Kōchi Expressway
Kochi Expressway | |
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高知自動車道 ![]() ![]() | |
Route information | |
Length | 206.5 km (128.3 mi) |
Existed | 1987–present |
Major junctions | |
From | Shikokuchūō |
To | Kuroshio, Kōchi |
Location | |
Country | Japan |
Highway system | |
The Kōchi Expressway (高知自動車道, Kōchi Jidōsha-dō) is a national expressway in the Shikoku region of Japan. The expressway is numbered E32 between Kawanoe Junction and Kōchi Interchange and E56 between Kōchi and Kuroshio-Ōgata Interchanges under the MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering.[1]
Overview
[edit]The first section of the expressway was opened to traffic in 1992. As of March 2008 the expressway incomplete in many areas. The next section is scheduled to open in 2009 (Susaki-Higashi Interchange to Shinshōgawa-bashi East Interchange). After this, all future sections will be built according to the New Direct Control System, whereby the burden for construction costs will be shared by the national and local governments and no tolls will be collected. Currently the section between Susaki-Higashi Interchange and Kuroshio-Ōgata Interchange operates according to this principle.
The expressway is 4 lanes from Kawanoe Junction to Kōchi Interchange, and 2 lanes for all remaining sections.
List of interchanges and features
[edit]![]() | This 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
The expressway is a direct extension of the Takamatsu Expressway. Therefore, the distance and exit numbers continue from the sequence of the Takamatsu Expressway, starting at 56.8 kilometres (35.3 mi).
No. | Name | Connections | Dist. from Origin | Bus Stop | Notes | Location | |
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6 | Kawanoe JCT | ![]() ![]() | 56.8 | Shikokuchūō | Ehime | ||
7 | Kawanoe-Higashi JCT | ![]() | 59.2 | ||||
8 | Shingū IC | Pref. Route 5 (Kawanoe Ōtoyo Route) | 67.8 | ||||
PA | Umatate PA | 69.5 | Kawanoe-bound only | ||||
PA | Tachikawa PA | 80.5 | Kōchi-bound only | Ōtoyo | Kōchi | ||
9 | Ōtoyo IC/BS | ![]() | 86.0 | ○ | |||
10 | Nankoku IC | ![]() | 107.0 | Nankoku | |||
SA | Nankoku SA | 109.7 | |||||
11 | Kōchi JCT | ![]() | 114.7 | Expected to open in 2020 | Kōchi | ||
Kōchi IC | Pref. Route 44 (Kōchi Kita Kanjō Route) | ||||||
12 | Ino IC | ![]() | 125.0 | Ino | |||
13 | Tosa IC | ![]() | 134.0 | Tosa | |||
13-1 | Tosa PA/SIC | 139.5 | SIC: Kōchi-bound Open 06:00-22:00 | ||||
TB | Susaki-Higashi TB | 148.5 | Susaki | ||||
14 | Susaki-Higashi IC | ![]() | 148.9 | Kuroshio-bound exit, Kōchi-bound entrance only | |||
15 | Susaki-Chūō IC | ![]() Pref. Route 310 (Susaki Teishajō Route) | 152.2 | Kuroshio-bound exit, Kōchi-bound entrance only | |||
Shinshōgawa-bashi East Temporary Interchange | ![]() | 153.4 | abandoned on March 5, 2011 | ||||
16 | Susaki-Nishi IC | ![]() | 153.8 | ||||
17 | Nakatosa IC | ![]() | 160.6 | Nakatosa | |||
18 | Shimantochō-Higashi IC | Pref. Route 387 (Shimantochō-Higashi Inter Route) | 169.2 | Kuroshio-bound exit, Kōchi-bound entrance only | Shimanto | ||
19 | Shimantochō-Chūō IC | ![]() | 175.3 | ||||
Planned route Through to ![]() | |||||||
20 | Shimantochō-Nishi IC | ![]() | 180.7 | Shimanto-bound exit, Kuroshio-bound entrance only | Shimanto | Kōchi | |
21 | Kuroshio-Okobushinokawa IC | ![]() | 186.3 | Shimanto-bound entrance only | Kuroshio | ||
Kuroshio-Saga IC | ![]() | 192.5 | Planned | ||||
Kuroshio-Kamikawaguchi IC | Pref. Route 55 (Ōgata Taishō Route) | 200.3 | Planned | ||||
Kuroshio-Ōgata IC | ![]() | 206.5 | Planned | ||||
Through to ![]() ![]() | |||||||
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.
External links
[edit]- (in Japanese) West Nippon Expressway Company