Higashihiroshima-Kure Expressway

The Higashihiroshima-Kure Expressway (東広島呉自動車道, Higashihiroshima-Kure Jidōsha-dō) is an national expressway in the southern part of Hiroshima Prefecture. The route connects the city of Higashihiroshima and the San'yō Expressway to the city of Kure on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea. It is owned and operated primarily by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). The route is signed E75 under MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[1]

Higashihiroshima-Kure Expressway
東広島呉自動車道
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Length32.8 km (20.4 mi)
Existed2006–present
Component
highways
National Route 375
Major junctions
North endTakaya Junction
San'yō Expressway
in Higashihiroshima
South endAga Interchange
National Route 185 in Kure
Highway system
National highways of Japan
Expressways of Japan

Route description

The Higashihiroshima-Kure Expressway was built to relieve traffic along Japan National Route 375 between the cities of Higashihiroshima and Kure. Once the expressway was completed, travel time along the corridor was cut from 90 minutes to 40 minutes.[2]

The speed limit is 80 km/h for the entire route.[3]

Junction list

The entire expressway is in Hiroshima Prefecture.

LocationkmmiExitNameDestinationsNotes
Through to Higashihiroshima-Takata Road
Higashihiroshima00.025-1Takaya San'yō ExpresswayFukuyama, Okayama, Hiroshima, KitakyushuRamps to the San'yō Expressway are tolled, through traffic is not tolled.
4.42.72Kamiminaga National Route 2Iwakuni, Hiroshima, Mihara
8.75.43Shimominaga-FukumotoHiroshima Prefecture Route 32
11.77.34Umaki National Route 375/Hiroshima Prefecture Route 67– Kure, Kurose, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima
16.210.14-1OtadaHiroshima Prefecture Route 338– National Route 375Northbound entrance, southbound exit
20.512.75KuroseHiroshima Prefecture Route 34– Kumano, Higashihiroshima
Kure24.115.06GoharaHiroshima Prefecture Route 66
32.820.47Aga National Route 185– Mihara, Ondo, Hiroshima, Central Kure
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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