The (Asian Highway Network ) 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.
List of interchanges and features
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 NumberNameConnectionsDistance from Kōbe (km)Bus StopNotesLocationThrough to Shin-Meishin Expressway(5-1)Kōbe JCT Chūgoku Expressway0.0Kita-ku, KobeHyōgo1Kōbe-Kita IC/Hata BSRokkō-Kita Toll Road2.6○-Ōgō PA-7.3-Ōgō BS-12.3○2Miki JCTfor Akashi Kaikyō Bridge (Kimi Branch)15.4Miki-Shijimi BS-16.8○3Miki-Higashi ICHyōgo Prefectural Route 8518.0-Kurumi BS-23.1○-Miki SA-25.54Miki-Ono IC National Route 175 (Miki-Ono Bypass)27.7-Ono BS-30.2○Ono-Gongenko PA-36.136.5○for Kobe, Osakafor OkayamaKakogawa5Kakogawa-Kita ICHyōgo Prefectural Route 4341.2-Shikitō BS-46.5○Himeji6San'yō Himeji-Higashi IC National Route 372 Bantan Renraku Road49.8-Shiratori PA-60.761.6○for Kobe, Osakafor Okayama7San'yō Himeji-Nishi IC National Route 29 (Himeji-Nishi Bypass)62.78Tatsuno ICHyōgo Prefectural Route 2969.3○Tatsuno9Tatsuno-Nishi IC/SAHyōgo Prefectural Route 93Hyōgo Prefectural Route 12173.79-1Harima JCT Harima Expressway74.7-Aioi BS-78.3○Aioi10Akō ICOkayama/Hyōgo Prefectural Route 9688.3○Akō-Fukuishi PA-95.0BizenOkayama11Bizen IC National Route 298.812Wake IC National Route 374109.1Wake District, Wake-Seto PA-116.9117.7for Kobefor Okayama, HiroshimaHigashi-ku, Okayama-Seto JCTMimasaka-Okayama Road (planned)119.3Expected to open in 202213San'yō ICOkayama Prefectural Route 37123.2△Akaiwa-Kasaiyama Tunnel-Kita-ku, Okayama14Okayama IC National Route 53 (Okayama-Kita Bypass)136.8△14-1Kibi SA/SIC138.415Okayama JCT Okayama Expressway143.9-16Kurashiki JCTfor Seto-Chūō Expressway (Hayashima Branch)150.3-Kurashiki17Kurashiki IC National Route 429152.418Tamashima ICOkayama Prefectural Route 54161.9-Michiguchi PA-166.519Kamogata ICOkayama Prefectural Route 155171.9Asakuchi20Kasaoka ICOkayama Prefectural Route 34180.1Kasaoka-Shinosaka PA-185.321Fukuyama-Higashi IC National Route 182(Fukuyama Loop Road)191.7FukuyamaHiroshima-Senda BS-194.4○21-1Fukuyama SA/SIC200.3200.5For Okayama, Osakafor Hiroshima-Fukuyama-Hongō BS-207.6○22Fukuyama-Nishi IC National Route 2 (Matsunaga Bypass)208.622-1Onomichi JCT Onomichi Expressway213.1Onomichi23Onomichi IC National Route 184214.5-Yahata PA-222.2222.5For Hiroshima, Kitakyūshūfor OkayamaMihara24Mihara-Kui IC National Route 486Hiroshima Prefectural Route 25227.2-Takasaka PA-231.4☆BS for connections onlyexpressway entrance/exit prohibited24-1Hongō ICHiroshima Prefectural Route 82238.525Kōchi ICHiroshima Prefectural Route 73 National Route 432246.7○Higashihiroshima-Kodani SA-249.7250.0For Hiroshima, Kitakyūshūfor Fukuyama, Okayama25-1Takaya JCT Higashihiroshima-Kure Expressway 252.826Saijō ICHiroshima Prefectural Route 59 National Route 375 (Misonō Bypass)257.8◆27Shiwa ICHiroshima Prefectural Route 83268.8◆-Okuya PA-270.928-128Hiroshima-Higashi IC Hiroshima Expressway Route 1Hiroshima Prefectural Route 70279.2○Higashi-ku, Hiroshima29Hiroshima IC National Route 54 (Gion Bypass)285.6Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima-Numata PA-291.2○30Hiroshima JCT Hiroshima Expressway293.131Itsukaichi ICHiroshima Prefectural Route 71296.1Saeki-ku, Hiroshima31-1Miyajima SA/SIC306.2Hatsukaichi32Hatsukaichi JCT Hiroshima-Iwakuni Road for Hatsukaichi, Miyajima310.432-2Ōno ICHiroshima Prefectural Route 289315.1◆32-3Ōtake IC National Route 2323.4Ōtake<33>Ōtake JCT National Route 2 Iwakuni-Ōtake Road (planned)324.1-Sekido Tunnel-Ōsaka-bound 3,325 mKitakyūshū-bound 3,217 mIwakuniYamaguchi34Iwakuni IC National Route 2Yamaguchi/Hiroshima Prefectural Route 1332.6◆-Kuga PA-344.235Kuga ICYamaguchi Prefectural Route 70346.7○36Kumage ICYamaguchi Prefectural Route 8358.9○Shūnan-Kudamatsu SA-364.8Kudamatsu-Mimitori Tunnel-Ōsaka-bound 67 mKitakyūshū-bound 72 mShūnan37Tokuyama-Higashi IC National Route 2 (Shūnan Bypass)370.7○38Tokuyama-Nishi IC National Route 2388.7-Tonomi PA-392.2Hōfu39Hōfu-Higashi IC National Route 2 (Hōfu Bypass)401.3for Hiroshima40Hōfu-Nishi IC404.6△for Kitakyūshū-Sabagawa SA-407.541Yamaguchi-Minami IC National Route 2 (Ogōri Bypass)413.2Yamaguchi(33)Yamaguchi JCT Chūgoku Expressway419.3-
Kimi Branch NumberNameConnectionsDistance from Miki (km)NotesLocation2Miki JCTMain Route0.0Miki1Kōbe-Nishi IC/TBHyōgo Prefectural Route 229.6TB is on Miki-bound sideNishi-ku, Kobe Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway for Tokushima
Hayashima Branch NumberNameConnectionsDistance from Kurashiki (km)Bus StopNotesLocation16Kurashiki JCTfor Hiroshima, Kōbe (Main Route)0.0-Kurashiki1Hayashima IC/TB National Route 2 (Okayama Bypass)3.4◆Toll gate is on Kōbe/Hiroshima-bound sideHayashima, Tsukubo District Seto-Chūō Expressway for Kojima, Sakaide
Ube-Shimonoseki Route NumberNameConnectionsDistance from Ube (km)Bus StopLocation42Ube JCTYamaguchi-Ube Road0.0-Ube43Ube IC National Route 4903.1○44Onoda ICYamaguchi Prefectural Route 7113.2○Sanyoonoda-Suōnada PA-20.6○45Habe IC National Route 2 (Asa-Habu Bypass)22.7(35-2)Shimonoseki JCT Chūgoku Expressway28.1-Shimonoseki
External links West Nippon Expressway Company (English)