Planned
northbound exit, southbound entrance
- Takachiho IC   National Route 218 (Gokase Takachiho Road) 9.2 Planned Takachiho
Planned
- Makado Intersection   National Route 218 (Takachiho Hinokage Road)
Pref. Route 7 (Ogata Takachiho Route)
Planned
Beginning of concurrency with Takachiho Hinokage Road.
0.6 km gap in the expressway, connection is made by   National Route 218
Unkai-bashi Intersection 0.0 South end of concurrency with Takachiho Hinokage Road.
Hinokage-Fukasumi IC 2.8 Hinokage
- Hirasoko Intersection   National Route 218 (Takachiho Hinokage Road) 5.1
16 km gap in the expressway, connection is made by   National Route 218
Kurata Intersection   National Route 218 (Kitakata Nobeoka Road) 0.0 Nobeoka
Kitagata IC Pref. Route 242 (Kitagata Interchange Route) 4.6
Maino IC   National Route 218 11.0 northbound exit, southbound entrance
22 Nobeoka JCT/IC   Higashikyushu Expressway
  National Route 10 (Nobeoka Road)
Nobeoka Interchange Road
13.1

References

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  1. ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.
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